AP World History Flashcards

89160235	Autralopithecus	"southern ape", oldest known ancestor of humans: it lived from around 4 million down to 1 million years ago. It can walk on hind legs, freeing up lands for use of simple tools.	0
89160236	Homo erectus	This is referred to as the "upright-walking human", which existed from two million to two hundred thousand years ago, they used cleavers and hand aces and learned how to control fire.	1
89160237	Homo sapien	"Consciously thinking human", which first appeared around two hundred fifty thousand years ago and they used sophisticated tools.	2
89160238	Paleolithic Society	Referred to as the "old stone age", it was a long period of human development before the development of agriculture.	3
89160239	Agricultural transition	leading from paleolithic experiments with cultivation to early agricultural societies in the neolithic era.	4
89160240	Mesopotamia	term meaning "between the rivers", in this case the Tigris and Euphrates; Sumer and Akkad are two of the earliest societies.	5
89160241	Sargon of Akkad	the creator of the empire in Mesopotamia, a city near Kish and Babylon. (2370-2315 BCE) He created an Army to destroy Sumerian cities, and conquered them one by one.	6
89160242	Nebuchadnessar	(605-562 BCE) he had shrubs planted in terraces above the city walls, and the hanging gardens of Babylon were created.	7
89160243	Assyrians	southwest Asian people who built an empire that reached its height during the eight and seventh centuries BCE; it was known for a powerful army and a well-structured state.	8
89160244	Cambyses	King of Persia (529-522 BC), son of Cyrus. He is chiefly remembered for his conquest of Egypt in 525 BC	9
89160245	Xerxes	Son of Darius, King of Persia (486-465 BC). He continued his fathers attack on the Greeks but was forced to withdraw after defeats at Salamis in 480 and Plataea in 479.	10
89160246	Persian Wars	the wars fought between Greece and Persia in the 5th century BC, In which the Persians sought to extend their rule over the Greek world.	11
89160247	Darius	(521-486 BC) King of Persia, after a revolt by the Greek cities in Ionia (499-494 BC), he invaded Greece but was defeated at Marathon (490 BC)	12
89160248	Achaemenids	First great empire (Persian) 558-330 BCE, which began over Cyrus and reached it's peak under Darius.	13
89160249	Persepolis	A city in ancient Persia, northeast of Shiraz. it was founded in the late 6th century BC by Darius as the ceremonial capital of Persia under the Achaemenid dynasty.	14
89160250	Royal Road	pathway from Susa to Sardis, that crossed through the Tigrus and Euphrates river.	15
89160251	Satrapies	a province governed by a satrap, Persian administrators usually members of the royal family, who governed a satrap.	16
89160252	Quanats	underground calls which allowed cultivators to distribute water to fields without losing quantities.	17
89160253	Ahimsa	Jain term for the principle of nonviolent to other living things or their souls	18
89160254	Krishna	They used guidence from the Bahagavad Gita, they also worshiped Hinduism	19