AP World History Flashcards

2852326006	City-States	sovereign state consisting of an autonomous with its dependencies	0
2852328352	Empires	Supreme power in governing; imperial power; sovereignty	1
2852329220	Aristocracy	a class of a person holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility	2
2852330821	Hammurabi's code	Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia	3
2852332246	Ziggurats	place of worship for ancient Babylonians	4
2852334046	Social stratification	the hierarchical or vertical division of society according to rank, caste, or class	5
2852334977	Partriachal	a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc.	6
2852418217	Civilization	An advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached	7
2852420187	Mesopotamia	an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers	8
2852421275	Cuneiform	Earliest form of writing using shapes	9
2853554459	Monotheism	Worships and believes that there is one and only god	10
2853555351	Persia	Series of Imperial dynasties centered in Persia	11
2853556104	Sparta	Situated on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia. Prominent City-State	12
2853557501	Athens	Center of Greece for about 4,000 years. Capital of modern Greece	13
2853558563	Parthenon	The temple of Athena Parthenos on Acropolis at Athens, Completed in 438 b.c.	14
2853559888	Socrates	Athenian Philosopher	15
2853561153	Aristotle	Greek Philosopher	16
2853562249	Alexander the Great	King of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. Taught by great philosophers such as Aristotle.	17
2853563128	Eratosthenes	Greek mathematician and astronomer	18
2853565282	Archimedes	Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor.	19
2853567181	Plebeians	A member of common people	20
2853569507	Patricians	A person of noble or high rank	21
2853571475	Rule of Law	Law governs the nation	22
2853572839	Twelve Tablets	Old Roman Laws that didn't work out.	23
2853575384	Pax Romana	the terms of peace imposed by ancient Rome on its dominions	24
2853576363	Aryans	Indo-Europiean	25
2853577512	Emperor Ashoka	an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent	26
2853579515	Muaryan empire	Extensive Iron age historical power in ancient India	27
2853581319	Gupta empire	Ancient Indian empire founded by Maharaja	28
2853582082	Zhou dynasty	Longest lasting Chinese dynasties. Followed the Shang dynasty and finished when the army of the state of Qin took over	29
2853597984	Qin dynasty	Shortest of Chinese dynasties. lasted 15 years before falling apart	30
2853597985	Han dynasty	Divided into area directly controlled by the central government. This lead into a rebellion due to lack of independence	31
2853597986	Neolithic Revolution	Introduction of agriculture, domestication, and tools. the first civilizations were formed during this time period	32
2853597987	Pharaoh	Ancient Egyptian king	33
2853597988	Hieroglyphics	designating or pertaining to a pictographic script	34
2860298644	Pyramids	Burial sites for pharaohs. Monumental Structures	35
2860304492	Kush	An African state that developed along the Nile. Conquered by Egypt	36
2860310678	Indus river	mouth of the Arabian Sea; Location of Harappan Civilization	37
2860311663	Harappa	Major urban complex	38
2860319154	Vedas	Aryan hymns originally transmitted orally now written down since the 6th century	39
2860322650	Mahabharata	Indian epic of war	40
2860326153	Ramayana	One of the great epic tales from classical India	41
2860327415	Upanishads	Later books of the Vedas	42
2860331024	Ideographic	pictographic characters grouped together to create new concepts	43
2860331041	Shang	First Chinese dynasty.	44
2860334203	Yellow river	Also known as Huanghe; site of development of sedentary agriculture in China	45
2860336585	Olmecs	People of a culture tradition, featured irrigated agriculture, urbanism, elaborate religion, beginning of calendrical and writing systems.	46
2860338719	Chavin de Huantar	This culture appeared in highlands of Andes. Typified by ceremonial centers with large stone buildings.	47
2860345924	Phoenicians	Seafaring civilization located on the shore of eastern Mediterranean	48