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History
Undergraduate 2
09/21/2014

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The origin of Homo sapiens
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sub-saharan Africa-- south of the sahara (ethiopia)
about 200,000 years ago
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The paleolithic age
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(old stone age)hunting and gathering
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The mesolithic age
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)middle stone age) transition to food production
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The neolithic age
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(New Stone Age) food production
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The chalcolithic age
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(copper-stone age) the beginning of copper metallurgy
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The probable reason for the development of food production in the Near East
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a change in climate caused food shortages
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The era of transition from hunting and gathering to good production in the Near East
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c. 10,000 to c. 7,000 BCE
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corollaries of the growth of food production
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-the establishment of villages
-the rise of political, economic, and gender inequality
-the expansion of warfare
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The characteristics of the first cities in the Near East
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distinguished from villages by the presence of full-time warriors, administrators, and priests
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Factors in the establishment of the first cities in Mesopotamia
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-population pressures in earlier food-producing areas
-coercive leaders
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The sumerian era
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(c.3200- c.2340 BCE)
-independent city-states
-Theocratic rule
-The cuneiform
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Mesopotamian religion
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-The gods were first imagined as part of nature, then as humans, and finally as omnipotent rulers
-a rich mythological and liturgical literature was developed
-the cities were dominated by lofty, terraced temples called ziggurats
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the akkadian era
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(2340- c.2200 BCE)
-mesopotamia was unified in a single state ruled from the central region, north of sumer
-conquests extended to the west as far as the mediterranean
-the semitic language of the akkadians became the main written language of mesopotamia
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the old babylonian era
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(c.2000-c. 1600 BCE)
-the domination of nomadic invaders from the west who embraced sumero-akkadian institutions
-advances in mathematics, including the adoption of the duodecimal system
-the flourishing of literature, including the compiling of the epic of gilgamesh
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The code of hammurabi
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the most significant principle was retaliation against offenders
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the hittite empire
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(c.750-c. 612 BCE- Asia Minor)
- the sources of its power were its mineral resources and efficient governmental system
-it overthrew the old babylonian state
-the language of its rulers belonged to the indo-european group
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the new babylonian empire
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(612-539 BCE)
-its capital became the most famous city of its time in the western eurasian world
-its atrologers' observations became a point of departure for greco-roman atronomy
-it was overthrown by the persians, who annexed all of its territories
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The geographical advantages of Egypt over Mesopotamia
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- more regular and consistent river floos, which made its food supply more reliable
-uninhabitable deserts to the east & west, which kept neighbors at a distance
-better mineral resources, which made it more self-sufficent
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prehistoric egypt
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(before c.3100 BCE)
-settled farming
-the use of copper tools in addition to stone ones
-a system of writing known as hieroglyphic
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the egyptian archaic period
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(c.310- c.2770 BCE)
-the unification of upper & lower egypt by a warrior from upper egypt, who became the first king
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the egyptian old kingdom
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(c. 2770-c. 2200)
-the beginning of a period of vastly greater state power and royal absolutism
-the fusion of religious and political life
-the building of the fist pyramid
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The egyptian middle kingdom
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(c.2050-1786 BCE)
-an alliance between the monarchy and the middle class, which resulted in unprecedented prosperity
-extensive drainage and irrigation projects instead of the building of pyramids
-religious changes emphasizing moral conduct and personal salvation rather than ritual
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the egyptian new kingdom
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(c.1560-1087 BCE)
-a regime that was much more highly consolidated than previous ones
-patriotism and a reduction of local loyalties and the power of the nobles
-aggressive militarism and imperialism
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phases of egyptian religious evolution
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-the merging of local quardian deities into the sun god Re, later combined with Amon as Amon-Re
-the development of the myth of Osiris and Isis, conveying a promise of personal immortality
-the belief that the victory of Horus over set foreshadowed the ultimate ascendancy of good over evil
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differences between ancient egyptian and mesopotamian religions
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-its emphasis on animal deities
-its doctrine that the king was a god
-its optimism and the belief that the dead might be resurrected
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the legacy of ancient egypt to world civilizations
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-a solar calendar, which was the best in antiquity
