AP World Bank Part Six Flashcards

293926564	Liu Bang	First emperor of the Han dynasty under which a new social and political hierarchy emerged. Scholars were on top, followed by farmers, artisans, and merchants. He chose his ministers from educated men with Confucian principals.	0
293926565	Aryans	immigrants who arrived at the Ganges river valley by the year 1000 BC	1
293926566	Vedas	compilations of hymns, religious reflections, and Aryan conquests	2
293926567	Mahabharata	the longest single poem in the world, about a war fought between two branches of the same family. One of India's greatest epics written between 1000 and 700 BC	3
293926568	Janapadas-	Political units in India in the years 700-600 BC. They are the major realms or kingdoms of Vedic (Iron Age) India.	4
293926569	Guilds	associations of businessmen and producers	5
293926570	Dharma	the fulfillment of social and religious duties in Hinduism	6
293926571	Artha-sastra	characterized inter-state relations in ancient India	7
293926572	Siddhartha Gautama	the founder of Buddhism	8
338881334	Silk Road	connected China, India, and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture.	9
338881335	Empress Wu	She only woman to rule China in her own name, expanded the empire and supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty.	10
338881336	Mantra	the repetition of mystic incantations in Hinduism and Buddhism.	11
338881337	Mentuhotep I	Egyptian pharaoh who founded the Middle Kingdom by REUNITING Upper and Lower Egypt in 2134 BCE.	12
338881338	Olmec	Mesoamerican civilization in lower Mexico around 1500 BCE to about 400 BCE focused. Most remembered for their large stone heads.	13
338881339	Maya	Extensive Mesoamerican culture that made great advances in astronomy in areas such as their famous calendar	14
338881340	Nazca	South American civilization famous for its massive aerial-viewable formations	15
338881341	Neo-Assyrians	Assyrian resurgence that initiated a series of conquests until a combined attack by Medes and Babylon defeated them	16
338881342	Mycenae	Sea-faring proto-Greek kingdom whose abrupt demise triggered the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1200 BCE-800 BCE	17
338881343	Persia	Mesopotamian empire that conquered the existing Median, Lydian, and Babylonian empires	18
338881344	Polis	Form of government in which power is centralized into a local city-state.	19
338881345	Solon	Early Greek leader who brought democratic reforms such as his formation of the Council of Four Hundred	20
338881346	Pericles	Ruler of Athens who zealously sought to spread Athenian democracy through imperial force	21
338881347	Peloponnesian War	Conflict between Athens and Sparta	22