Unit 1
During this time period, people began using more advanced stone tools and transitioned to farming as a main source of food.
Neolithic
An independent city that controls the territory surrounding it
City-state
In Christianity, Jesus is thought to be this.
Messiah/Son of God/Devine
Ancient ________ had mountainous terrain throughout the region isolated the various groups of people there from each other.
Greece
This region in the Near East is often called a cradle of civilization, and is likely where the earliest farming communities emerged
Fertile Crescent
This is the current mainstream hypothesis about where humans originated and from where they migrated.
Out of Africa Theory
Form of early Chinese writing dating back to the Shang Dynasty
Oracle Bones
This religion's sacred text is called the Avesta.
Zoroastrianism
A Persian provincial governor
Satrap
Practice of keeping large herds of domesticated animals, periodically moving them from place to place
Pastoralism
Groups based around blood relationship
Kinship Groups
First Indus Valley city to be discovered
Harappa
This is the section of Jewish scriptures that contains religious law and rituals
Torah/Old Testament
This Classical Era Civilization developed the decimal system and the concept of the number zero.
Gupta
A legal system that featured punishments that varied based on social status
Code of Hammurabi
This occurred when the jobs people did became complicated enough to require training and expertise, such as metalworking
Specialization of labor
This is one of the two deserts that form the western boundary of China
Gobi Desert
This Emperor believed that Legalism was necessary to impose order in China
Shi Huangdi (Qin)
Their conversions led to Christianity and Buddhism becoming legalized and spread. (2 people)
Constantine and Ashoka
The transition to agriculture resulted in ______ _____, which resulted in larger populations and eventually more sophisticated civilizations
Food Surplus or Sedentary comminutes.
This major step forward in human development, which occurred during the Paleolithic, allowed for humans to get more nutrition from their food, which likely led to the larger brains in modern humans
Domestication of Fire
This was designed to allow messengers to travel rapidly from Asia Minor to Persia
Royal Road
"Life is suffering" is a statement associated with this religious teaching
Four Noble Truths
Both of these empires divided their empires into Provinces and built a system of roads
Persia and Rome
The Mauryan Empire united which two river valleys?
Indus River Valley and the Ganges River Valley.