AP World: Middle East Flashcards
Regional outline for the Middle East. Divided into five units and seven categories (political, economic, social, science, art, empire, and religion).
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| 159923797 | Political, 8000-600 CE | City-state; controlled city and surrounding area | 0 | |
| 159923798 | Economic, 8000-600 CE | Great traders; agricultural | 1 | |
| 159923799 | Social, 8000-600 CE | Men work (more freedom); women confined to home; slavery (owned slaves) | 2 | |
| 159923800 | Science, 8000-600 CE | Independent innovations; 4000 BC Bronze, Copper; wheel, irrigation canals; number system (improved from India); navigation tools | 3 | |
| 159923801 | Art, 8000-600 CE | Ziggurats: glory of civilization | 4 | |
| 159923802 | Empire, 8000-600 CE | Regional kingdoms: Babylonians, Acadians, Sumerians, Assyrians | 5 | |
| 159923803 | Religion, 8000-600 CE | Polytheism; animistic; many gods | 6 | |
| 159923804 | Political, 600-1450 CE | Caliphs; political unrest; succession problem; Islam: theocratic rulers codify Islamic law | 7 | |
| 159923805 | Economic, 600-1450 CE | Participated in trade: Trans Sahara, Silk Road, Indian Ocean | 8 | |
| 159923806 | Social, 600-1450 CE | Education: more opportunities; women married at puberty and equal before Allah | 9 | |
| 159923807 | Science, 600-1450 CE | Mathematics: algebra, geometry, navigation: astrolabe improved; medicine | 10 | |
| 159923808 | Art, 600-1450 CE | Calligraphy, designs; minarets; mosaues; literature: Arabian Nights | 11 | |
| 159923809 | Empire, 600-1450 CE | Islamic, regular civil wars; 1258: Mongols overran Islamic empire | 12 | |
| 159923810 | Religion, 600-1450 CE | Islam; Suffi's, respect for Jews/Christians: people of the book | 13 | |
| 159923811 | Political, 1450-1750 CE | Sultan; provincial (vs theocratic) government with centralized power | 14 | |
| 159923812 | Economic, 1450-1750 CE | Initially dominated trade in INdian Ocean, African Coast | 15 | |
| 159923813 | Social, 1450-1750 CE | Female slaves, women had some rights; class: 1-Sultan, 2-Government Officials, 3-Regional Officials, 4-peasants/merchants | 16 | |
| 159923814 | Science, 1450-1750 CE | Military tech: canons, guns, advanced medically; science-navigation tools, astronomy | 17 | |
| 159923815 | Art, 1450-1750 CE | Mosques, Minarets, Mosaics | 18 | |
| 159923816 | Empire, 1450-1750 CE | Ottoman Empire; "Gunpowder Empire;" Safavid Persia | 19 | |
| 159923817 | Religion, 1450-1750 CE | Islam; divided into Sunni, Shi'a | 20 | |
| 159923818 | Political, 1750-1914 CE | Ottoman decline: centralized but not around economy | 21 | |
| 159923819 | Economic, 1750-1914 CE | Trade still happens, but no longer a dominant leader | 22 | |
| 159923820 | Social, 1750-1914 CE | Women: stayed same, had some property rights, not really property of men, hardly any rights, devalued | 23 | |
| 159923821 | Science, 1750-1914 CE | Affected by western science, overtaken (no longer dominant); stayed isolated | 24 | |
| 159923822 | Art, 1750-1914 CE | Still have Mosques, Minarets, Mosaics; styles still there but little time for art due to decline of empire | 25 | |
| 159923823 | Empire, 1750-1914 CE | "Sick man of Europe," decline of Ottoman Empire; Balkans seek independence | 26 | |
| 159923824 | Religion, 1750-1914 CE | Islam still unifying force; tensions between Sunni and Shi'a still occur, still somewhat tolerant of other religions | 27 | |
| 159923825 | Political, 1914-now | Turkish state; Sultan kicked out; Ataturk: father of the turks | 28 | |
| 159923826 | Economic, 1914-now | WW1: join central powers (lose); attempted industrialization; Iran and Iraq: oil supply | 29 | |
| 159923827 | Social, 1914-now | Women: despite pressure from West, stay the same; negative effect and treatments; still have to wear clothes to cover entire body | 30 | |
| 159923828 | Science, 1914-now | Fall of USSR: start accepting west influence | 31 | |
| 159923829 | Art, 1914-now | Still have arts, but not much developments | 32 | |
| 159923830 | Empire, 1914-now | Young turks; secularization, sciences, technology; Iran vs. Iraq; Turkey formed | 33 | |
| 159923831 | Religion, 1914-now | Islam: more focused on religion, try to become more like before | 34 |