7585603411 | Civilization | Advanced state of human society where high levels of culture, science, industry, and government have been reached | 0 | |
7585603412 | Sumerians | Came to Mesopotamia in 3500 B.C.E. | 1 | |
7585617212 | Cuneiform | First known case of writing, developed by Sumerians | 2 | |
7585633520 | Polytheism | A belief in multiple gods | 3 | |
7585644921 | Akkadians | People that the Sumerians fell to in 2400 B.C.E. | 4 | |
7585661445 | Babylonians | An ancient empire in southwestern Asia | 5 | |
7585674703 | King Hammurabi | King who created the Babylonian code of law | 6 | |
7585680210 | Pharaoh | Ruler of Egypt | 7 | |
7585690430 | Pyramids | Ancient Egyptian monumental tombs for pharaohs and their families | 8 | |
7585700860 | Indus River | A river in Southern Asia | 9 | |
7585743753 | Harappa | A village in Pakistan that flourished in the Indus River Valley | 10 | |
7585743754 | Aryan | People who migrated in 1500-1700 B.C.E. after Harappa's fall | 11 | |
7585761862 | Vedas | Body of Hindu sacred writings | 12 | |
7612332910 | Mahabharata | An epic poem of India dealing mainly with the conflict between the Pandavas and the Kauravas | 13 | |
7612363716 | Ramayana | An epic of India, one of the Puranas attributed to Valmiki and concerned with the life and adventures of Ramachandra and his wife Sita. | 14 | |
7612363717 | Upanishads | Epic poems | 15 | |
7612426498 | Ideographic | A written symbol that represents an idea of object | 16 | |
7612426499 | Shang | A Chinese dynasty whose dates are usually given as 1766-1122 b.c. and sometimes as 1523-1027 b.c. | 17 | |
7612426500 | Chavin de Huantar | Civilization in highlands of Peru in 850-250 B.C.E. | 18 | |
7612426501 | Phoenicians | People along the Mediterranean coast of the Middle East | 19 | |
7612426502 | Monotheism | Belief in one God | 20 |
AP World History Chapter 2 Flashcards
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