AP WH Era 1: Mesopotamia, Who's Who in World History Flashcards
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| 5784567280 | Hammurabi | Amorite ruler of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 B.C.E.). He conquered many city-states in southern and northern Mesopotamia and is best known for a code of laws, inscribed on a black stone pillar, illustrating the principles to be used in legal cases. |  | 0 |
| 5784569603 | Sargon of Akkad | (2370-2315 BCE) He is the creator of empire in Mesopotamia. Created the empire by combing northern and southern Mesopotamia through invasion and force. |  | 1 |
| 5784568506 | Moses | (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus |  | 2 |
| 5784569968 | Nebuchadnezzar | King of the Chaldeans. He made Babylonia the leading state in western Asia. He also rebuilt Babylon as the center of his empire, giving it a reputation as one of the greatest cities of the ancient world.(605-562 BC) |  | 3 |
| 5784570471 | Gilgamesh | A legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories. Known in the "Epic of Gilgamesh" for searching for eternal life. |  | 4 |
| 5784570984 | Solomon | (Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC) |  | 5 |
| 5784571829 | Cyrus II | The founder of the Achaemenid dynasty was |  | 6 |
| 5784572505 | Darius I | Third ruler of the Persian Empire (r. 521-486 B.C.E.). He crushed the widespread initial resistance to his rule and gave all major government posts to Persians rather than to Medes. |  | 7 |
| 5784573750 | Xerxes | (c. 519-465 BC) Son of Darius, King of Persia; his armies invaded Greece with 180,000 men in 480 BC, but was eventually defeated by the Greeks allowing for Greek & Roman influence to shape history versus eastern influences on development of western Europe. |  | 8 |
| 5784574962 | Zoroaster | The founder of Persia's classical pre-Islamic religion, Zoroastrianism. A belief in good versus evil and a last judgement day. |  | 9 |
Unit 2 600 B.C.-600 A.D. AP World History (Strayer Ways of the World) Flashcards
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| 4942195946 | Persian Empire | Greatest empire in the world up to 500 BCE. Spoke an Indo-European language. A multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire. Fell to Alexander the Great. |  | 0 |
| 4942195947 | Athenian Democracy | First recorded democracy ever established. Direct democracy with juries of up to 2,500 people. Had to be an 18 year old male with Athenian parents to rule. Freedom of Speech. | 1 | |
| 4942195948 | Greco-Persian Wars | Two major Persian invasions of Greece, 490 and 480 B.C.E., in which the Persians were defeated on both land and sea each time. | 2 | |
| 4942195949 | Hellenistic era | period when the Greek language and Greek ideas spread to the non-Greek peoples of southwest Asia |  | 3 |
| 4942195950 | Alexander the Great | Between 334 and 323 B.C.E. he conquered the Persian Empire, reached the Indus Valley, founded many Greek-style cities, and spread Greek culture across the Middle East. | 4 | |
| 4942195951 | Augustus | The first emperor of Rome whose leadership brought about a long period of Pax Romana (Roman Peace). | 5 | |
| 4942195952 | pax romana | Roman Peace A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180. | 6 | |
| 4942195953 | Qin Shihuangdi | (r.221-210 BCE) The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty who believed strongly in Legalism and sought to strengthen the centralized China through public works. |  | 7 |
| 4942195954 | Trung Trac | Vietnamese nationalist and hero; along with her sister, Trung Nhi, she raised an army that drove the Chinese out of Vietnam for a short period | 8 | |
| 4942195955 | Han Dynasty | (202 BC - 220 AD) dynasty started by Lui Bang; a great and long-lasting rule, it discarded the harsh policies of the Qin dynasty and adopted Confucian principles; Han rulers chose officials who passed the civil service exams rather than birth; it was a time of prosperity | 9 | |
| 4942195956 | Mauryan Dynasty | 322-185 BCE. The first state to unify most of the Indian subcontinent. Founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 and survived until 185 BCE. From its capitol at Pataliputra in the Ganges Valley it grew wealthy from taxes. |  | 10 |
| 4942195957 | Ashoka | Third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (r. 270-232 B.C.E.). He converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars, the earliest surviving Indian writing. | 11 | |
| 4942195958 | legalism | Chinese philosophy developed by Hanfeizi; taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws | 12 | |
| 4942195959 | Confucianism | Chinese ethical and philosophical teachings of Confucius which emphasized education, family, peace, and justice | 13 | |
