AP world history Flashcards
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| 4809555053 | Agricultural reveloution | Changed from food gathering to food production, spread of new crops | 0 | |
| 4809555054 | Cuneiform | Wedge shaped symbols originated in Mesopotamia, summerian and akkads used this | 1 | |
| 4809555055 | Hieroglyphics | A system of writing, pictorial symbols, Egypt | 2 | |
| 4809555056 | Harappa | Site of the Indus Valley | 3 | |
| 4809555057 | Moherjo-Daro | Largest city of the Indus valley | 4 | |
| 4809555058 | Pyramid | Ancient pyramid shaped masonry structures located in Egypt | 5 | |
| 4809555059 | Hammurabi | First to make a code of laws, written on rock | 6 | |
| 4809555060 | Sargon | Built empire and temple in Mesopotamia | 7 | |
| 4809555061 | Pharaoh | Ruler in ancient Egypt, known as God-King | 8 | |
| 4809555062 | Confucius | Maintain order through government, well-educated ruler, who leads by virtuous example | 9 | |
| 4809555063 | Zhou dynasty | -had longest lasting kings -believed in "Mandate of heaven" -book of changes | 10 | |
| 4809555064 | Shang period | -writing system, pictures -developed silk -believed in God named bi who lived in sky | 11 | |
| 4809555065 | Daoism | Society corrupts, withdraw to stay pure and happy | 12 | |
| 4809555066 | Mandate of Heaven | Chinese belief that heaven granted emperors the right to rule | 13 | |
| 4809555067 | Druids | A priest magician or sloth sayer in Celtic religion | 14 | |
| 4809555068 | Meroe | Industrial center in Nubia | 15 | |
| 4809555069 | Akhenaten | Created temporary religion that brought monotheism to Egypt | 16 | |
| 4809555070 | Ramsses 11 | Most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian empire | 17 | |
| 4809555071 | Iron age | A period of time when the dominant tool making material was iron | 18 | |
| 4809555072 | Hittites | -fell to unidentifiable attackers -first to use iron weapons -used horse drawn carriages | 19 | |
| 4809555073 | Assyrian empire | -King was center -never discovered method of government -strong military -dominated west Asia | 20 | |
| 4809555074 | Sumer | -First visit civilization in Mesopotamia -dominated -culture and technology | 21 | |
| 4809555075 | Neo-Babylonian kingdom | A period of Mesopotamian history , ruled by Akkadian speakers | 22 | |
| 4809555076 | Monotheism | Belief that there is one God | 23 | |
| 4809555077 | Polytheism | Belief that there in more than one God | 24 | |
| 4809555078 | Linear B | Syllabic script that was used for writing in Greece | 25 | |
| 4809555079 | Carthage | A city in Rome | 26 | |
| 4809555080 | Laozi | Came up with Daosim | 27 | |
| 4809555081 | Sunzi | Chinese General, military strategist, philosopher | 28 | |
| 4809555082 | Legalism | Excessive adherence to law or formula | 29 | |
| 4809555083 | Phoenician alphabet | A northern Semitic language | 30 |