AP World History Mesopotamian Unit Flashcards

7291355248	King Tut	Known more for his tomb than his reign.	0
7291360648	Empire	This is created by bringing together several peoples, nations or previously independent countries.	1
7291362543	Nebuchadnezzar	Made Babylonia the most beautiful city due to the Hanging Gardens.	2
7291365777	Name of the Hebrew God	YHWH	3
7291369953	Gifts of the Nile	Water, silt, mud, food, papyrus, transportation, unification,... according to Herodotus	4
7291373872	"Sacred carving"	Hieroglyphics	5
7291377198	Papyrus	Material the Egyptians used to write on.	6
7291379583	Mesopotamians--Ziggurats	Built hills to the heaven to honor their gods, serve as granaries and these observatories	7
7291382186	Zoroaster	Founder of the Persian religion that worshiped two main gods	8
7291389953	Ramses II	Ruled for close to 60 years, entered into the first recorded peace treaty with the Hittites, freed the Hebrews	9
7291386087	Captured the Hebrews and forced them to live in Babylonia; built the Hanging Gardens	Nebuchadnezzar	10
7291388003	Significance of Hammurabi's Code	1st written code of law	11
7291465455	"Wedged Shaped"	Cuneiform	12
7291465456	"Gates to the gods"	Babylonia	13
7291465457	Lydians	First to use coins	14
7291465458	Epic of Gilgamesh	Oldest piece of literature written in cuneiform; recounts a great flood	15
7291476896	Darius I (The Great)	Divided Persian Empire into provinces, had spies known as the "eyes and ear of the King"	16
7291503382	Menes	Unified upper and lower Egypt, During Old Kingdom/Pyramid Age.	17
7291506939	Pharaohs	Divine during Old Kingdom, Theocratic, Portrayed as Horus, Responsible for harvest, Possessed Ma'at.	18
7291527562	Egyptian Trinity	Osiris, Isis, Horus.	19
7291529534	Mummies	Seti I, Queen Tiye, Ramses II	20
7291542651	Middle Kingdom	Role of Pharaoh changed, after period of chaos order is restored, No more pyramids, Trade outside of Egypt.	21
7291551930	Hatshepsut	First female Pharaoh, stepped in as reagent for relative.	22
7291571322	Hyksos Invasion	From Asia, 1640-1570, Conquered Egypt with advanced tech, had horses and chariots. Overthrown by the Egyptians after they learned from them.	23
7291606628	Period of Decline	750 B.C.E to 1922 C.E, Egypt conquered and ruled by other empires, Nubian, Assyrian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Arabic, British, able to maintain much culture until Arab invades-Islam. Breadbasket.	24
7291623364	Hittites	Hatusas- capital, the lions gate.	25
7291626770	Phoenicians	Byblos, which is the home of the alphabet. Carthage is the best colony.	26
7291633057	Assyrian Empire	Great military, Took captives, Displaced people to control them.	27
7291639173	Ashurbanipal	First library in Nineveh, survived partially intact, 20,000 to 30,000 cuneiform of 1,200 distinct texts, including the Epic of Gilgamesh.	28
7291686695	The Torah	The first five books of the Bible.	29
7291694423	Persia	Had tolerant king called Cyrus the Great, called him the anointed of the Lord. Also had Darius the Great, developed the postal system, had kings eyes and ears.	30
7291735015	Mesopotamia	Tigris + Euphrates River, plus they are alluvial, they flood irregularly here, dams and canals divert water.	31
7291924575	Sumer	Land of first, 12 cities, Division of labor, advanced tech, Complex institutions, Record keeping(Cuneiform), Anthropomorphic Gods.	32
7291927855	Henry Rawlinson	Deciphered cuneiform	33
7291930976	Akkadians and Babylonians	Hammurabi was leader	34
7293598024	Mohenjo-Daro	Indus valley civilization, had Great bath.	35
7293629981	Mandate of Heaven	The thing allowing the Emperors to rule China.	36
7293649976	Oracle Bones	Stones use for pyromancy.	37
7293661961	Veneration	Regarding with great respect	38
7293670731	Iron Age	8th to 6th century made iron tools.	39