World Civilizations - The Global Experience AP 6th Edition
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| 304664603 | Paleolithic Age | second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC | 0 | |
| 304664604 | Neolithic Revolution | People who dominated Southern Mesopotamia through the end of the 3rd Millennium BCE. Responsible for the creation of irrigation technology, cunieform, and religious conceptions. | 1 | |
| 304664605 | Hammurabi | Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC) | 2 | |
| 304664606 | Kush | An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 100 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries. | 3 | |
| 304664607 | Shang | the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC | 4 | |
| 304664608 | Zhou | The people and dynasty that took over the dominant position in north China from the Shang and created the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to justify their rule. Remembered as prosperous era in Chinese History. | 5 | |
| 304664609 | Qin | A people and state in the Wei Valley of eastern China that conquered rival states and created the first Chinese empire (221-206 B.C.E.). The Qin ruler, Shi Huangdi, standardized many features of Chinese society and enslaved subjects. (163) | 6 | |
| 304664610 | Han | imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy | 7 | |
| 304664611 | Legalism | strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit, In China, a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control. The Qin ruling class invoked it to validate the authoritarian nature of their regime. (p.52) | 8 | |
| 304664612 | Aryans | nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste system | 9 | |
| 304664613 | Vedas | Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism. | 10 | |
| 304664614 | Kushans | Dynasty that succeeded the Mauryas in northwestern India; sponsors of Buddhism; empire did not extend to Ganges River valley. | 11 | |
| 304664615 | Guptas | dynasty the succeeded the Kushans in the 3rd century CE; built empire that extended to all but the southern regions of Indian subcontinent; less centralized than Mauryan Empire; claimed divine rule; demanding system of taxation; established universities | 12 | |
| 304664616 | Zoroastrianism | dual gods of equal power to form early monotheism; Persian; cosmic struggle over good and bad; those that do good go to heaven and bad go to hell; influenced Judaism and Christianity | 13 | |
| 304664617 | Hellenistic Period | That culture associated with the spread of Greek influence as a result of Macedonian conquests; often seen as the combination of Greek culture with eastern political forms | 14 | |
| 304664618 | Roman Republic | the ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC | 15 | |
| 304664619 | Punic Wars | A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage (264-146 B.C.); resulted in the destruction of Carthage and Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean. | 16 | |
| 304664620 | Carthage | City located in present-day Tunisia, founded by Phoenicians ca. 800 B.C.E. It became a major commercial center and naval power in the western Mediterranean until defeated by Rome in the third century B.C.E. (p. 107) | 17 | |
| 304664621 | Julius Caesar | conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC) | 18 | |
| 304664622 | direct democracy | a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives | 19 | |
| 304664623 | Senate | assembly of Roman aristocrats; advised on policy within the republic; one of the early elements of the Roman constitution | 20 | |
| 304664624 | Shinto | the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma | 21 | |
| 304664625 | Olmec | a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization contered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC | 22 | |
| 304664626 | Sui | dynasty succeeding the Han; grew from strong rulers in northern China; reunited China. | 23 | |
| 304664627 | Tang | Li Yuan founded this dynasty. During this dynasty, Buddhists gained power, so the government put and end to Buddhism and brought back Confucianism | 24 | |
| 304664628 | Toltec | the family that ruled the Franks in Gaul from 751 to 987 in the Carolingian Dynasty. This began when Pepin was declared king. They lost power after the Treaty of Verdun., a people who invaded central Mexico and were ruled by a military class; had a capital city of Tula; influenced the Maya; introduced the working of gold and silver; spread the worship of their god Quetzalcoatl; destroyed in the AD 1100s | 25 | |
| 304664629 | Inca Socialism | A view created by Spanish authors to describe Inca society as a type of utopia; image of the Inca Empire as a carefully organized system in which every community collectively contributed to the whole. | 26 | |
| 304664630 | Khitans | nomadic peoples of Manchuria, militarily superior to Song but influenced by Chinese culture, forced humiliating treaties on Song in 11th century | 27 | |
| 304664631 | Neo Confucianism | term that describes the resurgence of Confucianism and the influence of Confucian scholars during the T'ang Dynasty; a unification of Daoist or Buddhist metaphysics with Confucian pragmatism | 28 | |
| 304664632 | Southern Song | Rump state of the Song Dynasty from 1127 to 1279; carved out of the much larger domains of the Tang and northern Song; Culturally, one of the most glorious reigns in Chinese history. | 29 | |
| 304664633 | Silla | Independent Korean kingdom in southeastern part of peninsula; defeated Koguryo along with their Chinese Tang allies; submitted as a vassal of the Tang emperor and agreed to tribute payment; ruled united Korea by 668. | 30 | |
| 304664634 | Ming Dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 | 31 |
