AP WH Chapter 2 - Flashcards
APWH vocab
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| 211674805 | Ziggurats | Sumerian temples made of sun-dried brick | 0 | |
| 211674806 | Cuneiform | Sumerian writing made by pressing a wedge-shaped tool into clay tablets | 1 | |
| 211674807 | Epic of Gilgamesh | The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Ancient Mesopotamia and is among the earliest known works of literary fiction. | 2 | |
| 211674808 | Lex talionis | Law of retribution "an eye for an eye" | 3 | |
| 211674809 | Yahweh | a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH | 4 | |
| 211674810 | Sumerians | People who dominated Southern Mesopotamia through the end of the 3rd Millennium BCE. Responsible for the creation of irrigation technology, cunieform, and religious conceptions. | 5 | |
| 211674811 | Babylonians | they extended their own empire and therefore helped bring civilization to the Middle East; Hammurabi introduced his code of law; it established rules of procedure for courts of law and regulated property rights and the duties of family members, setting harsh punishments for crimes | 6 | |
| 211674812 | Assyrians | Known as a warrior people who ruthlessly conquered neighboring countries; their empire stretched from east to north of the Tigris River all the way to centeral Egypt; used ladders, weapons like iron-tipped spears, daggers and swords, tunnels, and fearful military tactics to gain strength in their empire | 7 | |
| 211674813 | Phoenicians | Sailing and trading people who had many colonies on the Mediterranean coast | 8 | |
| 211674814 | Torah | (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written | 9 | |
| 211674815 | Hittites | A people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. With wealth from the trade in metals and military power based on chariot forces, the hittites vied with New Kingdom Egypt over Syria (p.64) | 10 | |
| 211674816 | Hebrews | a New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been written by him | 11 | |
| 211674817 | Isrealites | Descendants of Jacob living in Egypt | 12 | |
| 211674818 | Jews | followers of judaism | 13 | |
| 211674819 | Monotheism | belief in a single God | 14 | |
| 211674820 | Polytheism | belief in multiple Gods | 15 | |
| 211674821 | Sargon of Akkad | an ancient Mesopotamian ruler who reigned approximately 2334-2279 BC, and was one of the earliest of the world's great empire builders, conquering all of southern Mesopotamia as well as parts of Syria, Anatolia, and Elam (western Iran). He established the region's first Semitic dynasty and was considered the founder of the Mesopotamian military tradition. | 16 | |
| 211674822 | Hammurabi | Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC) | 17 | |
| 211674823 | Abraham | the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac | 18 | |
| 211674824 | David | (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites | 19 | |
| 211674825 | Solomon | (Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC) | 20 | |
| 211674826 | Nebuchadnezzar | (Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC) | 21 | |
| 211674827 | Ashurbanipal | king of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC) | 22 | |
| 211674828 | Moses | (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus | 23 | |
| 211674829 | Ten commandments | the biblical commandments of Moses | 24 | |
| 211674830 | Indo-european | A family of languages consisting of most of the languages of Europe as well as those of Iran, the Indian subcontinent, and other parts of Asia | 25 |