AP World History Flashcards
Terms : Hide Images [1]
| 5068982567 | Theocracy | A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. | 0 | |
| 5068982568 | Babylon | An ancient empire in SW Asia, in the lower Euphrates valley: its greatest period was 2800-1750 BC | 1 | |
| 5068982569 | Sumerian | Of or relating to Sumer, its people, or their language | 2 | |
| 5068982570 | Mandate of Heaven | A political theory of ancient China in which those were given the right to rule from a divine source | 3 | |
| 5068982571 | City States | A sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies | 4 | |
| 5068982572 | Hammurabi | 18th century BC or earlier, King of Babylonia | 5 | |
| 5068982573 | Scribe | A person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing | 6 | |
| 5068982574 | Ziggurats | A temple origin in the form of a pyramidal tower | 7 | |
| 5068982575 | Aryans | A member of descendant of the prehistoric people who spoke Indo-European. | 8 | |
| 5068982576 | Cuneiform | Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped | 9 | |
| 5068982577 | Pharaoh | A title of an a ancient Egyptian King | 10 | |
| 5068982578 | Pyramids | A quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb | 11 | |
| 5068982579 | Animist | The belief in spiritual beings or agencies | 12 | |
| 5068982580 | Hieroglyphics | Pictographic script from ancient Egyptians | 13 | |
| 5068982581 | Papyrus | An ancient document, manuscript, or scroll written on this material. | 14 | |
| 5068982582 | Vedas | The entire body of Hindu sacred writing | 15 |