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Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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Where were Indus valley civilization located?

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2
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What is syncretism?

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Cultural contact and assimilation of ideas

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3
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Where was Indus Valley located? (Monsoons)

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Outside the monsoon belt

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Where was the Harappan civilization located?

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Indus valley of Pakistan and India

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What was the climate like in Indus Valley?

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It was warmer in the past

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Was there agriculture in neolithic Indus valley?

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Highly debated

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7
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What is Mehrgarh?

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Earliest neolithic site in the Indian subcontinent

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What were Mehrgarh burials like?

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Buried in brick-lined tombs with baskets (lack of pottery)

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9
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What site had the oldest lost-wax technique artifact?

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Mehrgarh

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10
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Where was the earliest evidence for cotton found?

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Mehgarh

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11
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What age civilization was the Harappan?

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Bronze age

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What are the three phases of the Harappan?

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Early, mature and late

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13
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What was Kot Diji (Harappan) known for?

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A fortified city with defensive walls and a citadel

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What types of settlements was the Harappan known for?

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Villages and towns on the floodplain, beginning of urbanization

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15
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Was there evidence of centralized authority and leadership in early Harappan society?

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Yes

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What item was important when it came to trading in Mature Harappan?

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Wheeled carts

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17
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Why were early Harappan sites hard to reconstruct?

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They were buried under strata

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18
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What was local trade used for during the Harappan?

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Exchange of crops from different areas

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19
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What are the three largest cities in the Harappan? (MHR)

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Monhenjo-daro, Harappa, and Rakhigari

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20
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What kind of social order did Harappan cities have?

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Harappa and Mohenjo-dara were occupied by middle class merchants and officials. (No temples of palaces)

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21
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Which is the largest Harappan city?

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Mohenjo-daro

22
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What was special about fired bricks?

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Impermeable to water, required organization and bureaucracy

23
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What was Monhenjo-daro city planning like?

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Citadel with lower towns surrounding it

24
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How was Harappa built?

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A cluster of walled mounds within loosely built-up areas

25
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What is there to know about Harappan political organization?

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A state is unknown, evidence of some kind of authority

26
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What are Harappan burials like?

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Oval pits lined with mud bricks, few goods, no elite burials

27
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What are Harappan script?

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Pictographs

28
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Where did Harappan religious belief come from?

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With fertility goddesses

29
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What caused the end of the Harappan civilization?

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Disappearance of the Sarasvati river, drought, flooding

30
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What are the two rivers in China?

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Huanghe (Yellow) river (North), Yangtze river (South)

31
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What was climate in the Huanghe like?

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Dry, permeable soils used for (Foxtail) millet farming

32
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Who and where did Peligang culture come from?

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Earliest known neolithic culture in Huanghe River

33
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What culture developed from the Peiligang?

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The Yangshao

34
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What culture was considered to be the root of modern day Chinese culture?

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Yangshao

35
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What was evidence of early Chinese cuisne?

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Cooking vessels (Steaming pots) from the Yanshao

36
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What was the climate like in the Yangtze river? What was cultivated there?

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Warmer and rice

37
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Why was Hemudu site so important to understanding Yangtze?

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It was a wet site with many preserved artifacts like flutes and lacquered bowls

38
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What are the three centers of complexity?

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Liangzhu, Hongshan, Longshan

39
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Where was the earliest evidence of social hierarchy found?

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Yangtze River delta (Liangzhu)

40
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What do bi and cong represent?

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Heaven and earth

41
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What kind of city was Liangzhu?

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Likely a chiefdom or proto-state

42
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What kind of city was Hongshan?

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A protostate

43
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What was special about the Niuheliang temple in Hongshan?

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Life sized female figure with jade eyes

44
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What are the distinguishable traits of the Longshan?

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Evidence of social ranking, unequal distribution of wealth and increased violence

45
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What are tou and ting?

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Pedestal bowls and cooking pots

45
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What is scapulimancy?

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Predicting the future using oracle bones

46
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What were black wares used for?

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Elite grave goods

46
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What is Hang tu?

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Rammed earth

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Arrchaelogy 325 (3 decks)

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