Civilizations
The first civilizations in the Middle East were egalitarian. True or false?
False!
The first civilizations in the Middle East were NOT egalitarian.
What is the correct term for having more food than you need?
Surplus
When did farming develop?
8,000 - 10,000 years ago
Gender Equity, the development of fire, and tracking and hunting were characteristics of what age?
The Paleolithic Age
The development of different roles in societies, such as merchants, artisans, scribes, and priests, is called?
The specialization of labor
Which civilization invented beer?
Mesopotamia
Which development of Paleolithic humans meant that all other developments were possible?
Larger brains
Adultery was only a crime for women. What feature of Neolithic society does this demonstrate?
PATRIARCHY
Why was specialized labor able to develop in early civilizations?
Food Surplus
How do we know that some Neolithic societies were not as healthy as hunter gatherers?
Their skeletons were FOUR inches shorter!
How were Paleolithic tribes organized?
Kinship groups
Mandate of Heaven, production of silk, and reverence for ancestors were all features of civilizations in which country?
China
Cities, growing populations, and writing systems were common features of which early civilizations?
Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus, AND Shang (ALL RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS)
How did the first civilizations store surplus food
newly invented storage containers
Historians follow lots of rules, like reading critically, and cross referencing, when they look at primary sources. Why?
A) to see if they are reliable
b) to determine the provenance of the information
To determine if they are reliable
What does the Code of Hammurabi demonstrate about social qualities of Mesopotamia?
That it was marked by social inequalities
Newly created storage containers for things like grain and beer contributed to...
Increasing populations
How do we know that some Paleolithic societies did have social inequalities?
Different qualities of items found in graves
What were the names of the writing that Mesopotamia and Egypt invented?
Cuneiform and hieroglyphics