Unit One Flashcards
The earliest written law that covered daily life, aimed to ensure justice, punished criminals harshly and treated nobles and commoners differently.
Code if Hammurabi
A change that occurred when people learned how to plant, grow crops, and herd animals.
Neolithic revolution
The spread of ideas and inventions from one society to another.
Cultural diffusion
A highly organized and complex society.
Civilization
A process in which the physical characteristic of plants and animals change as a result of human intervention.
Domestication
A ranking of groups of people according to their importance, status or power.
Hierarchy
People who are settled or non-migratory.
Sedentary
According to Jewish tradition, these commandments are are the second covenant, a commitment to a moral and ethical life for all Hebrews, later adapted by Christians.
Ten Commandments
A blend of Greek, indian, Persian, and Egyptian culture.
Hellenistic
A Chinese idea that the right to rule came from divine authority.
Mandate of Heaven
Government is controlled by its citizens.
Democracy
Land and ocean trade routes that connected Asia and Europe from the time of the Roman Empire onwards.
Silk Road
Ruled by the few
Oligarchy
Information from somewhere else or by a person not directly involved in the event
Secondary source
The earliest attempt by the Romans to create a code of laws
Twelve tables
