AP World History Flashcards

3258170017	Sumerian civilization	This civilization arose in the south part of Mesopotamia	0
3387452565	cuneiform	a form of writing developed by Mesopotamians in order to set laws, treaties, and social customs	1
3387453551	twelve-month calendar	the kind of calendar used by Sumerians	2
3387458873	ziggurats	terraced pyramids by the Sumerians to appease gods	3
3387462140	Babylon	Overtook the city of Akkad as a new powerhouse	4
3387597001	King Hammurabi	the king of Babylon	5
3387597316	Code of Hammurabi	the code of Babylon which set the precedent for other legal codes. It distinguished between major and minor offenses. It applied to nearly everyone	6
3387601426	Hittites	Overtook Babylon as the major force in the region	7
3387602528	iron	the primary material used in Hittites weapons	8
3387604482	Assyrians	The empire which dominated the Fertile Crescent and adopted the iron used by the Hittites. It had a very brutal army.	9
3387643622	Egyptian civilization	This civilization developed along the Nile river	10
3387645515	King Menes	built the capital of Egypt at Memphis and managed floodwaters	11
3387645879	Queen Hatshepsut	the first female ruler in history and ruled the New Kingdom of Egypt. Property rights extended to women, including divorce rights.	12
3387649027	Persian Empire	both the Assyrian Empire and the ______ _______ conquered parts of Egypt	13
3387649761	Indus Valley civilization	this civilization was built near a river and had huge mountains to its north and west, leaving it isolated and protected from invaders	14
3387650571	Khyber Pass	this passed through the Hindu Kush Mountains to conntect the Indus Valley civilization to the outside world	15
3387655157	Harrapa, Mohenjo-Daro	These were the two major cities of the Indus River civilization. (_____, ____). They had good planning and irrigation	16
3387658203	Aryans	nomadic tribes which took over populations of the Indus Valley and established their faith in Hinduism	17
3389576080	Shang China	Rose in the Hwang Ho River Valley (Yellow River Valey). It controlled parts of northern China from 1600-1100 BCE. However isolated from the rest of the world.	18
3389579962	patriarchial	this family structure dominated the Shang household	19
3389580242	Zhou Dynasty	Established by Wu Wang, this dynasty maintained the customs of the Shang Dynasty and ruled from 900 years	20
3389582702	Mandate of Heaven	established by the Zhou Dynasty which said that heaven only granted the Zhou power if they ruled justly and wisely	21
3389586027	bureaucracy	this government type dominated the complex kingdoms which split off from the Zhou dynasty	22
3389588745	Bantu migrations	the migrations of farmers from the Niger and Benue River valleys in West Africa down south and east	23
3389593001	Jenne-Jeno	the first city in sub-Saharan Africa which was not hierarchically organized, but rather a collection of individual communities	24
3389596009	Olmec	the early Mexican civilization from 1500 to 400 BCE. They were supported by a surplus in corn, beans, and squash.	25
3389596885	Chavin	the civilization in the Andes from 900 to 200 BCE. They were a primarily seafood civilization.	26