AP World History Part 1 Flashcards

7301846432	Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age	age of the 2 million years when humans existed; used simple tools; created fire; anatomically grew vertically	0
7301848430	Neolithic (New Stone) Age	age of where humans invented agriculture, cities; beginnings of civilization	1
7301848960	Neolithic Revolution	development of agriculture, hunting and gathering	2
7301850377	slash and burn agriculture	when people would burn off trees in an area, farm intensively for a few years until the soil was depleted and then move on-often returning to earlier sites every 20-30 years	3
7301850383	bands	Herding people that moved in tribal groups	4
7301850792	Catal Hüyück	unusual large Neolithic village from 7,000 BCE; had religions and some political power over surrounding small villages; later became part of the Mesopotamian civilization	5
7301853966	Cuneiform	first developed method of writing; emerged in the Middle East around 3,500 BCE	6
7301860209	Mesopotamia	the 1st civilization founded in the valley of Tigris and Euphrates rivers	7
7301860210	Sumerians	Invaded Mesopotamia in 3500 BCE; developed cuneiform; defined boundaries, city states and other markers of civilization (science, religion, slaves); conquered by Akkadians	8
7301861016	Ziggurats	religious sites in Mesopotamia that formed the first monumental architecture	9
7301861678	Babylonians	took over the Akkadians, extended the Sumerian empire	10
7301861679	Hammurabi	ruler of the Babylonians, invented Hammurabi's code of law	11
7301868314	pharaoh	king of Egypt, possessed immense power	12
7301868315	pyramids	lavish tombs for Pharaohs; started in 2700 BCE	13
7301868316	Kush	a Nubian kingdom, which lasted for about 1,000 years and was dominated by Egypt	14
7301868956	Shang dynasty	China's first dynasty ruled over the Huanghe river in 1500 BCE	15
7301873477	Phoenicians	devised simple 22-letter alphabet (1300 BCE); people of Southwest Asia who began to trade around 1100 B.C.	16