AP World History - Chapter 2 IDs Flashcards

4796577903	Central Asia/Oxus Civilization	in Oxus or Amu Darya River Valley (modern-day Northern Afghanistan and Southern Turkmenistan) (2200 B.C.E.), many residential compounds, artisan workshops, temples, and surrounded by walls and gates. Based on agriculture, stock raising, unique culture. Had no literate history	0
4796581595	Code of Hammurabi	a law code put in place by Hammurabi. describes the punishment for crime in Mesopotamia based on social class (slaves, commoners, and higher ranked individuals)	1
4796583504	Egypt: "the gift of Nile"	Nile river valley, positive outlook, protected Egypt from attacks, pharaohs, sustainable agriculture, lasted 3000 years, unified territory, traded with Mesopotamia and others nearby	2
4796605544	Epic of Gilgamesh	an ancient Mesopotamian epic poem describing Gilgamesh's quest for immortality (around 2000 BCE). shows how the people of Mesopotamia lived and some of their beliefs	3
4796606545	Hatshepsut	the queen of Egypt (1472-1457 BCE)	4
4801639949	Mohenjo Daro/Harappa	Both great cities of the Indus Valley civilization (~2000 BCE) Mohenjo Daro - the largest city of the Indus Valley civilization. Centrally located in the flood plain of the Indus River Harappa - sister city	5
4801646105	Norte Chico/Caral	a distinctive civilization in South America (around 5000 years ago). Farming based off beans and fruit. Water source from snow melt. created quipu; a civilization like Mesopotamia; extremely rich fishing industry; grew squash, guavas, beans, etc.; used irrigation agriculture; no pottery; lacked defensive walls; little evidence of warfare; had direct contact w/ Mesoamerican civilizations, etc	6
4801658090	Nubia	a distinctive and independent Egyptian civilization. (South of the Egyptian civilization and on the Nile)	7
4801680764	Olmec Civilization	the first Mesoamerican civilization (located in central Mexico; between 1200 and 4000 BCE) created intensive agriculture, wide-ranging trade, ceremonial centers and monumental construction; great cutlural influence on later Mesoamerican civilizations	8
4801687859	Paneb	a Egyptian criminal who lived around the thirteenth century BCE	9
4801694137	patriarchy	form of social organization where the male is the head of the family and the title is traced through the male line	10
4801696025	pharaoh	the name of the Egyptian kings at the beginning of Egypt to about 2200 BCE	11
4801698670	rise of the state	when the state-statement began to appear in the 1st civilizations	12
4801700590	Uruk	Ancient Mesopotamia's largest city	13