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Economy of Units 2. 3.
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History
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01/18/2005

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What type of economy does China have in the 3rd Millenium (unit 2)?
Definition
• trade was very important
• would export crops
• would import natural resources- stone, wood
• specialization and social stratification
• urban society
Term
What type of economy does Egypt have in the 3rd Millenium (unit 2)?
Definition
• Agricultural Community
• Food surplus- fertile soil due to regular flooding of the Nile
• Trade
Term
What type of economy does Indus have in the 3rd Millenium (unit 2)?
Definition
• Trade is extremely important
• Specialization --> surplus
• Large homes
• Wanted to keep wealth circulating
• Figured out how to make cotton clothes
• figured
Term
What type of economy does China have in the 3rd Millenium (unit 2)?
Definition
• Traded with themselves because they have natural boundaries that prevent themselves from trading with others
• Yellow River important source- allowed for surplus
• Terrace mountains
Term
What type of economy does Crete have in the 3rd Millenium (unit 2)?
Definition
• money spent on both king and community- roads/ buildings
• traded through seas
• own products -->olives and grapes
• all people had same wealth
• learned to use the products that they had to trade and make other materials
Term
What type of economy does Mesopotamia have in the 2nd Millenium (unit 3)?
Definition
-Sargon’s troops would plunder the city-states
-militaristic
***Hammurabi- equality within the upper class, but upper class broke the laws
Social stratification
Agriculture and trade- fertile crescent
Friction to friendship with indigenous people
Term
What type of economy does Egypt have in the 2nd Millenium (unit 3)?
Definition
-traded- especially with Nubians
-trade economy
-taxing
-agriculture
-plunder
-breeding
-focused on war from 1575- 1087 BCE
Profits to upper class not lower class
Some women’s rights
Local governors lose power
Term
What type of economy does the Hebrews have in the 2nd Millenium (unit 3)?
Definition
-agriculturalists
-trade economy
-military presence
-enslaved by Egyptians
Term
What type of economy/social structure does India have in the 2nd Millenium (unit 3)?
Definition
-4 Varnas
-idea of “twice born”
-caste system
-militaristic
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What type of economy does Greece have in the 2nd Millenium (unit 3)?
Definition
-artisans
-pirates
-farmer
-herder
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