Ap world history vocab Flashcards

12437927	Alexander The Great	King of Macedonia from 336 to 323 BC; conquerer of Greece and Persia.	0
12437928	Aryan	a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European	1
12437929	Vedas	sacred Hindu hymns or verses composed in Sanskrit around 1500-1000 B.C.E	2
12437930	Untouchables	Members of the lowest casteof traditional Indian society or those outside the caste system;the Untouchable groups were those in polluting activities	3
12437931	Cyrus the Great	king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire (circa 600-529 BC)	4
12437932	Peloponnesian War	Conflict between Athenian And Spartan Alliances. The war was largely a consequence of Athenian imperialism. Possession of a naval empire allowed Athens to fight a war of attrition. Ultimately, Sparta prevailed because of Athenian errors/Persian $$$ (135)	5
12437933	Philip II of Macedon	King of Macedon in 359 B.C and restored order before he won control of several Athens colonies in northern Greece.	6
12437934	Dharma	in Hinduism, the duties and obligations of each caste	7
12437935	Alexandria	the chief port of Egypt	8
12437936	Roman Republic	Was declared a republic at about 509 B.C.E	9
12514917	Punic Wars	Roman victory over Carthage	10
12514918	Carthage	only 130 miles across the narrow waist of the Mediterranean from Italy,had developed as a major trade outpost of Phoenician seafarers	11
12514919	Hannibal	He marched tens of thousands of troops and thrity seven elephants.	12
12514920	Julius Caesar	dictator of Rome;worked with pompey as a generals	13
12514921	Diocletian	He was a general that became emperor in A.D. 284, introduced reforms	14
12514922	Augustus Caesar	The first empreror of Rome, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, help Rome come into Pax Romana, or the Age of Roman Peace	15
12518360	Neolithic	latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere)	16