World History- 1st test
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- cyclical
- History is always repeating itself
- Linear
- history has a definant beginning, middle, and end
- Progressive
- history is constantly getting better
- Utopia
- perfect world
- prehistory
- before there was writing
- archaeology
- study of society
- anthropology
- study of ancient people
- easter island
- giant stone statues over 900 statues. 82+ tons
- Radio Carbon Dating
- measure the c-14
- thermoluminessencedating
- measure the light electrons
- ancient dna
- recent tech. advance
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human orginins
genesis-
evolution- -
god creater of earth
everything just happend - paleolithic
- old stone age
- nomadic
- never stayed in one place
- art
- cave paintings music
- fire
- cooking warm protection
- Neolithic Revolution
- "single most important turning point in human evolution" Farming began
- Bronze age
- when people started using metal tools
- artisan
- skilled worker
- Mesopotamia
- cradle of civilization, fertile cresent- violent irregular floods
- mesoptamia east coast
- tigris and euphrates
- sumerians
- citystates -Ur
- Zigguats-
- step pyramids
- Abram
- sumerian from Ur
- Sargon
- 1st great military conquerer
- Hammurabi
- set a code of laws "eye for an eye"
- Polytheism
- more than one god
- sumarian gods
- tempermental
- cuneiform
- wedged shapes pressed into clay
- Epic of Gilgamesh
- oral literature
- technology for akkadians
- 1.had bronze 2.writing and numbers (60 clock) 3. geometry
- Nile river
- gift from the nile
- Religion of Egyptians
- polytheism. but not fearful of the gods
- After life of egyptains
- believe you can die but can also take eartly possesions with you.
- goddes of fertility
- isis
- Menes
- united north and south egypt
- Dynasty
- line of kings that are related. weakness - no heir
- middle kingdom- egyptians
- most succesful time. Expanded boarders. Obtained great wealth. ended because of invasion.
- Hatshepsut
- first women pharoh
- Akhenaton
- wanted one god
- Rames II
- Sea people and egyptian power run. Egypt defeated sea people but never recovered
- Hyroglifics
- difficult/ complex
- Hittites
- Rival to egypt battled for mediteranian sea.
- Phoenecians
- Develop Trade- good sailers
- Israelites
- introduce monotheism
- assyrians
-
would destroy homes
- torture
-loot
-kill
had outposts 1 of the first to have libraries - Caldeans
- rules assyria. Nebucanezzer- when he dies caldeans fall. Darius shows mercy to those that he captures so this encouraged people to surrender to the Persians.
- Satrap
- governor
- the immortals
- group of elite soldiers never under 10,000
- zorouster
- introduced monotheism to persians talks of one creator, good vs. evil, judgement, and the afterlife
- China
- protected by deserts.
- china economy
- silk
- aristocracy
- wealthy class
- filial piety
- duty to your family
- writing
- pictographs and ideographs
- 3 philosopies
-
confusionism
daoism
legalism - confusionism
- confuscious lived during choas. based on social order
- daoism
- best to let nature take its course. do nothing
- legalism
- "people are evil" , laws to protect order to society
- Qin Shihuangdi
-
China named after him
very controlling and cruel
believed in legalism - Censorate
- Government official that report to the king
- great wall
- defend against invaders
- Han Dynasty
-
Lui Bang- pheasant
mercyful - Han Wudi
- most influential emperor in Had Dynasty.