| 4942195960 | ban Zhou | The first female Chinese historian who wrote about the Han dynasty in the first and second centuries CE. | 14 | |
| 4942195961 | Daoism | Chinese religion from 500s BCE that emphasized following the mystical and indescribable "Way." It celebrated the chaos and contradictions of reality as well as the harmony of nature. The Yin and Yang symbolizes many aspects of this religion. |  | 15 |
| 4942195962 | Vedas | Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism. | 16 | |
| 4942195963 | Upanishads | A collection of over two hundred texts composed between 900 and 200 BC that provide philosophical commentary on the Vedas | 17 | |
| 4942195964 | Siddhartha Gautama | Founder of Buddhism |  | 18 |
| 4942195965 | Theravada | 'Way of the Elders' branch of Buddhism followed in Sri Lanka and much of Southeast Asia. It remains close to the original principles set forth by the Buddha; it downplays the importance of gods |  | 19 |
| 4942195966 | Mahayana | "the Great Vehicle" - The largest of Buddhism's three divisions, prevalent in China, Japan and Korea, encompasses a variety of forms, including those that emphasize devotion and prayer to the Buddhas and bodhisattvas. |  | 20 |
| 4942195967 | Bhagavad Gita | A book in popular Hinduism that was a response to Buddhism and made reaching moksha way easier. The most important work of Indian sacred literature, a dialogue between the great warrior Arjuna and the god Krishna on duty and the fate of the spirit. |  | 21 |
| 4942195968 | Zoroastrianism | One of the first monotheistic religions, particularly one with a wide following. It was central to the political and religious culture of ancient Persia. A religion that developed in early Persia and stressed the fight between the forces of good and the forces of evil and how eventually the forces of good would prevail. |  | 22 |
| 4942195969 | Judaism | A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with a covenant between God and Abraham and his descendants the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. Holy Book is the Torah | 23 | |
| 4942195970 | Greek Rationalism | A secularizing system of scientific and philosophic thought that developed in classical Greece in the period 600 B.C.E. to 300 B.C.E.; it emphasized the power of education and human reason to understand the world in nonreligious terms. | 24 | |
| 4942195971 | Socrates | (470-399 BCE) An Athenian philosopher who thought that human beings could lead honest lives and that honor was far more important than wealth, fame, or other superficial attributes. philosopher who believed in an absolute right or wrong; asked students pointed questions to make them use their reason, later became Socratic method. condemed to death for corrupting young minds. |  | 25 |
| 4942195972 | Plato | Philosopher (429 BC-347 BC) who studied under Socrates and questioned reality. He believed that studying ideas and forms held the truth to what is real and wrote the Republic, which described an ideal state with philosopher-kings, warriors, and masses. He also creates the Academy, an ancient school of philosophy. "How do we know what is real" "Philosophy begins in wonder" | 26 | |
| 4942195973 | Aristotle | Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato, the tutor of Alexander the Great, and the author of works on logic, metaphysics, ethics, natural sciences, politics, and poetics, he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system, which led him to criticize what he saw as Plato's metaphysical excesses, theory follows empirical observation and logic, based on the syllogism, is the essential method of rational inquiry. | 27 | |
| 4942195974 | Jesus of Nazareth | Founder of Christianity, he taught about kindness and love for God. His teachings were based on Judaism and spread throughout the Roman Empire and the world. | 28 | |
| 4942195975 | Saint Paul | A man who is credited with the spread of Christianity throughout the roman empire. iIs letters that he wrote while under arrest by the Romans make up a large portion of the New testament. | 29 | |
| 4942195976 | Saint Peter | Early leader of the Christian church; one of Jesus's twelve apostles; also known as Simon Peter, the first pope of the Catholic Church | 30 | |
| 4942195977 | Church of the East | also known as the Nestorian Church,is a Christian church within of the Syriac tradition of Eastern Christianity. It was the Christian church of the Persian Sasanian Empire, and quickly spread widely through Asia. Between the 9th and 14th centuries it represented the world's largest Christian church in terms of geographical extent, with dioceses stretching from the Mediterranean to China and India. Several modern churches claim continuity with the historical Church of the East. | 31 | |
