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| Period of history before writing |
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| study of people and their cultures using artifacts |
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| something left behind by a group |
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| homo erectus, homo sapien, homo sapien sapien |
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| upright walking, larger brains, working brains |
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| old stone age, before agriculture |
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| first human skeleton found |
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| advanced organization and development |
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| new stone age. early agriculture |
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| temple in the middle of each city to worship gods |
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| earliest known writing system |
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| developed a law code. king of babylon |
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| adopted and took over egyptian society |
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| pharoah. cult of athen. monotheist |
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| religious cult. polytheistic |
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| independent cities adapted mesopotamian culture |
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| led by abraham. mesopotamian customs |
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given to moses by yaweh.
beginning of morality |
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| africans were kidnapped for slave trade |
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| conquered israel and deported its people |
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| flaunted persian identity |
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| helped communication and transportation |
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| persian administrative unit |
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| persians underground canal |
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| persias 2nd capital built by darius |
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| rivers that indian civs settled on |
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| earliest of india. agricultural society. invaded by aryans. |
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| seasonal heavy wind and rain. causes flooding |
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| no written rcord. covered in silt by indus |
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| no written rcord. covered in silt by indus |
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| poems- developed hindu values |
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| trade and agriculture. foreign relationships |
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"do good dharma, get good karma"
dharma- the actions u should make.
karma- what goes around comes around |
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| brahmins and untouchables |
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brahmins- preistly class
untouchables- lowest class. |
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| reincarnation, karma, most popular religion |
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| collection of hymns songs prayers and rituals honoring aryan gods |
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| reaching spiritual perfection. help others who r struggling |
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| left family to live an ascetic life and become enlightened |
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| four noble truths and eightfold path |
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| all life has suffering caused by desire. elimination of desire ends suffering |
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| leader of mauryan empire. supported buddhism. |
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| chinese settlements. "chinas sorrow" bc of massive floods |
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| bronze metallurgy and horse drawn chariots. |
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| animal bones used to write on. used for medicine |
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| worshipped ancestors bc they believed they reincarnated and protected the family |
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dao-divine force in the world
live simply, in harmony w/ nature |
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| death and rebirth of an empire |
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| mandate is granted to one, if he is not a wise ruler, mandate is withdrawn |
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| book of masters sayings and teachings |
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| strict rules and punishment |
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| states took smaller states around them and took their rule |
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| qins army. help rule another empire in the afterlife |
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| keep invaders out from the north |
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| centralization, imperial rule |
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| centralization and imperial rule. han dynasty |
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| connecting asia w. mediterranean world. trade route |
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| distrusted democracy. method of reason |
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| conquers greece and persia |
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| wrote republic. questions democracy. philosopher. |
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| greek spread culture far beyond greece |
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| poleis sent strong members to olympia to compete in contests |
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| jew who accepted christianity |
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| small group of wealthy class |
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| central figure of christianity |
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| roman law code, bought roman peace |
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| cause problems w/ patricians and plebeians. |
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