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Pastoral Nomads
Mobile herders raise livestock for food and move occassionaly with their heard in search of fresh grazing grounds
Neolithic
new stone age
domesticated plants and animals, cultivated crops, established permanent settlements
Agricultural revolution
Rosetta stone
hieroglyphs a form of writing in 1799
deeds of a ruler from the second century bce were inscribed
Ancestor Worship
spirits of the dead can influence gods to help relatives that are still living.
Paleolithic
old stone age earliest
longest stage of cultural development
City-state
independant urban political domains thst controlled the surrounding countryside
Ziggurt
Massive black towers topped by shrines used for religious ceremonies
symbols for a cities power and lookout tower for defence
Cuneiform
way of writing etcheing symbols using wedge like characters
Akkad
King Sargon
ambitous ruler
conqured most of mesopotamia
created one of histories first empires
Epic of Gilgamesh
narrative poem
sumerian ruller king of gilgamesh of uruk part man part god
Hammurabi
most notable babylonian ruler
wrote the earlier set of meso laws had penalties if broken
Monotheism
belief in a single god
King Zoser
king during the old kingdom
made first pyramid with ascending steps towrd a 200-foot peak
Hatsheput
New kingdom ruller
she wore male clothing
became regant for her 6 yr old stepson
Hieroglyphics
egyptians form of writing started as a series of pictures
added symbols and sounds
Tutankhamen
akhenaton's youthful sucessor
believed in old religion
King tut
Verdic India
culture developed in Aryan India
sacred hymns composed by Aryan Priests rituals
only oral form
Ahimsa
Jains practiced practice of non-violence toward all living things
purify their spirits to attain moksha =death and reincarnation
Karma
Fate or destiny in the next incarnation
Dharma
repressented the faithful performance
Samsara
reincarnation
transformation of souls
Brahmanism
priestly caste vertic religion
Rajahs
warrior kings
mohenjo-daro
mound of the dead
castes
developed by class and social status
exclusive and restrictive
fulfill occupations based on your caste
mahavira
(jina)
mahavira=great hero
Jina=conqueror
life of asceticism renouncing all possessions and practicing extram self-denial
Siddhartha Gautama
spiritual leaders influences compares to that of moses or Jesus
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Ancient Civilizations
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Ancient Civilizations Egypt, India, China
Updated
9/29/2011, 7:05:23 AM
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