Starts Neolithic Revolution Out of Africa All people come from AFR Bering Strait Civilization farming leads to disease gender inequality social inequality 8000 BCE Neolithic RevolutionAgricultural Revolution ID: 748488
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Unit 1 ReviewSlide2
Period 1 8000BCE-600BCE
Starts @ Neolithic Revolution
Out
of Africa
All people come from AFR
Bering StraitSlide3
Civilization (farming) leads to disease,
gender
inequality, social inequality
8000 BCE – Neolithic Revolution/Agricultural Revolution
First crops = wheat/barley in Middle East
Then rice/China, yams/AFR, maize/AME
Farming brings surplus of
foodSlide4
Domesticated animals start in Middle East
sheep
,
goats,
cows, pigs
Only Llamas in AME
Columbia Exchange?
Most
civs
develop independently
Especially AME
Ag settlements (not
civs
)
Jericho 8000 BCE (Israel)
Chatel
Huyuk
7000 BCE (Turkey)Slide5
What is a civ?
Food surplus
Job specialization
Writing
Art
Trade
Stratification
Military
New TechSlide6
Metals during this time are very important
First Bronze (copper + tin)
3000 BCE
First Iron
1300 BCESlide7
Themes
Environment altered by humans
Irrigation
Indus, Nile, Yellow all flood
Developments from cultural interaction
Trade among empires
As civilization progresses, woman’s status declines
Hunters/gatherers egalitarianSlide8
River Valley
Civs
:
Mesopotamia
Flooding = angry gods
Travelers = causing trouble, less stability
Sumer
Cuneiform = earliest known writing
Epic of Gilgamesh
Flood found in other storiesSlide9
Govs less centralized
City states
Sumerian Advancements
Wheel, calendar, 60 base number systemSlide10
Babylonians take over Sumer
Code of Hammurabi
Diff rules for diff classes
Super strict
Gender inequality Slide11
Mesopotamia
highlights:
Polytheistic
Not centralized
gov
Hammurabi’s Code
Cuneiform
Wheel
GilgameshSlide12
Hittites bring iron to Mesopotamia
Diffusion – getting something from another cultureSlide13
Major Mesopotamian cultures:
Sumer
Acadians
Babylon
Hittites
Assyrians
PersiansSlide14
Egypt
Nile predictable flooding
Less angry gods?
3 kingdoms – old, middle, new
Pyramids in old
Interact w/ Nubians in middle
More militaristic in newSlide15
Pharaoh is middle
More centralized than Meso
Pyramids show stratification
Hieroglyphics (probably borrowed from Meso)
Papyrus = paperSlide16
Compare Zigs, Pyrs, AME pyrsSlide17
Compare Cuneiform, Hieroglyphics, Mayan Glyphs Slide18
Hatshepsut –
woman
ruler
Then Egypt has more status for women than other
civs
Diffusion of bronze into Egypt from Hyksos Slide19
Egyptian Highlights:
Polytheistic
Social
Stratification
Centralized (more than
Mesopotamia)
Higher status for women
Pyramids
Hieroglyphics Slide20
Indus (Pakistan) (N. India)
Cities:
Mohenjo
Daro
, Harappa
Indoor plumbing, peaceful
Social
stratification
Proof of long distance trade
Indus seals found in
Mesopotamia/China
Aryans take over end Indus
Civ
Start Hinduism/Caste SystemSlide21
China (Shang Dynasty) first
Oracle bones
Scratch questions, fire, get answers from ancestors
Zhou (Joe) – Longest dynasty
Create mandate of heaven
God gives emperor right to rule if he is good
Maybe justification to overthrow Shang?Slide22
Exceptions to river valley rule
Americas
Olmec in Central America
Chavin in Peru Slide23
Important groups
Indo-Europeans
Rode horses
Spread from C. Asia
Aryans/Huns
Bantu migrations (2000BCE)
Sub Sahara
Spread their language, farming and iron
Hebrews (first monotheists)
Phoen
i
cians
Phonetics (becomes modern alphabet)Slide24
Religion in
U1:
Animism – “animating” giving objects spirits
Africa, Asia
Hinduism
Judaism
Zoroastrianism
Good and evil starts here.
Arguments for this was first monotheist religion
Good god/bad god maybe polytheistic
Maybe archetype for God/Devil