A | B |
bronze | around 3000 BC people began using bronze rather than copper or stong, to fashion tools and weapons |
neolithic revolution | major change in human life caused by the beginning of farming, that is, by people shifting from food gather to total producing |
civilization | a form of culture characterized by cities, specialized workers, complex instructors, recordkeeping and advanced technology |
homo eructus | people |
theocracy | a govenment in which the ruler is viewed as a divine figure, a government controlled by religious leaders |
culture | people's unique way of lie, as shown by tools, customs, arts and ideas |
empire | a political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler |
cuneiform | 2 system of writing with a wedge- shaped symbols, invented by the Sumerians around 3000 BC |
monsoons | 2 winds that shift in direction at certain times of each year |
Trade | exchange between different places |
achievements of homo eructs and hom sapiens | during Stone Age they polished tools |
mandate of heaven | in Chinese history, the divine approval though to be the basis of royal authority |
pyramids | massive structure with a rectangular base and four triangular base and four triangular sides, like those built in Egypt, buriel plaeces in the old kingdom |
dynasty | series of rulers from a single family |
feudalism | political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for there loyalty in military service and protection of the people who live on land |
City-State | city and its surrounding land functioning as an independent political unti |
ancient Egypt | old Egypt, back in the day |
Polytheism | belief in many Gods |
Rivers play a role in civilization | by helping transport for trade |