AP World History: Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 2955623589 | The Epic of Gilgamesh | Considered the oldest written story on Earth; produced in Sumeria between four and five thousand years ago. | 0 | |
| 2955625781 | Division of Labor | A result of the surplus of food produced from agriculture; allowed people to focus on and specialize in pursuits other than farming. | 1 | |
| 2955625782 | Fertile Cresent | Area around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, extending to the Mediterranean coast to the birthplace of settled agriculture. | 2 | |
| 2955628204 | Theocrats | Rulers that hold both religious and Political power. | 3 | |
| 2955629937 | Mesoamerica | Region of the world that is now mexico and much of Central America. | 4 | |
| 2955634137 | Code of Hammurabi | One of the earliest sets of codified laws put into writing for everyone to see. | 5 | |
| 2955651732 | City-States | independent urban areas, each with its own government controlling a region of land. | 6 | |
| 2955653719 | Mesopotamia | Comes from the Greek word meaning "between rivers"; also known as "the cradle of civilization." | 7 | |
| 2955653720 | Mandate of Heaven | The idea that a ruler's power was bestowed upon them by god. | 8 | |
| 2955655515 | Scribes | Individuals who were charged with record-keeping and later with the writing of history and myths. | 9 | |
| 2955655516 | Sanskrit | Sacred language of the Aryan people. | 10 | |
| 2955656842 | Ziggurat | 11 | ||
| 2955656843 | Desertification | 12 | ||
| 2955658921 | Vedic Age | 13 | ||
| 2955661265 | Zoroastrianism | 14 | ||
| 2955661266 | Aristocracy | 15 | ||
| 2955663221 | Empiricism | 16 | ||
| 2955663222 | Tyrants | 17 | ||
| 2955664630 | Parthenon | 18 | ||
| 2955639460 | Monarchy | 19 | ||
| 2959481273 | Representative Democracy | 20 | ||
| 2959481274 | Syncretic | 21 | ||
| 2959483000 | Aristocrats | 22 | ||
| 2959487657 | Perspolis | 23 | ||
| 2959490224 | Hellenistic Period | 24 | ||
| 2959491507 | Polis | 25 | ||
| 2959491530 | Oligarchy | 26 | ||
| 2959493423 | Direct Democracy | 27 | ||
| 2959493424 | Socratic Method | 28 | ||
| 2959496186 | Merchants | 29 | ||
| 2959496187 | Tribunes | 30 | ||
| 2959497897 | Patricians | 31 | ||
| 2959497898 | Checks and balances | 32 | ||
| 2959499465 | Plebians | 33 | ||
| 2959499466 | Pax Romana | 34 | ||
| 2959501347 | magistrates | 35 | ||
| 2959502592 | Republic | 36 | ||
| 2959502593 | Consuls | 37 | ||
| 2959502594 | Senate | 38 | ||
| 2959505022 | Edict of milan | 39 | ||
| 2959513905 | Gupta | 40 | ||
| 2959513906 | Mauryan | 41 | ||
| 2959516050 | Pax Sinica | 42 | ||
| 2959516051 | Jainism | 43 | ||
| 2959516120 | Caste System | 44 | ||
| 2959518263 | Varnas | 45 | ||
| 2959519825 | Shihuangdi | 46 | ||
| 2959519826 | Qin | 47 | ||
| 2959521439 | Han | 48 | ||
| 2959525873 | Civil Service examination | 49 | ||
| 2959525874 | Silk Roads | 50 | ||
| 2959528024 | Great Wall | 51 | ||
| 2959531365 | Confucius | 52 |