| 4942195978 | Perpetua | Woman from upper class Roman family who converted to Christianity was persecuted and died a martyr. Wrote a prison diary that describes her arrest and trial. | 32 | |
| 4942195979 | scholar gentry | Class that controlled much land and provided most candidates for civil service; replaced the old landed aristocracy as the political and economic elite of Chinese Dynasty; Agricultural society | 33 | |
| 4942195980 | Wang Mang | A Han court official who usurped the throne and ruled from 8 C.E. to 23 C.E.; noted for his reform movement that included the breakup of large estates. | 34 | |
| 4942195981 | Ge Hong | Born into an upper class family in China during troubled times (283-343 C.E.), his efforts to balance Confucian service to society and his own desire to pursue a more solitary and interior life in the Daoist tradition reflected the situation of many in his class | 35 | |
| 4942195982 | Yellow Turban Rebellion | A massive Chinese peasant uprising inspired by Daoist teachings that began in 184 C.E. with the goal of establishing a new golden age of equality and harmony. | 36 | |
| 4942195983 | caste as varna and jati | distinct social class grouping; in China, Varna consisted of four classes that people were born into for life, and in India, Jati took on a similar form, but incorporated the specialized craftsman and guild workers into the system as well. |  | 37 |
| 4942195984 | ritual purity in Indian social practice | In India, the idea that members of higher castes must adhere to strict regulations limiting or forbidding their contact with images and objects of lower castes to preserve their own caste standing and their relationship with the gods. | 38 | |
| 4942195985 | sutee/sati | This was a Hindu ritual that when your husband died you had to be burned alive next to him by force or volunteered | 39 | |
| 4942195986 | Greek and Roman slavery | In the Greek and Roman world, slaves were captives from war and abandoned children, and victims of Long-distance trade; manumission was common. Among the Greek household service was the most common form of slavery, but in parts of the Roman state, thousands of slaves were employed under brutal conditions in the mines and on great plantations | 40 | |
| 4942195987 | Spartacus | A Thracian sold to slavery to become a Gladiator. He led a revolt of slaves against the Rome forces and won. He hoped to escape to freedom but his army waged more wars, they planned to invade Sicily but were betrayed and defeated in 71 B.C. Six thousand of his men were crucified as a warning. |  | 41 |
| 4942195988 | the "three obediences" | chinese women subject to father, then husband, then sons. confucianism. | 42 | |
| 4942195989 | Empress Wu | (690 - 705 C.E.) Tang ruler who supported Buddhist establishment; tried to elevate Buddhism to state religion; had multistory statues of Buddha created. | 43 | |
| 4942195990 | Aspasia and Pericles | Born to wealthy family, Aspasia was educated then moved to Athens where she met Pericles and they were a couple who treated each other equally. Pericles era as ruler is known as the 'Golden age of Athens' | 44 | |
| 4942195991 | Helots | In ancient Sparta, captive peoples who were forced to work for their conquerors |  | 45 |
| 4942195992 | Meroë | Capital of a flourishing kingdom in southern Nubia from the fourth century b.c.e. to the fourth century c.e. In this period Nubian culture shows more independence from Egypt and the influence of sub-Saharan Africa. |  | 46 |
| 4942195993 | Axum | The Christian state in Africa that developed its own branch of Christianity, Coptic Christianity, because it was cut off from other Christians due to a large Muslim presence in Africa. |  | 47 |
| 4942195994 | Piye | king of Kush around 750 B.C., who gained control of Egypt, becoming pharaoh and uniting Egypt and Kush | 48 | |
| 4942195995 | Niger Valley Civilization | Distinctive city-based civilization that flourished from about 300 bce to about 900 ce; in the floodplain of the middle Niger and that included major cities like Jenne-jeno; the Niger valley civilization is particularly noteworthy for its apparent lack of centralize state structure, having veen organized in clusters of economically specialized settlements | 49 | |
| 4942195996 | Mayan civilization | a member of a major pre-Columbian civilization of the Yucatán Peninsula that reached its peak in the 9th century a.d. and produced magnificent ceremonial cities with pyramids, a sophisticated mathematical and calendar system, hieroglyphic writing, and fine sculpture, painting, and ceramics. |  | 50 |
AP World History: Ancient World Flashcards
First set of words in the AP World History book by the Princeton Review.
