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1. Built in three phases earthen embankment and timber circle/aubrey holes
2. Bluestones from Preseli Mtns. in Wales 200 km away
3. Sarsen sandstone uprights and lintels from 30 km away |
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1. astronomical observatory
2. sacred burial ground-cremated remains in Aubrey Holes
3. ceremonial feasting site-pig and deer bones |
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-2,600 BC
-agricultural village |
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-2,300 BC
-35-40 yr old male from central Europe based on teeth
-earliest gold and copper in Britain, gold earrings or hair ornaments, copper knives, slate wrist guards, cushion stone for metal working |
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| 7 males all related from Wales |
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-Egyptian falcon god
-Descendant of Pharaohs |
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-1100-800 BC
-Nubian Black African pharaohs |
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-1600-1100 BC
-Tut and Ramses II
-rock cut tombs in Valley of Kings replace pyramids
-new age of imperial conquest
-Nubia to Syria
-last period of autonomous rule by pharaohs |
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| Egypt (Second Intermediate) |
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-1800-1600 BC
-Hyksos invade & occupy Lower Egypt
-horse drawn chariot introduced by invaders
-pharaoh's capital relocated to Thebes in Upper Egypt |
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-2000-1800 BC
-Egypt reunified
-pyramids even smaller |
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| Egypt (First Intermediate) |
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-2200-2000 BC
-nomarchs rebel |
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-2700-2200 BC
-Pyramids at Memphis - Lower Egypt
-Despotic pharaohs
-Khufu
-Sphinx as lion body with face of Khafre
-Khafre -smaller pyramids built
-Menkaure - smallest and last of great pyramids |
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-3200-2700 BC
-unification
-Narmer palette
-first pharaohs
-pantheon established
-hieroglyphics/hieratic script
-art styles |
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| Babylonian Conquest (Sumeria) |
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| Akkadian Conquest (Sumeria) |
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-2400-2200
-unification of Sumeria by Sargon |
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-proto-literate
-3600-3000 BC
-ens (religious leaders)
-ziggurats
-monumental sculpture
-pictographic writing
-private property
-cylinder seals
-craft specialization expands
-gold
-silver
-copper
-semi-precious stones |
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-3000-2400 BC
-lugals (warrior leaders) seize control from ens
-warfare
-defensive walls around cities
-palaces as residences of kings
-trade routes for raw materials
-irrigation rights
-fertile land
-increase wealth differences
-bronze working
-burials show stratification
-Royal Cemetery at Ur
-cuneiform writing
-decline of Sumeria
-warfare
-salinization of soils |
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-5300-3600 BC
-cities - Eridu
-temples
-elite burials
-workshops
-painted pottery
-plow
-wheel |
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-4000-3200 BC
-chiefdoms
-mastabas
-Upper and Lower Egypt
-Hierakonpolis (capital of Upper Egypt)
-trade contact with Mesopotamia |
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