Final Study Guide

Old World Archaeology, ANT 308

Useful information:

--The final is on Monday, May 3 at 8-11 AM in our usual classroom, SBS 202.

--The review session will be in class on Monday, April 26

--2/3 of the information on the final will be on subjects covered since the midterm. The remaining 1/3 will be on crucial subjects from the first half of the class.

Know the definitions of the following terms/people, and how they are important to Old World archaeology:

Mesopotamia	Primary state	State
Secondary state	Complex chiefdom	Neolithic Revolution
Tribe	Chiefdom	Lapis Lazuli
Nome	Archaeology	Predynastic of Egypt
Dynasty 0	Dynasty I and II	Scorpion King
Dynasty IV	Narmer	Imhotep
ma’at	Osiris	Horus
Old Kingdom Egypt	Middle Kingdom Egypt	New Kingdom Egypt
2^nd Intermediate Period	Hyksos	Mitanni
Hittites	Chariot	Amun
Kerma culture	Ahmose Nefertari	Ahmose
Kamose	Thutmosid pharaohs	Dynasty XVIII
Hatshepsut	Amenhotep III	Queen Tiy
Akhenaton	Nefertiti	Smenkhare
Aten	Horemheb	Meritaten
Tutankhamon	Kiya	Ay
Akhetaten/Amarna	Ankhesenamon	Dynasty XIX
Ramses II	Battle of Kadesh	Merenptah
Ramses III	Sea Peoples	Troy
Iron swords	Ravi phase	Kot Diji phase
Harappan phase	Late Harappan phase	Harappa
Indus Valley culture	Late Indus Valley period	Dravidian
Mohenjo-Daro	Shortugai	Caste system
Meluhha	Mehrgahr	Indus Valley script
Dholavira	Glazed steatite bead	Oxus Valley culture (BMAC)
Qala	Andronovo culture	Central Asian nomads
Segmentary lineage	Kurgan	Nomadic state cycle
Transitional nomads	Pure nomads

Think about the following issues and be prepared to write essays about them:

Trade and interaction in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus

The importance of barbarians and nomads throughout the Old World

The effects of the Intermediate Periods on Egyptian society

The importance of military technology—chariots, bridles, iron swords, etc.

Egyptian interactions with Nubia and the Levant

Akhenaton vs. more typical New Kingdom pharaohs

Environmental effects on agriculture in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Indus

Politics and Old World archaeology

How agriculture affects different cultures differently

Egyptian religion and writing

The Indus and the caste system

Oxus culture vs. Indus culture