Mesopotamia
The first civilization in Mesopotamia, developed around 4000 BCE
What is Sumeria?
This river, that floods every year, was essential to the formation of the Ancient Egyptian empire
What is the Nile River?
Specialization of Labor and gaining of power and wealth would fall under which structure in SPICE.
Bonus Points if you can name the Sub-Bucket these explain
What is Social Structure?
Bonus: What is class?
In around 1500 BCE, this group of people began slowly migrating from western Africa into southern and eastern Africa
Who are the Bantu?
Religious pyramid temples with stair-step sides
What are ziggurats?
A ruler of ancient Egypt was called this
What is a pharaoh?
This artifact was found in Early/Ancient China and was used to vernerate/worship ancestors. Name the Artifact and what category of SPICE this falls under
What is the Zhou Ritual Vessel?
What is Culture?
Early in state-building this group of people came to power due to their ability to read and write
Who are scribes?
First written language, developed around 3000 BCE by Sumerians
What is cuneiform?
During the Old Kingdom, these were built for the burial of pharaohs and their families
What are pyramids?
This example of monumental architecture in Mesopotamia was used to legitimize a rulers power, worship gods and store food. Name the building AND what 3 structures in SPICE it can fall under
What is a Ziggurat?
What are Political, Culture and Social?
Name some reasons that support the idea that the Agricultural Revolution was NOT a good thing for humans
Domestication of animals and living so close to them lead to spread of disease
Relying on 1 main type of crop could lead to famine if it died/there was a drought
Specialized labor lead to social inequality with elites at the top and slaves at the bottom
The loss of an egalitarian society and creation of patriarchal societies
Babylon was this type of society, where everything is led by men and fathers are the supreme authority in households
What is a patriarchy?
Ancient Egyptian picture writing
What is hieroglyphics?
The Indus Seal found in Mesopotamia came from the Indus River Civilization Mohenjo-Daro What is a Social structure this artifact can be explained by this artifact.
Bonus: What Economic Structure?
Specialized labor-A writing/recording keeping system suggests a class of Scribes who would be used to make this
Long-Distance Trade- This seal was found in Mesopotamia which shows Mohenjo-Daro was involved in trade
Name some evidence that undermines the belief that the Agricultural Revolution was not good for humans
Population growth-only 4% of people lived in the Paleolithic Era which takes up 96% of history
Technological innovations-Metallurgy-->better tools for agriculture and eventually warfare
Sedentary societies lead to the creation of civilizations
The well-known Babylonian leader that came up with the first known written laws
Who is Hammurabi?
This ancient Egyptian pharaoh ruled for a very long time and had a peaceful rule. He even signed the first recorded peace treaty in history.
Who is Ramses the Great?
What Structures did all early states have?
ALL OF THEM
The field of study that is the reason dominant views of history keeps changing
What is archeology?