Chapter 2 AP World History Flashcards
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| 32226575 | Hittites | Indo-Europeans who built an empire with the technologies of chariots and iron weapons | 0 | |
| 32226576 | Chaldeans | Empire under the rule of King Nebuchadnezzar who lavished wealth and resources on his capital | 1 | |
| 32226577 | Jews | Group, exiled by New Babylonian conquerors, who eventually returned to Judea | 2 | |
| 32226578 | Akkadians | Northern Mesopotamians who built an empire by first conquering Sumer | 3 | |
| 32226579 | Hebrews | Semitic pastoral polytheists who settled the region of Palestine about 1850 B.C.E. | 4 | |
| 32226580 | Aryans | Wave of Indo-Europeans who migrated into India and built powerful states | 5 | |
| 32226581 | Phoenicians | Independent city-states that influenced other societies through their trade and industry; phenomenal sailors | 6 | |
| 32226582 | Sumerians | The earliest urban-based society in Mesopotamia, they developed cuneiform writing | 7 | |
| 32226583 | Assyrians | Powerful and intimidating army that built far-flung empire including Mesopotamia, Palestine, and much of Egypt | 8 | |
| 32226584 | Cuneiform | First-known written script that was developed by the Sumerians using wedge-shaped symbols | 9 | |
| 32226585 | Lex Talionis | Law of retaliation; base of Hammurabi's code | 10 | |
| 32226586 | Indo-Europeans | Russian tribes who migrated from India through western Europe | 11 | |
| 32226587 | Yahweh | The god of Judaism; later influenced Christianity and Islam | 12 | |
| 32226588 | Ziggurats | Mesopotamian temples dedicated to the gods | 13 | |
| 32226589 | Torah | Sacred scriptures of Judaism; Old Testament of the Bible | 14 | |
| 32226590 | Monotheism | Belief in one god | 15 | |
| 32226591 | Polytheism | Belief in multiple gods and goddesses | 16 | |
| 32226592 | Israelites | Hebrews who migrated to palestine under Moses' leadership | 17 | |
| 32226593 | Mesopotamia | First civilization, located in the Fertile Crescent and it means "land between rivers" | 18 | |
| 32226594 | Hyksos | Invaders who ended the Egyptian Middle Kingdom by seizing the Nile River Delta | 19 | |
| 32226595 | Hieroglyphics | Ancient Egyptian writing using symbols to express thoughts and ideas | 20 | |
| 32226596 | Uruk | Ancient Mesopotamian city that is the supposed home of Gilgamesh | 21 | |
| 32226597 | Enkidu | Comrade of Gilgamesh who had allegedly offended the gods and was put to death | 22 | |
| 32226598 | Hammurabi | Babylonian ruler who established the first written laws based on Lex Talionis; established centralized bureaucratic rule and regular taxation | 23 | |
| 32226599 | Sargon of Akkad | Warrior who built Akkadian empire by capturing cities and trade routes one by one | 24 | |
| 32226600 | Moses | Led the Hebrews to Palestine | 25 |