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| 7389989010 | Agriculture | The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain. | 0 | |
| 7389989011 | Agrarian | pertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex. agrarian reform, agrarian society | 1 | |
| 7389989012 | Bands/ Clans | extended family groups that generally lived together | 2 | |
| 7389989013 | Barbarian | without civilizing influences | 3 | |
| 7389989014 | Bureaucracy | system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials (not elected) | 4 | |
| 7389989015 | Civilization | a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) | 5 | |
| 7389989016 | City-States | different sections of land owned by the same country but ruled by different rulers (e.g. Greece) | 6 | |
| 7389989017 | Classical | of or characteristic of a form or system felt to be of first significance before modern times | 7 | |
| 7389989018 | Domestication | process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans | 8 | |
| 7389989019 | Economy | system by which goods and services are produced and distributed to meet people's needs | 9 | |
| 7389989020 | Egalitarian | a person who believes in the equality of all people | 10 | |
| 7389989021 | Emperor | supreme ruler of an empire | 11 | |
| 7389989022 | Empire | many territories, countries, or peoples controlled by one government (also just any territory ruled by an emperor) | 12 | |
| 7389989023 | Feudalism | a political system and a social system where by a powerful lord would offer "protection" in return for "service" | 13 | |
| 7389989024 | Foraging | the process of scavenging for food | 14 | |
| 7389989025 | Hierarchy | a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system | 15 | |
| 7389989026 | Hierarchical | Of, relating to, or arranged in a hierarchy | 16 | |
| 7389989027 | Hunter-Gatherer | A hunter-gatherer society is one whose primary subsistence method involves the direct procurement of edible plants and animals from the wild, foraging and hunting without significant recourse to the domestication of either plants nor animals | 17 | |
| 7389989028 | Irrigation | supplying dry land with water by means of ditches, sprinklers, etc. | 18 | |
| 7389989029 | Monarchy | a government in which power is in the hands of a single person who usually inherits their power | 19 | |
| 7389989030 | Monotheism | belief in a single God | 20 | |
| 7389989031 | Neolithic | The New Stone Age from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE: The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution(s) | 21 | |
| 7389989032 | Nomadic | (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently | 22 | |
| 7389989033 | Pastoral | relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle (e.g. pastoral peoples) | 23 | |
| 7389989034 | Paleolithic | The Old Stone Age from circa 750,00 to 500,000 years BCE to 8,500 years BCE: The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans and the development of minor tools | 24 | |
| 7389989035 | Philosophy | the rational investigation of questions about existence, knowledge, and ethics | 25 | |
| 7389989036 | Polytheism | belief in multiple Gods | 26 | |
| 7389989037 | River Valley | the fertile land surrounding a river- the first civilizations arose near them | 27 | |
| 7389989038 | Sedentary | remaining in one place | 28 | |
| 7389989039 | Settlement | the act of colonizing or a small group of people in a sedentary position | 29 | |
| 7389989040 | Subsistence | the necessities of life, the resources of survival | 30 | |
| 7389989041 | Surplus | a quantity much larger than is needed | 31 | |
| 7389989042 | Sustenance | the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence | 32 | |
| 7389989043 | Theocracy | government run by religious leaders | 33 | |
| 7389989044 | Traditional | consisting of or derived from tradition; customary practices | 34 | |
| 7389989045 | Urbanization | the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban | 35 | |
| 7389989046 | Vassals | lesser lords who pledged their service and loyalty to a greater lord -- in a military capacity | 36 | |
| 7389989047 | Alexander the Great | king of Macedon, conqueror of Greece, Egypt, and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC) |  | 37 |
| 7389989048 | Analects of Confucius | "something that is repeated" - a collection of Confucius' famous sayings | 38 | |
| 7389989049 | Bronze Age | a period between the Stone and Iron ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons |  | 39 |
| 7389989050 | Calendar | a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year | 40 | |
