AP World History Chapter 1

A system of cultivation typical of shifting cultivators; forest floors cleared by fire are then planted

a level of social organization normally consisting of 20 or 30 people; nomadic hunters and gatherers; labor divided on a gender basis

Early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in mondern southern Turkey; was larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social strification

societies distinguished by reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of non farming elites, as well as merchant and manufactoring groups

A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets

Cattle and sheep herding societies normally found on the fringes of civilized societies; commonly reffered to as "barbarian" by civilized societies

Literally "between the rivers"; the civilizations that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys

People who migrated into mesopotamia c. 4000 B.C.E.; created first civilization within region; organized area into city states

Massive towers usually associated with mesopotamian temple complexes

A form of political organization typical of mesopotamian civilizations; consisted of agricultural lands ruled by an urban based king

extended their own empire and thus helped bring civilization to other parts of the Middle East; unified mesopotamia

The most important ruler of the Babylonian empire; responsible for Condification of law

Title of kings of ancient Egypt

Monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharohs

An African State that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 1000 BCE; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries

River sources in Himalayas to mouth in Arabian Sea; location of the Harappan Civilization

Major urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern

Site of development of sedentary agriculture in china

Pictographic characters grouped together to create nerw concepts typical of Chinese writing

First Chinese dynaty for which archeological evidence exists; capital located in Ordos bulge of the Huangne; flourished 1600 to 1046 BCE

Sea faring civilization located on the shores of the Eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean

The exclusive worship of a single god; introduced by the Jews into western civilization