AP world history vocab Flashcards

3137622079	ahimsa	the doctrine of non-violence to living beings.	0
3137630332	confucius-kongzi	chines philosopher whose teachings became the dominant political philosophy and the core of the educatoional system for government officials.	1
3137641833	daoism-taoism	Chinese philosophy that advocates a simple life and a policy of noninterference with the natural course of things. it was founded in the 6th century	2
3137653352	confucianism	philosophy, based on the teachings of the Chinese philosopher kong fuzi.	3
3137663713	wuwei	daoist concept of the disengagement from the affairs of the world.	4
3137670966	ahimsa	jain term for the principle of nonviolence to other things or their souls	5
3137677808	tenochitlan	capital of the aztec empire-mexico city was constructed on its ruins	6
3137683740	zarathustra	persian prophet who founded zoroatrianism	7
3137687555	ahura mazda	main god of zoroatrianism who represented truth and goodness and was perceived to be in the eternal struggle with the malign spirit angra mainyu	8
3137699069	avesta	book that contains the holy writings of zoroastrianism	9
3137705464	qanat	underground canals in the Persian empire which reduced the evaporation of the water as it traveled to the fields.	10
3137716660	satraps	the governors of the provinces in the Persian empire	11
3137722558	Persian wars	a series of conflicts betweeen the greeks and the Persians beginning in 499 B.C.E	12
3137730112	polis	greek city-state	13
3137731765	agora	greek market place in a polis	14
3137735046	acropolis	in greece the highest point in the city-in athens the acropolis housed	15
3137744508	parthenon	greek temple built by pericles in honor of athena and the agora	16
3137748670	oracles	special places where the greeks believed that the gods spoke to them through the priest or the priestesses	17
3137755416	helots	spartan slaves owned by the government	18
3137757772	tradegies	greek dramas that dealt with death, war, justice and the relationship between gods and ordinary people	19
3137765951	hellenistic era	the era in which greek culture diffused and blended with persian and other eastern influences	20
3137836083	epicureans	greek philosophers who taught that pleasure- as in quite satisfaction - was the greatest god	21
3137843080	Peloponnesian war	a war between camps led by athens	22
3137845761	golden age	a period in society of relative peace, prosperity and innovation	23
3137851270	classical civilizations	civilizations or empires that leave a mark way beyond their time of existence	24
3137856848	republic	voters elect officials to run the government	25
3137860285	dictator	absolute ruler	26
3137863309	patricians	in rome a class of wealthy landowners -only they could be members of the senate	27
3137871758	plebeians	roman citizens, who could not hold high government positions	28
3137878888	twelve tables	collection of roman laws which gave the common people protection against the unfair decisions by patrician judges	29
3137888608	pax romana	a two hundred year period of roman peace and prosperity	30
3137891805	aqueduct	long elevated or underground pipe or channel which carried water to an urban center, using only the force of gravity	31
3137902768	carthage	northern african kingdom, main rival to early roman expansion, that was defeated by rome in the punic wars	32