| 7389989051 | Code of Hammurabi | the set of laws drawn up by Babylonian king Hammurabi dating to the 18th century BC, the earliest legal code known in its entirety |  | 41 |
| 7389989052 | Cuneiform | One of the first written languages known: A system of writing in which wedge-shaped symbols represented words or syllables. It originated in Mesopotamia and was used initially for Sumerian and Akkadian but later was adapted to represent other languages of western Asia. |  | 42 |
| 7389989053 | Democracy | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 43 | |
| 7389989054 | Eight Fold Path | Eight steps to end suffering and attain enlightenment according to Buddhist tradition. | 44 | |
| 7389989055 | Four Noble Truths | as taught by the Buddha, the four basic beliefs that form the foundation of Buddhism | 45 | |
| 7389989056 | Gothic Migrations | The Migration period, also called the Barbarian Invasions or German: Völkerwanderung (wandering of the peoples), was a period of human migration that occurred roughly between the years 300 to 700 CE in Europe, marking the transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages. These movements were catalyzed by profound changes within both the Roman Empire and the so-called 'barbarian frontier'. Migrating peoples during this period included the Goths, Vandals, Bulgars, Alans, Suebi, Frisians, and Franks, among other Germanic and Slavic tribes. | 46 | |
| 7389989057 | Great Wall | a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC | 47 | |
| 7389989058 | Han Dynasty | imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy |  | 48 |
| 7389989059 | Hellenism | The ideals and principles that spread from Greece through much of the ancient world. Much of its influence such as philosophy, athletics, and architecture penetrated the Middle East. |  | 49 |
| 7389989060 | The Huns | Fierce warriors from Central Asia- First invaded southeastern Europe and then launched raids on nearby kingdoms | 50 | |
| 7389989061 | Indian Ocean Trade | connected to Europe, Africa, and China.; worlds richest maritime trading network and an area of rapid Muslim expansion. |  | 51 |
| 7389989062 | Iron Age | the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons | 52 | |
| 7389989063 | Jewish Diaspora | A "scattering" of the Jewish people | 53 | |
| 7389989064 | Legalism | In Chinese history, Legalism was one of the main philosophic currents during the Warring States Period- A philosophy of focusing on the text of written law to the exclusion of the intent of law, elevating strict adherence to law over justice, mercy and common sense |  | 54 |
| 7389989065 | Pax Romana | A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180. |  | 55 |
| 7389989066 | Pyramids | Huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point on top |  | 56 |
| 7389989067 | Roman Republic | The period from 507 to 31 B.C.E., during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate. | 57 | |
| 7389989068 | Roman Senate | a council of wealthy and powerful Romans that advised the city's leaders | 58 | |
| 7389989069 | Shang Civilization | China's first dynasty almost 2000 BCE | 59 | |
| 7389989070 | Shi Huang Di | harsh ruler who united China for the first time and used legalism in ruling (Qin China) |  | 60 |
| 7389989071 | Siddhartha Gautama | founder of Buddhism; born a prince; left his father's wealth to find the cause of human suffering; also know as Buddha |  | 61 |
| 7389989072 | Silk Road Trade | The most famous of the trading routes established by pastoral nomads connecting the Chinese, Indian, Persian, and Mediterranean civilizations; transmitted goods and ideas among civilization. |  | 62 |
| 7389989073 | The Torah | the most sacred text of Judaism |  | 63 |
| 7389989074 | The Vedas of Hinduism | Aryan hymns originally transmitted orally but written down in sacred books from the 6th century B.C.E. |  | 64 |
| 7389989075 | Ziggurats | a temple or tomb of the ancient Assyrians, Sumerians, or Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories |  | 65 |
| 7389989076 | Christianity | Monotheistic religion born out of Judaism, preached by Jesus of Nazareth and later codified by his disciples. Persecuted by Romans early on; however, gained support under Constantine in the Rome. |  | 66 |
| 7389989077 | Buddhism | originally preached by Siddhartha and codified by his disciples into the sutras. Rejected Vedic rituals and the caste system. Spread throughout SE Asia and China and split into Mahayana(Buddha as a God, local gods tacked on as Bodhisativas) and Theravada(original, strict non-theistic version). |  | 67 |
