4288438363 | Nomad | constantly moving people, following the food | 0 | |
4288438364 | Foraging Societies | small nomadic groups of hunter-gatherers | 1 | |
4288438365 | Pastoral Societies | first domesticated animals | 2 | |
4288438366 | Cuneform | Sumerian writing | 3 | |
4288438367 | Polytheistic | worship of more than one god | 4 | |
4288438368 | Ziggurat | Sumerian temples, terraced pyramids | 5 | |
4288438369 | Code of Hammurabi | legal code in Babylon | 6 | |
4288438370 | Pharaohs | Rulers of Egypt | 7 | |
4288438371 | Hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing, pictures represents letters and words | 8 | |
4288438372 | Mummification | embaming of Egyptian bodies | 9 | |
4288438373 | Pyramid | large structures, tombs of pharohs in the Old Kindom of Egypt | 10 | |
4288438374 | River Valley | type of place early civilizations formed in | 11 | |
4288438375 | Calendar | system for organizing days, Egyptians developed a reliable one | 12 | |
4288438376 | Hinduism | Religeon evolved from Aryan beliefs, caste system, main religion in India, study Vedas | 13 | |
4288438377 | The Vedas & The Upshanids | record of Aryan beliefs, now studied by Hindus | 14 | |
4288438378 | Caste System | Hindu system, strict social hierchy, originaly warriors-priests-peasants, now- from top to bottom- 1. Brahmans 2. Warriors 3. Landowners & Merchants 4. Peasants | 15 | |
4288438379 | Patriarchy | men are above women, leader is eldest male | 16 | |
4288438380 | Mandate of Heaven | heaven only lets a dynasty rule China if it governs justly and wisely | 17 | |
4288438381 | Migration | people permanently travel, often not intentionally and/or over many generations | 18 | |
4288438382 | Zhou Dynasty | followed Shang dynasty, longest dynasty in China, founded by Wu Wang, maintained many of the Shang customs | 19 | |
4288438383 | Neolithic Revolution | transition for nomadic to agricultural societies | 20 | |
4288438384 | Bronze Age | invention of bronze, late Neolithic era | 21 | |
4288438385 | Mesopotamia | fertile crescent between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | 22 | |
4288438386 | Sumerian Civilizations | civilization in Southern Mesopotamia | 23 | |
4288438387 | Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | rivers between which is MesopotamiaS | 24 | |
4288438388 | Babylon | Empire in Mesopotamia, conquered Akkad, Code of Hammurabi | 25 | |
4288438389 | Hittites | conquered Babylon, discovered iron, improved chariot, spokes on wheels | 26 | |
4288438390 | Assyrians | conquered Hittites, capital at Ninveheh, conquered by Medes and Chaldeans | 27 | |
4288438391 | Nebuchadnezzar | Chaldean King, rebuilt Babylon | 28 | |
4288438392 | Persian Empire | conquered Babylon, largest empire yet | 29 | |
4288438393 | Egyptian Civilizations | civilization sdeveloped upon Nile River | 30 | |
4288438394 | King Menes | united Nile river valley, built capital at Memphis | 31 | |
4288438395 | Queen Hatshepsut | Queen of Egyptian new for 22 years, first known female ruler in history | 32 | |
4288438396 | Indus Valley | valley on Indus river in Northwestern India, home to early civilizations | 33 | |
4288438397 | Fertile Crecent | region from Mesopotamia towards the Medditaranian sea | 34 | |
4288438398 | Khyber Pass | pass through mountain which connects to the Indus Valley | 35 | |
4288438399 | Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro | two major cities in the Indus Valley | 36 | |
4288438400 | Aryans | nomadic tribes from the north of Caucasus Mountains, defeated Indus Valley with horses and advanced weaponry, each tribe migrated to India separately | 37 | |
4288438401 | Bantu Migrations | farmers in Niger and Benue River valleys (Bantu) migrate south and east and impact language | 38 | |
4288438402 | Shang China | first major Chinese kingdom, patriarchy, very religious, believed they could call on dead ancestors ,oracle bones | 39 | |
4288438403 | Olmec and Chavin | early societies in North America, not in river valleys, prove that developments in civilizations can occur independantly | 40 | |
4288438404 | Akkad | first major empire, starting in Northern Mesopotamia, Sargon | 41 | |
4288438405 | Jenne-Jeno | first city in sub-Saharan Africa, reached urban density | 42 | |
4288438406 | Bureacracy | government organized into departments | 43 | |
4288438407 | Nubia / Kush | developed at same time as ancient Egypt, conquered Egypt temporarily around 750 BCE, capital at Meroe | 44 |
AP World History Princeton Review Key Terms Section 1 Flashcards
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