China's Sorrow
Huang He
Agricultural Revolution
Agricultural Transition
3100BCE in Egypt
Narmer unifies Upper and Lower Egypt, rules from Memphis
3100BCE
hieroglyphics made
Importance of Hammurabi's law code
creates social classes
How the Neolithic revolution changed man
they settled down into villages
Yang Shao
Chinese neolithic period
Period of Warring States
Zhou dynasty lost control of representative, states fought
Maya
did not have wheel
Mandate of heaven
Zhou dynasty, said nobles had right to rule only as good rulers, would be overthrown otherwise
Austronesians
settled in pacific isles
Aten (Akenhaten)
Ethical monotheism
Mochica
Artistic Andean state
Phoenicians
created first simplified alphabet
Egyptian city
Akhetaten
Egyptian city
Heliopolis
Egyptian city
Memphis
Neolithic era
era where fertility god statues were made
Re
Egyptian sun god
Amon
Egyptian air god
Heliopolis
Cult of Amon-Re city
Mayan calendar
260 day and 365 day
Tikal
Mayan political center
Inability to control regional leaders
cause of Zhou collapse
Indus valley town
Harappa
Indus valley town
Mohenjo-Daro
First metallurgy
Copper
Chavin cult
associated with fertility and abundant harvests
Caste system
Aryan
Agriculture
resulted in larger food supply, larger populations, established cities and specialized labor
Hunter gather
worked for less time than agriculture
Cuneiform
used in clay, system of writing in Sumerians
Holy inscriptions
hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphics
system of writing in Egypt
No written materials
challenges of studying prehistoric humans
Hinduism
religion with basis in Harappan society
Hieroglyphics
system of writing in Maya
Survival
purpose of villages in Mesoamerica
Politics/Control
purpose of cities in Mesoamerica
Bronze metallurgy
helped Egypt become wealthy and be successful in battle