Early Humans did not practice Agriculture. Instead they relied on obtaining local plants and berries to consume and killing wild animals to eat
What is Hunting and Gathering
100
The time period of human advancement when humans began planting and harvesting crops is known as this
What is Neolithic Revolution
100
Historians call places that had cities and a social structure this
What is a Civilization
100
Most early civilizations believed in multiple Gods. This is known as this
What is Polytheism
100
The first major Civilizations in China arose along this river
What is Huanghe River (Yellow River)
200
An advantage early humans had was that they ate both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore
200
Farming was originally developed in this area of the world
What is Middle East and Black Sea regions. (Turkey, Iraq, Israel)
200
Literally means "Between the rivers", this is the name of the areas where some of the first major civilizations rose between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is Mesopotamia
200
The Sumerian political structure mainly consisted of each separate town and its outlying lands falling under the jurisdiction of a king or ruler. These towns and their outlying lands were known as this
What is a city state
200
The first major Chinese Civilization was called this
What is Shang
300
The first 2 million year or so existence of humankind is referred to as the "Old Stone Age"
What is Paleolithic Era
300
One of the major drawbacks of a settled agricultural society was human and animal waste that led to this.
What is disease
300
The first major civilization that used a written language and had a large social structure was known as this. They are from present day Iraq near the Persian Gulf
What is Sumerians
300
Eventually this group took over the Mesopotamian area from the Sumerians and established a distinct social structure and laws
What is Babylonians
300
The Zhou eventually took over in East Asia and promoted the idea that their rulers were chosen and supported by the gods. This is known as this
Mandate of Heaven
400
The Human Species probably originated in this area
What is Eastern Africa (Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya)
400
This is one of the oldest settled "towns" that was discovered in Southern Turkey. It was established around 7000 B.C.E and had a more elaborate social structure than any other settlement before it had.
What is Catal HuYuk
400
The first large scale written language that consisted of wedge shapes that stood for symbols and then later sounds was called this
What is Cuneiform
400
The Babylonian king who united the region and introduced the first series of written laws.
Who is Hammurabi
400
The Zhou created the first feudal system where the King would give some power to the wealthy landowners to rule over the peasants that worked his land. This handing down of power from a larger more powerful branch to a smaller one is known as this
What is Federalism
500
After the Ice Age living conditions improved for Humans and we began to develop more tools and population started to slowly grow. This in between time period before agriculture is known as this
What is Mesolithic Era (middle stone age)
500
The use of stone tools soon dissipated in favor of metal tools. Metallurgy became so commonplace in the Middle East by 3000 B.C.E. that the time period is known as this.
What is the Bronze Age
500
The Sumerians believed in many gods and built large impressive shrines to honor them called this
What is ziggurats
500
The chief crop(s) of the Sumerians and Babylonians were this
What is grains (wheat, barley)
500
The symbolic language of the Chinese cultures used these symbols to represent things.