[HIST 2300] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (11 pages long)
7 Feb 2017
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The first americas: the new world before columbus. Beringia land bridge: how they came to alaska from russia. Clovis points: found in glacier wall crevice. Spirit cave mummy and kennewick man: related to japanese. Foraging (hunter-gatherer cultures: killed off large game. Neolithic revolution: c. 4000-3000 bc, based around a crop (beans and corn) Caral-supe: peru c. 2600 bc, first civilization. San lorenzo: modern day gulf of mexico c. 1200-600 bc, centralized. Mayan civilization: yucatan peninsula c. 600 bc-600 ad, centralized, small, frequently fighting, complicated calendar system, math focused on number 20, cuneiform writing. Palenque site: cracked code to mayan writing in 1973. Anasazi civilization: chaco canyon, nm c. 900-1150, cliff dwellers, 1,100 people, large irrigation system. Mound builder culture: mississippi river valley c. 1100-1300, burial mounds used as platforms for religious and communal functions, modern day st. louis, 30,000 people, huge commercial hub. Itzcoatl: ruler of tenochtitlan, first builder of aztec empire, aggressive, tlaxcala primary enemy.
