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Early Civilization
Test Review
I. Paleolithic Age - Men and women of the Paleolithic Age were nomads.
They live in bands of
no more than 2-3 dozen people.
SMALL GROUPS
2. Neolithic Revolution10,000 B.C.
3. Discovery of farming/and the
domestication of animals
Neolithic Revolution10,000 B.C.
Discovery of Farming
4.
Permanent
Settlements
New Technolo
gy
Increase in
Population
More Complex Society
New Cultural
Developments
Steady Food
Source
5. Tigris
River & Euphrates River
6. Fertile Crescent is also known as MESOPOTAMIA!
7. Sumerians are the first
civilization to develop in
Mesopotamia.3,300 B.C.
8. Sumerians were ruled by monarchs (kings).
9. Code of Hammurabi: First set of written laws created by King Hammurabi to unify the laws throughout an empire.
10. Egyptian Empire was surrounded by deserts
(Eastern and Western Desert).
11. Positive--Kept invaders out.
NATURAL BARRIER!
12. Egyptians traded
with Sumeria
ns and
Nubians
13. Hieroglyphics—system of writing using pictures and symbols.
*culturally diffused from
Sumerian Cuneiform
14. Shang Dynasty-
∙1st dynasty to leave written records.
15a.Mandate of Heaven—theory that it is justified to overthrow a bad government with the approval of the gods. B. Started by the Zhou Dynasty
16. Two major river systems are:1. Yangtze River
(AKA—Chang Jiang)2. Huang He
(AKA—Yellow)
17. Chinese called themselves the “Middle Kingdom”a. thought they were the center of the civilized world
18.Monsoons:seasonal winds that dominate Indus’s climate
19.Natural barriers between India and the rest of the Asian continent:1. Himalaya Mountains
2. Thar Desert3. Hindu Kush Mountains
4. Karakoram Mountains
20. China’s natural barriers:1. Gobi Desert2.Taklamakan Desert3. Plateau of Tibet4. Himalaya Mountains
21. Natural Barriers provide protection by keeping out invaders.
22. Common features:*developed on rivers*transportation*trade*irrigation*silt/fertile soil*polytheistic*system of writing
23. Rivers provided:*transportation*trade*irrigation*silt/fertile soil
Sumerian Achievements/Contributions:
Wheel Sail Plow
Ziggurats – temples:
Cuneiform: 1st system of writing
A.
Code of Hammurabi: first set of written laws
Egyptian Contributions and Achievements:1. Hieroglyphics—system of writing using pictures and symbols.
Papyrus—paper made from reeds that grew in the
marshy Nile delta.
Pharoahs—Egyptian God- Kings
Theocracy—Gov’t in which the ruler is believed to be a god or a representative of the god(s).
Indus Contributions/Achievements:A. City building: 1. Kalibangan
2. Mohenjo-Daro3. Harappa
Laid cities in precise grid system
Engineers built plumbing and sewage systems.
Sanskrit—system of writing
YellowContributions/Achievements:*Mandate of Heaven—theory that it is justified to overthrow a bad government with the approval of the gods.
Mandate of Heaven
Ancient Chinese Writing
