AP Flashcards

8622866047	Phoenicians	a thalassocratic ancient Semitic civilization that originated in the Eastern Mediterranean	0
8622867759	Carthage	the centre or capital city of the ancient Carthaginian civilization	1
8622867760	Polis	Greek city-state	2
8622869858	sacrifice	give the food to gods	3
8622871633	Persian Wars	The Greco-Persian Wars (also often called the Persian Wars) were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC.	4
8622871634	trireme	ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side	5
8622872857	Socrates	a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy	6
8622872858	Peloponnesian War	an ancient Greek war fought by the Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.	7
8622874959	Alexander	King of Macedonia in northern Greece	8
8622874960	Roman Senate	a political institution in ancient Rome. It was one of the most enduring institutions in Roman history, being established in the first days of the city (traditionally founded in 753 BC).	9
8622877423	Roman Republic	the era of ancient Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom, traditionally dated to 509 BC, and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire.	10
8622879880	equites	class of business people and landowners in ancient Rome who had wealth and power	11
8622879881	Augustus	Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC	12
8622881090	pax romana	the long period of relative peacefulness and minimal expansion by the Roman military force experienced by the Roman Empire after the end of the Final War of the Roman Republic and before the beginning of the Crisis of the Third Century.	13
8622882548	Romanization	the conversion of writing from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so.	14
8622882549	aqueduct	A structure that carries water over long distances	15
8622883618	Byzantine Empire	The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium).	16
8622883619	Vedas	Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism.	17
8622885198	varna	a basic subdivision of humanity in the Hindu caste system	18
8622886947	karma	the effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul	19
8622886948	Mauryan Empire	(321-185 BCE) This was the first centralized empire of India whose founder was Chandragupta Maurya.	20
8622887597	Ashoka	a ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism	21
8622889779	steppes	a vast, almost treeless plain in southeastern Europe or Asia	22
8622890062	savanna	An area of grassland with scattered trees and bushes	23
8622889780	Bantu	The people who spread throughout Africa spreading agriculture, language, and iron.	24