AP World History Chapters 1-6 Flashcards

218834045	Paleolithic	"Old Stone" Nomadic, Hunters and Gatherers, Gender Equality, Venus Sculptures, Mastery of Fire	0
218834046	Neolithic	"New Stone" Domesticated, Domestication of Animals, Cultivation (Slash and Burn Technique), Creation of First City: Jericho, Organized Religion, Writing, Bureaucracy, Social Classes, Public Works	1
218834047	Mesopotamia	"The Land Between Two Rivers" Tigris and Euphrates Rivers	2
218834048	Mesopotamian City States	Babylon, Sumer, Ur, Uruk, Kish	3
218834049	Epic of Gilgamesh	Gilgamesh is from Uruk The greatest adventure is the unknown	4
218834050	Sargon of Akaad	Sargon was from Kish, staged an uprising and became the first emperor Created a capital city, his empire lasted three generations until it was taken over by Babylon	5
218834051	Hammurabi	Ruler of Babylon, "Hammurabis Law" "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"	6
218834052	Assyrians	Invaders of Babylon	7
218834053	Nebuchadnezzar	Assyrian ruler who took over Babylon, created the Hanging Gardens for his wife	8
218834054	Abraham	Original leader of the Hebrews, from the Mesopotamian city of Ur Judaism originally was polythisitc but believed one God was better than all the others	9
218834055	Moses	Convinced Hebrews that there was only one true God (Judaism becomes the first monotheistic religion) Jews become slaves in Egypt Moses leads them across the REED Sea (Exodus)	10
218834056	Phoenicians	Modern Day Lebanon and Syria Textiles (Purple Dye), Sailing and Trade Expanded to Sicily, Crete, Sardinia, Spain, Canary Islands and British Isles Alphabet (22 letters)	11
218834057	Ancient Egypt	Upper Egypt was South, Lower Egypt was North Nile River runs North Memphis and Thebes major cities	12
218834058	Osiris and Isis	Osiris killed by his brother Seth, cut into 14 pieces and scattered throughout Egypt. Isis collected the pieces of his body so that he could move on to the underworld. Isis is the ruler of the underworld	13
218834059	Pyramids	Completed by volunteers NOT slaves 8-Day rotation (Egyptian way of paying taxes) every 8 days you move on to a new job for the Egyptian government Built going up, decorated going down	14
218834060	King Menes	Unified upper and lower Egypt	15
218834061	Old Kingdom	Pyramids, Civil War	16
218834062	Middle Kingdom	Culture, Expedition, Trade, Invasion from the Hyksos	17
218834063	New Kingdom	Conquer Mesopotamia and Africa, Tribute, Slaves, Food, Gold Nubians attack from the South, Assyrians were attacking from the North. Assyrians take over Egypt	18
218834064	Harappan Society	Indus River Valley (similar to the Nile and Yellow Rivers the Indus River floods) Domestication of the chicken, cotton textile industry, wheat and barley were grown, uniform system of weights and measures, barter system, each home had its own water supply, baths could have hot water, sewage system	19
218834065	Decline of Harappan Society	Most likely a flash flood Skeletons found in the streets	20
218834066	Aryans	Had goats, cattle, horses (cattle were a symbol of wealth) Aryans and the Dravidians (Harappan descendents) both lived in Indus River Valley. No writing system, eventually develop Sanskrit, wrote the Vedas, CASTE SYSTEM	21
218834067	Ancient China	Located along the Yellow River "Chinas Sorrow"	22
218834068	Xia Dynasty	First Dynasty of China was it even real? power of Xia Dynasty declined gradually	23
218834069	Shang Dynasty	Second Dynasty of China Walled cities, countryside homes dug into hills (cave-like), changed capital 6 times, use of the chariot, King Wu Ding buries Fu Hao under the palace	24
218834070	Zhou Dynasty	Third Dynasty of China co-existed with Shang until it took complete control created the first feudal system, mandate of heaven, read oracle bones, worshipped ancestors, importance of military	25
218834071	Olmec Civilization	Location: Between Yucatan Penninsula and Modern Day Mexico/Honduras Cultivation and Agriculture (squash, beans, mango, chili peppers, corn Ate turkey and dog No wheel Human Sacrifices Sacrifice Blood (Blood Letters) Bled their tounges, ears, arms, and penises ... Worshipped the jaguar	26
218834072	Mayan Civilization	Chechen Itza (most famous temple) Traded cocoa beans like money Played a sport similar to soccer	27
218834073	Andean	Located in Andes Mountains Llmas and Alpacas	28
218834074	Oceania	Located around Austrailia and New Guinea Made boats	29