-the division of the corcle into 360 degrees and the calculations of the value of pi
-the hypothesis that diseases had natural causes and thus could be diagnosed and treated
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the historicity of the early biblical narratives
Definition
narratives about Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and the founding of ancient Israel are not substantiated
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documented events in later Israelite/Jewish history
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(first millennium BCE)
-the destruction of the israelite kingdoms of israel and judah by the assyrains and the new babylonians
-the construction of a temple of jerusalem and the compilation of the jewish bible during the persian era
-the existence of an independent jewish kingdom during the second and first centuries BCE
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stages of hebrew religious evolution according to certain modern historians
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-polytheism: belief in multiple gods;prevalent in early bronze age societies
-monolatry: worship of Yahweh; the existence of other gods not denied (c.1250 BCE)
-Monotheism: belief in a single god and the necessity of ethical conduct (c.750-c.550 BCE)
-messianism: expectation of the appearance of the Messiah and final judgment (c. 400- c.70 BCE)
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The legacy of the hebrews
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their monotheistic theology influenced christianity and islam
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early aegean civilization
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its agricultural potential was limited, so it focused more on maritime trade than egypt and mesopotamia
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minoan civilization
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several prosperous cities co-existed peacefully on Crete when it was at its peal (c. 2000- c.1500 BCE)
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Mycenaean civilization
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it was more involved in warfare than the minoan civilization
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the significance of aegean civilization
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it purportedly had a worldy and progressive outlook
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the indus valley civilization
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(c. 3200- c. 1600)
-it depended on irrigation from the indus river as well as a rainy season for food production
- it was a centralized urban society with an extensive trade network
-it developed a system of writing, which has not yet been deciphered
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indo-aryan civilization
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(c. 1600- c. 550 BCE)
it developed after the migration of tribes from western Russia into northwestern India
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early aryan religion
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it included a pantheon of gods who personified the forces of nature
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the hindu caste system
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(developed c. 1000- c. 500 BCE)
-occupational specialization
-endogamy
-different practices concerning ritual purity
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Hindu beliefs and practices
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-polytheism
-the honoring of cattle
-a belief in the transmigration of souls
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the origins of buddhism
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- founder: gautama, called the buddha ( c.563-483 BCE)
-principal teaching: suffering stemmed from desire
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the development of buddhism
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-the hinayana sect emphasized individual salvation (sri lanka and southeast asia)
the mahayana sect emphasized the redemption of the entire human race (Tibet and the north)
-it developed a system of monasticism based on vows of poverty and chastity
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the maurya empire of northern india
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(3rd century BCE)
failure of numerous small states to resist foreign invasions stimulated unification
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the Yangshao culture of china
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(c. 5000- c. 3000)
-slash and burn agriculture producing millet
-domesticated pigs, dogs, chickens, cattle, sheep, and goats
-silk production
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the Xia (Hsia) dynasty of china
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(c. 2200-c. 1750 BCE?)
it is legendary, and its existence has not yet been substantiated by any firm physical evidence
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innovations during the period of the shang dynasty of china
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(c. 1750-c. 1100 BCE)
-the use of chariots in war
-sophisticated bronze technology
-an ideographic system of writing
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institutions of the Shang era
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-the central focus was the king, who ruled at the summit of a vast kinship structure
-there was no private property: everything was owned by the king
-the kind was head shaman, the link between the spiritual worlds of the ancestors and human society
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the significance of the Zhou era of china
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(c. 1100-256 BCE)
the "classical age of china": the foundation for the family of cultures of East Asia
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the culture of the Zhou era
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-warfare gradually reduced the number of independent states
-private ownership of land increased
-intense political competition supplied opportunities for individual talent & initiative
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the chinese sytem of writing
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-ideographic
-high status and prestige was awarded to scholars
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Confucianism
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- founder: confucius (c. 551- 479 BCE)
goal: to teach rulers how to establish not only order but also justice
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Daoism
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-founder: Laozi (6th century BCE?)
-it exalted in nature, idealized the primitive, and suggested that civilization caused corruption
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Legalism
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-founded in the late Zhou era
the solution for the problem of anarchy is an authoritarian state
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