| 7389989078 | Asoka | Third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (r. 270-232 B.C.E.). He converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars, the earliest surviving Indian writing. |  | 68 |
| 7389989079 | Hinduism | Term for a wide variety of beliefs and ritual practices that have developed in the Indian subcontinent since antiquity. It has roots in ancient Vedic, Buddhist, and south Indian religious concepts and practices. |  | 69 |
| 7389989080 | Trans Saharan | route across the sahara desert. Major trade route that traded for gold and salt, created caravan routes, economic benefit for controlling dessert, camels played a huge role in the trading |  | 70 |
| 7389989081 | Monsoons | Major winds in the Indian Ocean that blew into India for half the year, and blew away from India for the other half. Helped facilitate trade in the Indian Ocean. |  | 71 |
| 7389989082 | Sumerians | people who dominated Southern Mesopotamia through the end of the 3rd Millennium BCE. Responsible for the creation of irrigation technology, cuneiform, and religious conceptions. |  | 72 |
| 7389989083 | Indo-Europeans | Groups of people who came from the area north of the Caucasus mountains, which are between the Black and Caspian seas. Herded multiple animals. Rode into battle on chariots. The Indo-European language of Sanskrit, by the Aryans, are the basis of many languages today. Often accepted and adapted aspects of technology, religions, and social order of those with whom they came in contact. |  | 73 |
| 7389989084 | Before agriculture, men and women are believed to have a greater degree of equality. But after the rise of agriculture, most human societies became ________ as a result of greater male strength. | Patriarchal |  | 74 |
| 7389989085 | caste system | a set of rigid social categories that determined not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society, there was virtually no social mobility | | 75 |
| 7389989086 | Paleolithic | (Old Stone Age) a long period of human development before the development of agriculture |  | 76 |
| 7389989087 | Carthage | This city has existed for nearly 3,000 years, developing from a Phoenician colony of the 1st millennium BC into the capital of the Carthaginian Empire. Controlled commerce in the Mediterranean prior to the rise of Roman Power. The expanding Roman Republic took control of many of its outposts after the two Punic Wars. |  | 77 |
| 7389989088 | Hellenization | The spread of Greek language and culture (Hellenism) throughout the Mediterranean, starting with t he conquests of Alexander the Great. Upon Alexander's death at the age of thirty-three (323 B.C.E.), his realm was divided among his leading generals. During their reigns and those of their successors, Hellenism (i.e., Greek culture) continued to flourish in major urban centers around the eastern Mediterranean (less so in rural areas). People traveling to different areas could communicate with people of other kingdoms through Greek. More than at any time in previous history, the eastern Mediterranean that emerged in Alexander's wake experienced a form of cultural unity and cosmopolitanism (a "cosmopolite" is a "citizen of the world," as opposed to a person who belongs to only one locality). The Roman Empire arose in the context of the Hellenistic world and took full advantage of its unity, promoting the use of Greek language, accepting aspects of Greek culture, and even taking over features of the Greek religion, to the point that the Greek and Roman gods came to be thought of as the same, only with different names. This complex unity achieved culturally through Hellenization and politically through the conquests of Rome is summed up by the term Greco-Roman world. | 78 | |
| 7389989089 | Daoism | Chinese religion that believes the world is always changing and is devoid of absolute morality or meaning. They accept the world as they find it, avoid futile struggles, and deviate as little as possible from 'the way' or 'path' of nature. |  | 79 |
| 7389989090 | Bureaucrat | government official | 80 | |
| 7389997928 | Millet | Important Crop for the Ancient Chinese | 81 | |
| 7390025212 | Steppes | Plateau on which Ancient China was formed | 82 | |
| 7390045698 | Yangtze and Huang He | Rivers of Ancient China | 83 | |
| 7390068300 | Tigris and Euphrates | Rivers of Ancient Mesopotamia | 84 | |
| 7390074473 | Nile | River of Ancient Egypt | 85 |
Flashcards
Review Vocabulary and terms AP World History Flashcards
Review Vocabulary AP World History
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| 7375811664 | eradication | To completely eliminate or get rid of. | 0 | |
