AP World History - 2018 - Chapter 3 Notes Flashcards

10509680912	Iron Age	Time which iron dominated bronze because of its strength and ability to maintain sharper edges	0
10509681812	Cosmopolitan	Having widely shared cultures and lifestyles, such as states in the Middle East	1
10509683266	Kassites	People who moved from Zagreb mountains into southern Mesopotamia, ruled Babylon, yet did not pursue territorial conquest	2
10509690061	Assyrian Kingdom	Located in Mesopotamia, anchored a busy trade route, and expanded its power by conquering kingdoms	3
10509691899	Hittites	Most powerful state in Mesopotamia, Adoped the horse drawn chariot, and developed methods for making iron	4
10509692983	Akkadian	Language which government diplomats would communicate with	5
10509693526	Hyksos	Ruled Egypt between middle and new kingdom and had advanced military technology	6
10509695381	The New Kingdom	Aggressively expanded the state, gaining access to important materials and participating in the diplomatic and commercial networks in Asia	7
10509696826	Hatshepsut	Commanded the New kingdom after husband died	8
10509697251	Akhenaten	Untraditional ruler in Egypt, closing temples and challenging the supremacy of Amon.	9
10509699167	Rameses II	ruler after Akhenaten, living into his 90 and correcting Akhenaten's mistakes	10
10509704010	Minoan	Civilization of Crete, first European civilization to have complex social structures and technologies, and has undelivered writing	11
10509705726	Crete	Island of Minoan civilization, off Greece in Mediterranean Sea	12
10509708152	Cnossus	Only palace not destroyed by the Greeks	13
10509708750	Mycenae	Created first greek culture, and stayed farmers and Shepards long past other civilization's switch. Changed from Minoan influences	14
10509709798	Shaft Graves	Graves in Greece containing bodies and rare minerals	15
10509711552	Linear B	Script which uses pectoral signs to represent symbols, an early form of greek	16
10509712991	Philistines	Invaded and occupied the coast of Palestine, lead to the collapse of egypt	17
10509714384	Dark Age	Occurred after the collapse of the Mycenean civilization, caused the Middle East to fall into century long period of poverty, isolation, and loss of knowledge	18
10509715404	Neo-Assyrian empire	Conquered by Assyrians in northern Mesopotamia, using force and terror, and was most powerful civilization after the dark age	19
10509717764	Mass Deportation	Forced moving of communities to prevent rebellion used by the Assyrians	20
10509718305	Library of Ashurbanipal	Contained official documents, literature, and scientific text in Assyria	21
10509720219	Israel	Small land linking Anatolia, Egypt, Arabia, and Mesopotamia, although lacking natural resources	22
10509723102	Hebrew Bible	Compilation of several collections of materials from different group, described Abraham and his descendants	23
10509723977	Abraham	Religious figure in the Hebrew Bible who left Ur and migrated to Israel with the help of god Yahweh	24
10509725107	Exodus	Story of how Israelites were led out of captivity by Moses	25
10509725448	Chosen People	Israelites who promised their god to worship him exclusively, and proposed the 10 commandments	26
10509726496	David	Shepard who oversaw Israel's change from tribal confederacy to unified monarchy, and brought the ark to Jerusalem	27
10509727709	First Temple	Central shrine to strengthen link between religion and authority	28
10509728674	Monotheism	Belief in only one god, founded by Israelites	29
10509729330	Diaspora	The dispersion of jews from their homeland, caused by Israelites leaving Babylon	30
10509730264	Phoenicians	People living on the coast of Lebanon and Syria	31
10509735356	Byblos	Most important city state in Babylon, was a distribution center for cedar and papyrus	32
10509736885	Tyre	King who took control of Sidon and dominated Mediterranean coastal trade	33
10509737713	Phoenician Triangle	String of settlements in west Mediterranean, controlling the passage between the Mediterranean and Atlantic	34
10509739169	Carthage	Phoenician colony at war with other Phoenician communities	35
10509740194	Neo-Babylon Kingdom	Dominated Assyria and had a cultural renaissance	36