Ancient Civilizations Vocabulary

Study of the origins and development of people and their societies

• Monopoly

• Anthropology

• archeology

• Paleolithic Period

The study of ancient cultures based on artifacts and other remains

• Archaeology
• Anthropology

• Hammrabi

• Neolithic Period

Old Stone Age, earliest period of human development

• Paleolithic Period

• Neolithic Period

• City-State

• Rosetta Stone

The final era of prehistory, which began about 9000 B.C.; also called the New Stone Age

• Feudalism

• Paleolithic Period

• Neolithic Period

• Expansionism

A political unit that includes a city and its surrounding lands and villages

• Iroquois League

• Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)

• Feudalism

• City-State

Babylonian ruler famous for his attempt to codify, or arrange and record, all laws of a state. This included civil and criminal laws.

• Hammrabi

• Confucius/Confucianism

• Dictator

• Rosetta Stone

Stone monument that includes the same passage carved in hieroglyphics, demotic script, and Greek and that was used to decipher the meanings of many hieroglyphs

• Feudalism

• Republic

• Rosetta Stone

• Aristocracy

Loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord

• Expansionism

• Monopoly

• Anarchy

• Feudalism

Teachings of Confucius- a Chinese philosopher
-Work ethic; society would prosper if people fulfilled their duties
-Second key element after family is humanity; compassion and empathy for others
-Government service should be for all men with superior talent not just nobles

• Expansionism

• Confucius/Confucianism

• Feudalism

• Monopoly

Complete control of a product or business by one person or a group

• Aristocracy

• Feudalism

• Monopoly

• Monarchy