AP Flashcards

6320852242	Mesopotamia	A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires, In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires.	0
6320875228	Fertile crescent	A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates.	1
6320888678	Sumer	The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years.	2
6320893336	Ziggurat	The place of worship for sumerians.	3
6320897815	Cuneiform	A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.	4
6320902235	Pictograms	A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept. Used by many non-alphabetic written scripts.	5
6320940276	Shang dynasty	(1766-1122 BCE) The Chinese dynasty that rose to power due to bronze metalurgy, war chariots, and a vast network of walled towns whose recognized this dynasty as the superior.	6
6320944920	Zang dynasty		7
6320944972	Yellow river	Also known as the Huang-He. The second longest river in China. The majority of ancient Chinese civilizations originated in its valley.	8
6320950851	Oracle bones	The earliest known Chinese writing is found on these from ritual activity of the Shang period.	9