Eurasian Empires AP World History Flashcards

7539747995	Empire	A large area controlled by a ruler	0
7539747996	The Hittites	Very powerful military, set up city-states on plateau called Anatolia, 1st military in Middle East to have iron weapons, lighter chariots, covered Asia Minor, Syria, and part of Mesopotamia, no harsh punishment	1
7539747997	The Assyrians	Fought with iron, treated conquered people cruelly, forced to pay heavy taxes, empire stretched from Persian Gulf to Egypt, Chaldeans take them down	2
7539747998	The Chaldeans	Great king: Nebuchadnezzar, Empire weakened due to slow trade and poor harvests	3
7539747999	The Persians	King Cyrus added many new territories, king Darius was the best organizer, each province was ruled by a satrap: governor, very tolerant rulers, Xerxes son of Darius tried to conquer Greece but failed	4
7539748000	Persepolis	Most magnificent city in the Persian empire	5
7539748001	The Aegean Area	Ancient Greece included the Balkan Peninsula and small rocky islands, 3/4 of Greek mainland is mountains, fertile plains between the mountains, mild climate	6
7539748002	The Minoans	Ruled by king Minos, had a large palace with labyrinths, Minos and the Minotaur	7
7539748003	The Mycenaeans	Migrated from Central Asia to the Balkan Peninsula, set up group of kingdoms, locals: Hellenes, adopted many parts of Minoan culture, new civilization called Hellenic	8
7539748004	Poets and heroes	The Iliad: about Trojan war and Trojan horse, The Odyssey: about journey of king Odysseus after fall of Troy, stories were used to teach values, both of those were written by the bind poet Homer	9
7539748005	Greek religion	Gods caused the physical events on earth, stressed importance of individual and self worth, allowed to approach gods with dignity, chief god was Zeus	10
7539748006	The Polis	A city state, each was developed independently but shared certain common features, included the city and surrounding villages, fields, and orchards	11
7539748007	Acropolis	A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city, foot of this was called the angora, which was the public square	12
7539748008	Greek citizens	Could vote, hold office, speak in court, own property, and were expected to serve and protect, most Greeks weren't citizens, slaves, foreigners, and women couldn't be citizens	13
7539748009	Greek colonies and trade	Increased population after "dark ages", each polis sent out groups to set up colonies, sent grain back to the parent city, Greek trade expanded throughout the Mediterranean region, replaced barter system with money	14
7539748010	Aristocrat	Noble person	15
7539748011	Political and social change	Disputes between aristocrats and commoners often arose, farmers began to protest, farmers were very powerful because they were foot soldiers, middle class wanted more voice so they joined the protest	16
7539748012	Phalanx	Rows of foot soldiers close together with shields to form a wall	17
7539748013	Oligarchy	A few wealthy people hold power	18
7539748014	Democracy	Government by the people	19
7539748015	Athens	Democracy Greek city- state	20
7539748016	Sparta	Oligarchy Greek city-state	21