AP World Review Unit 1 Flashcards

354616278	River Valley Civilizations	fertile soil, complex irrigation systems (bureaucracies to oversee them- legal codes), technology: writing metallurgy, pottery, calendars, engineering, hierarchy of classes	0
354616279	Egypt	3000-1070BCE dieties associated with agri and fertility mummification irrigation math art: pottery painting jewelry centralized Pharoh=divine kingship maritime tech	1
354616280	Indus River Vally Civilization	2600-1900 BCE Cities: mohenjo-daro and Harappa undeciphered writing standard buildings/uniform construction well-organized govt 2 floods a year=two crops cities major trade centers mysterious end to civilization (systems failure? flood?)	2
354616281	Shang	1750-1027 BCE (later than others) River flooding (loess, earthquake prone) controlled using dykes/irrigation North- staple crops millet and wheat South- staple crop rice govt= cities surrounded by earthen walls feudalism: tribute to king silk jade, metals for trade oracle bones	3
354616282	Zhou	1027-221 BCE less interest in religion craftsmen above merchants mandate of heaven (power) decentralized rule established long term cutoms in govt	4
354616283	Warring States Period	confucianism: morality, reciprocity, obedience, core of ed system Legalism: Shi Huang Di, authoritarian rule, harsh view of people, ignorance Daoism: follow dao (path), passivity, yin yang, no unnatural action, alternative to above two	5
354616284	Qin	221-206 BCE first empire legalism anti-confucian book burning abolished slavery to increase #s paying taxes fathers couldnt pass down estate to sons (primogeniture) 1st census corvee labor standardization- unify state	6
354616285	Han	206 BCE- 220 CE founded by peasant rebel restored traditional chinese values confucianism back women had 3 submissions well developed technology silk for export collapse- corruption, uprisings, banditry	7
354616286	Olmec	1200 BCE- 250 BCE mesoamerica San Lorenzo, Tres Zapotes= urban centers writing in glyphs not unified no domestic beasts of burden (no wheels) organized agri/ tech	8
354616287	Chavin	900-250 BCE south america hard to farm in enviro shared labor llamas to trade	9
354616288	Classical Civilizations	Mediterranean: Greece, Rome China: Zhou, Han India: Maura, Gupta	10
354616289	Israel	2000-500 BCE crossroads in middle east monarchy disapora when conquered	11
354616290	Phoenicia	small city states trade in med alphabet w/ symbols City: carthage (large+cosmo)	12
354616291	Iran	no dense pop irrigation underground patriarchical divided into 20 provinces uniformity- royal roads, codified laws zoroastrianism- good v. evil	13
354616292	greece	2000-30 BCE minoan culture mycenean age dark ages conflict w/ persia	14
354616293	Alexander the great + Hellenization	rise of city states (polis) colonization of med tech- maritime rational explanations	15
354616294	Rome	753 BCE-476 CE rapid expansion decay of republic Pax Romana: citizenship extended to those conquered division into 2 parts Constantinople new capital fall of western half due to Germanic tribes eastern half became Byzantine empire	16
354616295	Vedic age	1500 BCE vedas- religious texts/source caste system (jati = caste) reincarnation 3 crops a year due to monsoons Jainism+Buddhism challenge vedic, escape cycle (moksha) Hinduism evolved from vedic religion 1000 deities (temples, ganges, pilgrims)	17
354616296	Maurya	324-184 BCE India's 1st empire chandragupta- king high taxes standardization	18
354616297	Gupta	copied Maurya but emperors were hindu dazzle neighbors/foreiners with fancy Ashoka: grandson of Chandragupta, brutal conquerer then converted to buddhism	19