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Periods and Theories
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Founder of Ur III
Who was Ur-Nammu?
100
Transitioning from hunters & gatherers to agricultural societies and permanent settlements
What is the neolithic revolution?
100
Culture that had existed in the Levant and were generally sedentary
Who were the Natufians?
100
"Land between two rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
100
4,000 BCE to 3,200 BCE
What is the Uruk Period?
200
British archaeologist who discovered Catal hoyuk
Who was James Mellart?
200
Crescent-shaped region which contains moist and fertile land
What is Fertile Crescent?
200
Group/society who obtain food by foraging.
What are the hunters and gatherers?
200
Anatolia or Asia Minor
What is modern-day Turkey
200
Population pressure, climatic changes, social changes
What are three generally accepted theories for the transition of agriculture?
300
Biblical archaeologist best known for his excavations at Ur
Who was Sir Leonard Woolley
300
Study of how and why people altered their environments.
What is landscape archaeology
300
One of the earliest urban societies in the world with many inventions
Who were the Sumerians?
300
Major rivers that flowed through Mesopotamia
What are the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers?
300
Akkadian Empire had existed in this Age.
What is the Bronze Age?
400
Australian archaeologist who coined the terms Neolithic revolution and urban revolution
Who was Gordon Childe?
400
A form of social and political organization. Succeeded chiefdoms
What are States?
400
Ruled Mesopotamia from 2334 B.C.E-2279 B.C.E
Who were the Akkadians?
400
Sumerian cities
What are Ur and Uruk?
400
Neolithic Revolution was coined after this Age
What is the Stone Age?
500
First king of the Akkadian Empire
Who was Sargon?
500
A form of hierarchical political organization in non-industrial societies (based on kinship)
What are chiefdoms?
500
Near East, N. China, S. China, Mesoamerica, Sub-Saharan Africa, Andes, Eastern United States.
What are the 7 independent centers of food production?