Ap world history ch1

someone who crafts an object with raw materials

a self-governing urban center and the agricultural territories it controlled.

when human society has advanced to share elements of government, architecture, ideas, etc.

wedge shaped writing / the "first" writing done with a stylus on a damp clay tablet and preserved through drying in the sun

when rule of a country or empire passes down through the family from one generation to the next

the epic story of the king, Gilgamesh, who searched for immortality. This is a Sumerian legend and is believed to be the first story

supplying water to agricultural land by artificial means

the worship of many gods

someone who writes / usually a revered position in ancient society

refers to a family of languages spoken in parts of western Asia and northern Africa

multistory, mud-brick pyramid shaped tower approached my ramps and stairs. administrative building.

tools used to make and grow food

first domestication of plants and animals occurs here

To tame animals and wild plants so that they would have a steady supply of food

Greek meaning of the land between 2 rivers. Name for the Large Plain that stretches between the Tigris River and the east of the Euphrates River on the west

A marshy area where a river splits into smaller streams

To bring water to their fields

A low earthen wall

goods were exchanged for other goods

are people who sell their writing skills for a living, kept records and accounts on clay table

the art of designing buildings

language written with a reed to make strokes and wedges.

the series of laws made by Hammurabi, a king of the group of people called Babylonians. It is very detailed and it is recorded on a Stela.

a warming period in the neolithic age

to follow herds of animals

formed a uniform system of weights and measures and standardized formats for documents and unified Mesopotamia

"big man," or early form of king

a trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a protection against evil

inheritance passed through the father

inheritance passed through the mother

important religious city, an early city-state in Mesopotamia

big stone rocks

people who move with herds of animals

transformation, development,transmission

first pharaoh to build pyramids

sun god

god of underworld

Egyptian writing system consisting of pictures

unified Egypt and became their leader

king & high-ranking officials

local leaders, officials, priests, artisans, farmers

peasants

royalty, high-ranking officials, warriors, priests, merchants, artisans

farmers

slaves

give human qualities to non-living things

stable and not anthropomorphic

two main gods of mesopotamia. tiamot (female sea god) was killed by marduk (male god)

hunters and food gatherers

agriculture revolution where farming and agriculture took over. more complex stone tools for farming.

foragers gather food. primitive stone tools are used.

8000 b.c.e - 2000 b.c.e

2 million- 8000 b.c.e

era where most tools were made of stone

most important city in southern Mesopotamia in the second and first millennia b.c.e

means "land between the rivers"

clay.

the divinely authorized order of the universe

series of stone platforms laid one on top of the other

capitals of ruling dynasties in Egypt

writing material in Egypt

corpse filled with packing materials and is immersed with cadaver.

early cities in the Indus Valley founded on irrigation, central planning. had sewage lines.

equal. everyone has rights.