7764482407 | Qin Persia Maurya Gupta Han Rome | Classical Empires | 0 | |
7764493521 | Ancestor Veneration | worshipping dead ancestors whose spirits are believed to have the power to help in the affairs of the living. | 1 | |
7764511410 | Neolithic revolution | - farming created new socio economic system. - RIVERS - agriculture, irrigation, population increase, specialization, trade, transportation, stratification | 2 | |
7764539611 | first permanent agricultural villages | mesopotamia nile yellow river papa new guinea ande | 3 | |
7764547497 | paleolithic | - homo sapiens were mobile and outsmarted other animals, originated/left Africa, equality | 4 | |
7764574526 | SILK ROAD | 5 | ||
7764580069 | INDIAN OCEAN ROUTE | 6 | ||
7764583177 | EURASIAN ROUTE | 7 | ||
7764590021 | MEDITERRANEAN SEA ROUTE | 8 | ||
7764592095 | TRANS SAHARAN ROUTE | 9 | ||
7764615081 | civilizations | large powerful states resource surplus allowed specialization long distance trade relationships war with increase of wealth culture: art, hierarchy, record keeping/lit, legal code, religion politics: leaders, resource competition, pastoral innovation | 10 | |
7764705693 | animism | earth has a soul and feelings | 11 | |
7764743842 | bodhisattva | person who reached nirvana but stayed on earth to help others | 12 | |
7764792951 | Diaspora | people scattered, not in homeland but may have strong ties to it | 13 | |
7764807167 | raja | Monarch or princely ruler in South and Southeast Asia | 14 | |
7764909307 | buddhism | - INDIA - no social classes - eightfold path - Ashoka furthered - reincarnation - embrace 4 noble truths = liberation | 15 | |
7764939824 | hinduism | - caste system - salvation for those who complete caste tasks - focus on doing good, not the reward - moksha (release from reincarnation cycle) - brahman (ultimate truth) | 16 | |
7765150730 | shamanism | person with access to world of spirits correct problems in natural world | 17 | |
7765219610 | rome | roman empire | 18 | |
7765221645 | persia | southwest asia persian empire | 19 | |
7765223176 | india | mauryan gupta south asia | 20 | |
7765350571 | china trade | silk cinnamon paper buddhism bubonic plague | 21 | |
7765360020 | india trade | cotton textiles coral ivory buddhism smallpox | 22 | |
7765364218 | rome trade | olive oil glassware bronze weapons christianity bubonic plague | 23 | |
7765372263 | greece trade | jewelry olive oil wine christianity bubonic plague | 24 | |
7765377534 | persia trade | turquoise gold mirrors zoroastrianism measles | 25 | |
7778719668 | jesus | founder of christianity 4 bce - 33ce | 26 | |
7778724227 | lao tzu | founder of daosim 6044 bce - ??? bce | 27 | |
7778726808 | cyrus | founder of persia 600 bce - 530 bce | 28 | |
7778733538 | siddharta | founder of buddhism 563 bce - 483 bce | 29 | |
7778736707 | confucius | founder of confucianism 551 bce - 479 bce | 30 | |
7778740954 | plato | athenian philosopher 428 bce - 348 bce | 31 | |
7778748611 | alexander the great | macedonian conqueror 356 bce - 323 bce | 32 | |
7778751242 | ashoka | mauryan buddhist emperor 304 bce - 232 bce | 33 | |
7778758515 | qin shi huangdi | founder of china 259 bce - 210 bce | 34 | |
7778762706 | augustus | first roman emperor 63 bce - 14 ce | 35 | |
7778765775 | paul of tarsus | christian apostle 5 ce - 67 ce | 36 | |
7778768725 | constantine | roman emperor who converted to christianity 272 ce - 337 ce | 37 | |
7778834349 | confucianism | filial piety (xiao) rulers must have inner virtue Analects (book) ren (kindness/loyalty), li (behave) | 38 | |
7778837500 | daoism | human behavior to be tailored to passive nature go with the flow wuwei | 39 | |
7778973866 | wuwei | non action but laws are still needed | 40 | |
7779001948 | spread of classical religions | ![]() | 41 |
AP World History Period 1 & 2 Flashcards
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