AP World History #1 Flashcards
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| 2431298043 | Paleolithic Age | The Old Stone Age ending in 12,000 B.C.E. ; typified by use of evolving tools and hinting and gathering for substinence. | 0 | |
| 2431303119 | Homo Sapiens | The species of humanity that emerged as most successful at the end of the Paleolithic. | 1 | |
| 2431305287 | Neolithic Age | The New Stone Age between 8,000 and 5,000 B.C.E ; period in which adaption occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished. | 2 | |
| 2431309904 | Neolithic Revolution | The succession of techonoligcal innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture, 8,500-3,500 B.C.E. | 3 | |
| 2431313564 | Hunting and Gathering | Means of obtaining substinence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normal typical of tribal social organization. | 4 | |
| 2431318640 | Çatal Hüyük | Early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population the Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification. | 5 | |
| 2431320781 | Bronze Age | From 4,000 to 3,000 B.C.E; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing. | 6 | |
| 2431324743 | Nomads | Cattle and sheep-herding societies normally found on the fringes of civilized societies; commonly referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies. | 7 | |
| 2431327380 | Civilization | Societies with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of non farming elites, along with the merchant and manufacturing groups. | 8 | |
| 2431329864 | Mesopotamia | Literally "Between Rivers" The civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris and the Euphrates River valleys. | 9 | |
| 2431332444 | Sumerians | People who migrated into Mesopotamia in circa 4.00 B.C.E; created by the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states. | 10 | |
| 2431335748 | Cuneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets. | 11 | |
| 2431337547 | Ziggurats | Massive towers usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections. | 12 | |
| 2431339626 | City-State | A form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king. | 13 | |
| 2431342632 | Babylonians | Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1,800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1,600 B.C.E. | 14 | |
| 2431346369 | Hammurabi | The most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for the codification of the law. | 15 | |
| 2431348283 | Pharaoh | The term used to denote the kings of the ancient Egypt; term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs. | 16 | |
| 2431350105 | Pyramids | Monumental architecture typical of old kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for Pharaohs. | 17 | |
| 2431352127 | Kush | African state that developed among the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1,000 B.C.E; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries. | 18 | |
| 2431354396 | Indus River | River sources in Himalayas to mouth of Arabian sea; location of Harappan civilization. | 19 | |
| 2431357544 | Harappa | Along with the Mohenjodaro; major urban complex of the Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern. | 20 | |
| 2431359595 | Aryans | Indo-European nomadic, warlike, pastoralist, who replaced Harappan civilization, militarized society. | 21 | |
| 2431362694 | Vedas | Aryan hymns originally transmitted orally but written down in the scared books from the 6th century B.C.E. | 22 | |
| 2431366481 | Mahabharata | Indian epic of war, princely honor, love, and social duty; written down in the last centuries B.C.E; previously handed down in oral form. | 23 | |
| 2431368461 | Ramayan | One of the great epic tales from the classical India; traces of adventure of King Rama and his ice, Sita; written 4th to 2nd centuries B.C.E | 24 | |
| 2431372016 | Upanishads | Later boos of Vedas; contained sophisticated and sublime philosophical ideas; utilized by Brahmans to restore religious authority. | 25 | |
| 2431373992 | Shi Huangdi | First emperor of China; founder of Qin Dynasty. | 26 | |
| 2431375201 | Qin | Dynasty (221-207 B.C.E) founded at the end of the warring states period. | 27 | |
| 2431377147 | Han | Dynasty succeeding the Qin ruled form 202 B.C.E to 220 B.C.E. | 28 | |
| 2431379294 | Great Wall | Chinese defensive fortification built to keep out northern nomadic invaders; began during the reign of Shi Huangdi. | 29 | |
| 2431381725 | Conficius | Major Chinese philosopher born in 6th century B.C.E; saying collected in Analects; philosophy based on the need for restoration of social order throughout the role of superior men. | 30 |