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Global History Regents
Review
Mr. DiDomenico
Human Culture
Culture is…
– the knowledge a people have
– the language a people speak.
– the ways in which they eat and dress.
– their religious beliefs.
– their achievements in art and music.
Technology
 Improving their technology–the skills and
knowledge available for collecting material and
making the objects necessary for survival–early
people began to create specialized tools, such as
food choppers, skin scrapers, and spear points.
The Stone Age
 The use of stone tools by early people led
historians to name prehistory as the Stone
Age.
 Three Eras
–
Paleolithic (Old Stone Age)
2.5 million B.C. – 12,000 B.C.
–
Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age)
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Neolithic (New Stone Age)
8000 B.C. – 5000 B.C.
12,000 B.C. – 8000 B.C.
The Neolithic Revolution
 During the Neolithic period, society made one
of its greatest cultural changes–the shift to
agriculture. 
 Because new agricultural methods led to
tremendous changes in people’s lifestyles, this
period is called the Neolithic Revolution. 
 During the earlier Mesolithic period, people
domesticated animals, taming them for
human purposes.
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River Valley Civilizations
 Nile River in Egypt- Cities rose from farming
settlements in the river valley
 The earliest cities uncovered so far lie in the
valley between the Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers (c. 3500 B.C.) in present-day Iraq.
 Cities also arose in the Indus River valley (c.
2500 B.C.) in India.
 The first urban communities in China appeared
in the Huang He valley
(c. 1500 B.C.).
Geography and Ancient Egypt
•Nile River was center of Egyptian life.
•Flooding of Nile brought fertile soil
•Irrigation, trade, travel
Key terms: mummification,monarchy, dynasty,
theocracy, bureaucracy, pharaoh, empire,
polytheism, hieroglyphics
Geography and Sumer (Fertile
Crescent, Mesopotamia)
 Architecture: ziggurats- stepped
temples
 Cuneiform: written language
 Code of Hammurabi: law code
based on principle of “an eye for an
eye”
Geography and Ancient India
 Indus River
Valley in
modern day
Pakistan
 Remains of first
planned cities
Geography and China
 Dynasties ruled by emperors
governed China for over 3000 years
 Mandate of Heaven- the right to
rule given to the dynasty by the Gods
 Dynastic Cycle- rise and fall of
dynasties based on the Mandate of
Heaven
Ancient Hebrews
 Monotheism- belief in One God
 Religion of the Hebrews= Judaism
 The Ten Commandments
- Hebrew code of laws
Cultural Diffusion
•A side effect of trade was
cultural diffusion, the
exchange of goods and ideas
when civilizations come in
contact.