7522684175 | Norte Chico/Caral | 0 | ||
7522684176 | Indus Valley civilization | A Bronze Age civilization mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia | 1 | |
7522697250 | Olmec civilization | Pre-classical meso-america from 1200-400 BCE and is generally considered the forerunner of all subsequent mess-american cultures such as the Myans and Aztecs | 2 | |
7522720033 | Uruk | An ancient city of Sumer situated in the east of the present bed of the Euphrates river | 3 | |
7522728105 | Epic of Gilgamesh | A written piece from ancient Mesopotamia that is often regarded as the earliest forms of literature | 4 | |
7522744715 | Harappa | An archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan | 5 | |
7522748843 | Mohenjo-Daro | An archaeological site in Sindh, Pakistan built around 2500 BCE | 6 | |
7522762060 | Rise of the state/Empire | A central government that includes people of all different regions, cultures, and languages | 7 | |
7522771701 | Ancient Egypt | Civilization of northeast Africa concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile river | 8 | |
7522776380 | Sumer | The first Urban civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia | 9 | |
7522778689 | Paneb | A villian, someone who stole, a criminal | 10 | |
7522785575 | Nubia | A region along the Nile river encompassing the areas between what is today central Sudan and southern Egypt | 11 | |
7522796674 | Persian Empire | Cryus, Darius, and Xerxes | 12 | |
7522796675 | Athenian Democracy | Women not included, male and land owners could vote, direct democracy | 13 | |
7532333425 | Battle of Salamis | 480 BC, second assult on Greece, naval battle, Perisans loose | 14 | |
7532333426 | Dark ages | 1,500-800 BC, econmic collapse | 15 | |
7522804726 | Centeral Asia/ Oxus civilization | 16 | ||
7522816883 | Greco-Persian Wars | Series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and Greek city-states that started and ended in 449 BC | 17 | |
7522816884 | Alexander the Great | A- Conqures Persia B- Spreads greek culture- hellenism C- Names 26 cities Alexandria | 18 | |
7522819559 | Hellenistic Era | The time between the death of Alexander the Great and the rise of the Roman domination, spreads great culture | 19 | |
7522819560 | Augustus | Founder of the Roman Principate and the first Roman emperor from 27 BC-14 AD | 20 | |
7522819561 | Pax Romana | Long period of relative peacefulness | 21 | |
7522825020 | Qin Shihuangdi | The founder of the Qin Dynasty and the first emperor of unified China | 22 | |
7522833373 | Han Dynasty | 23 | ||
7522833374 | Trung Trac | Leader of the first Vietnamese independent movement | 24 | |
7522837297 | Kushan Empire | Syncretic empire, formed by Yuezhi in the bacterial territories, first century | 25 | |
7522839854 | Mauryan Empire | A geographically extensive Iron Age historical power founded by Chandragupta Maurya which dominated ancient India between c. 322 and 187 BCE. | 26 | |
7532333427 | Mycenaean civilization | 2,000 BCE, mainland Greece, warlike- desifer their language | 27 | |
7532333428 | Minoan civilization | 2,000 BCE, Crete, large city, Knossos, peaceful | 28 | |
7522839855 | Ashoka | Indian emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty who ruled all of the India subcontinent from 268-232 BCE | 29 | |
7522843787 | Iliad and the Odyssey | 30 | ||
7522843788 | Shang Dynasty | 1750-1027 BC, the first major Chinese empire centered around the Yellow and Yangze rivers | 31 | |
7522843789 | Hitties | The first major military culture that developed iron weapons and conquered Anatolia | 32 | |
7522847290 | Neo-Assyrian Empire | 911-612 BC, the largest state empire in Anatolia that also constructed the first known library of Ashurbinapol | 33 | |
7522847291 | Phoenician Empire | Immerse sea-going empire which established colonies around the Mediterranean, also developed our 26 letter alphabet | 34 | |
7522849937 | Diaspora | 35 | ||
7522852545 | Library at Ashurbinapol | 36 | ||
7536565644 | Persepolis | A- Capital of the Persian empire B- Alexander the Great conquered this city | ![]() | 37 |
7536593659 | Rosetta Stone | A- Hieroglyphs, coptic, and greek B- Français Champollion | ![]() | 38 |
7536620683 | Egyptian burial portrait | A- Found in the pyramid of manure B- Shows a positive view of the afterlife | 39 | |
7536628893 | Egyptian burial statue | A- Pharaoh and his wife in the burial chamber B- First culture that created statues of women | ![]() | 40 |
7536639594 | The great pyramids of Giza | 2,500 BC 40-50 years to build A- Tombs for Pharaohs B- Biggest structures in the world until the Eiffel tower | ![]() | 41 |
7536657324 | The Sphinx | 2,500 BC 65 feet tall, 250 long A- Pharaoh and a lion B- Symbolic protector of the tomb | ![]() | 42 |
7536672037 | Death mask of King Tut | A- The best preserved object from ancient Egypt B- The curse of the mummy | ![]() | 43 |
7536691977 | Greek theater at Epidauris | 350 BC A- Seats about 25,000 people B- Acustically perfect | 44 | |
7536703877 | The Parthenon | 450 BC A- Temple to the goddess of wisdom B- Entasis- visually beautiful | ![]() | 45 |
7536721472 | Greek discabolas (disk player) | 500 BC A- More anatomically correct B- Admired nudity | 46 |
AP World history chapters 1-3 Flashcards
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