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Unit 1 Vocabulary
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- 1CenturyA period of 100 years
- 2PeriodizationDiving a subject into historical eras in an attempt to break it down into manageable segments
- 3DemographyThe study of populations
- 4Cultural DiffusionThe spread of customs, ideas, and technology from one place to another
- 5MigrationA movement from one region to another
- 6Primary SourceA document of physical object which was written or created during the time under study
- 7Secondary SourceInterprets and analyzes primary sources
- 8Paleolithic Age750,000 BCE - 10,000 BCE
The Old Stone Age and earliest known time of mankind - 9EgalitarianA person who believes in human equality
- 10Neolithic Revolution10,000 BCE - 8,000 BCE
The development of agriculture and permanent settlements - 11PatriarchyA society characterized by the supremacy of males
- 12PastoralismThe branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock
- 13Characteristics of a Civilization (Ants Can't Take Slick Rice)Advanced cities, complex institutions, technology, specialized jobs, and record-keeping
- 14HittitesPeople who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria
- 15BabyloniaAn ancient empire of Mesopotamia on the Euphrates River
- 16MesopotamiaA civilization located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Southwest Asia
- 17EgyptA civilization located along the Nile River in northeastern Africa
- 18Mohenjo-Daro and HarappaArchaeological sites near the Indus River
- 19ShangA Chinese dynasty that developed around the Huang He River and ruled from 1750 BCE - 1500 BCE
- 20OlmecsMesoamerican civilization that developed along the Gulf of Mexico from 1200 BCE - 400 BCE
- 21ChavinPre-Incan civilization that developed in the highlands of Peru from 900 BCE - 200 BCE
- 22Code of HammurabiBabylonian law code of Mesopotamia that was enforced under Hammurabi and is considered the first written law code
- 23Vedic ReligionReligion of the Aryans whose beliefs are contained the Vedas
- 24Hebrew MonotheismReligion of the Hebrews that is the first to believe in one God and later develops into Judaism
- 25ZoroastrianismPersian monotheistic religion founded by Zoroaster
- 26Mandate of HeavenChinese belief that those in power were given the right to rule by a divine source
- 27ZigguratTerraced temple erected by the Mesopotamians that was used to please their gods
- 28PyramidA temple erected by the Egyptians that served as a royal tomb for their pharaohs
- 29TempleA building devoted to the Israelites' worship of their gods
- 30Defensive WallsA fortification used to protect a society from potential aggressors
- 31CuneiformWedge-shaped characters that served as the system of writing in Mesopotamia
- 32HieroglyphicsPictographic system of writing that is used in Egypt
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