| 7375814297 | injunction | A law or a regulation against doing something. | 1 | |
| 7375819771 | edict | a command, usually from a king or a dictator. | 2 | |
| 7375825712 | transgression | A violation or a sin. | 3 | |
| 7375829365 | sieges | attacks on a fortress. One lays siege to a castle. | 4 | |
| 7375836327 | fundamentalism | To believe literally in a doctrine. Used to describe religions that strictly believe that their holy books or laws are the ONLY truth | 5 | |
| 7375847978 | eclectic | varied or variety | 6 | |
| 7375852758 | puritanical | originally describing a strict sect of Protestant Christianity in England, New England, and the Netherlands, also describes anyone who follows their moral code strictly. | 7 | |
| 7375868220 | schismatic | divided, adjective form of schism. There was an original schism between Catholic Christianity and Greek Orthodox Christianity. There is also one in Islam between Sunni and Shia. | 8 | |
| 7375882689 | syncretic | varied in a religious sense. Any philosophy that is Syncretic contains many different beliefs. | 9 | |
| 7375889457 | periphery | The edge or the boundary. This is the noun form. | 10 | |
| 7375900322 | virulent | highly infectious, and fast moving, like a deadly virus. | 11 | |
| 7375904571 | Sikhism | Sect of Hinduism founded in the 16th century. Sikhs do not believe in caste, but do believe in reincarnation and karma. Men in this sect wear turbans. | 12 | |
| 7375918522 | Ashoka | Founding King of the Mauryan dynasty in ancient India. | 13 | |
| 7375922997 | Cossack | Escaped serfs in Siberia in Russia who formed tribal groups dedicated to freedom. Some of the Cossacks worked as the police for the Tsars of Russia. | 14 |
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AP World History Important Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 7178221974 | Synthesis | the combination of ideas to form a theory or system | 0 | |
| 7178223682 | Context | background, environment, framework, setting, or situation surrounding an event or occurrence | 1 | |
| 7178228043 | Contextualization | historical thinking skill that involves the ability to connect historical events and processes to specific circumstances of time and place as well as broader regional, national, or global processes | 2 | |
| 7178233185 | Thesis | a short statement that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, argued, and supported, in the text by means of examples and evidence | 3 | |
| 7178237149 | Cohesive | well-integrated; unified | 4 | |
| 7178238453 | Analyze | usually implies at least two elements: (a) a breakdown of something into two parts or ideas, and (b) a discussion or description of those parts using a point of view or a method | 5 | |
| 7178242449 | Prompt | also known as the essay "question" | 6 | |
| 7178243246 | Comparison | the act of finding out the differences and similarities between two or more people or things | 7 | |
| 7178245576 | Similarity | 2 or more things with commonalities in regard to the same subject or element | 8 | |
| 7178248270 | Difference | 2 or more things with differences in regard to the same subject or element | 9 | |
| 7178249446 | Continuity | the state or quality of being continuous over a period of time | 10 | |
| 7178250802 | Historical Context | patterns or trends in history by which a specific occurrence, property, or site is understood and its meaning (and ultimately its significance) within history or prehistory is made clear | 11 | |
| 7178254924 | Demography | the study of patterns in populations | 12 | |
| 7178255826 | Significance | the quality of being worthy of attention; importance | 13 | |
| 7178257047 | Causation | the action of causing something; the relationship between cause and effect; the causality | 14 | |
| 7178258374 | Periodization | the process or study of categorizing the past into specific, named blocks of time in order to aid the study and analysis of history | 15 | |
| 7178262039 | "Historically Defensible" | able to defend an argument using different kinds of historical evidence | 16 | |
| 7178264256 | Point of view | a particular attitude or way of considering a matter | 17 | |
| 7178264805 | Audience | the people who receive a message | 18 | |
| 7178265434 | Contraction | a combination of statements, ideas, or features of a situation that are opposed to one another | 19 | |
| 7178266901 | Corroboration | to support or help prove (a statement, theory, etc.) by providing information or evidence | 20 | |
| 7178268685 | Qualify | information that can limit the argument against other information | 21 |
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