Friday before this week!
BC- before christ
AD- anno Domini (in the year of our Lord)
How old is the earth's 4.6 billion years
Africa- Specifically Tanzania and Ethiopia
Who found the oldest human fossils? Louis and Mary Leakey, lead people to find remains. Donald Johanson, 1970 found the first named skull
Recent scientists found older remains
Biggest achievements in WH? Fire, tools, wheel, language, boats and art.
Hominid- can stand on two legs like apes and humans
Monday- Neolithic revolution prior to organized agriculture people were nomadic gather supplies in the area and moving when needed.
along with planting crops, people also domesticated animals such as horses, dogs, goats and pigs
groups ranging from 25-70 people
over time villages turned to towns then possibly cities
civilization emerged from people moving closer together leading to complex ways of thinking
A highly advanced society-advanced cities- writing/record keeping- specialized workers- complex institutions- Advanced technology
natural borders rivers seas oceans mountains
defensible borders important for a civilization to thrive? easier to protect the land and people.
Fertile Crescent fertile land by the mesopotamian
Mesopotamia land between the rivers
- City-state a city and the surrounding territory it controls
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Dynasty- a series of rulers from a single family father to son
Cultural diffusion- process in which ideas spread from one culture to another
Polytheism- belief in many gods
Monotheism- believe in one god
Empire- group of territories or nations ruled by a single leader
Delta- a broad, marshy area of land formed by land formed by deposits of silt where a river runs into a bigger body of water
King Narmer- king of Egypt that many believe united upper and lower Egypt around 3000 bc
Pharaoh- the god king of Egypt seen as almost as powerful of the gods of heavens
Theocracy- government headed by religious leaders or a leader regarded as a god
Pyramid- huge structure where the egyptian pharaohs are placed after they die
Mummification- the process of dying and embalming a corpse to prevent decay usually reserved for royalty and the rich
Hieroglyphics- Egyptian form of writing
Papyrus- what Egyptians wrote on. Came from papyrus needs found in marshy areas
Indian Subcontinent- the land mass that includes Pakistan, India and bangladesh
Monsoon- seasonal winds that can dry air of heavy rain huge impact on india
Dynastic cycle- the rise, fall and replacement of dynasties
Mandate from Heaven- a just ruler that has approval from the gods an unjust ruler can lose their mandate to rule
- Feudalism- a political system in which the king gives land to nobles/ lords and in return, they vow loyalty and military services to the king used in China, Japan, and Europe
assigned Zhou (Joh) (Economic)
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