history: chpt. 1 test Flashcards
(2340-2100 B.C.) Their leader, Sargon, overran the Sumerian city-states and set up the first empire in world history
Akkadians
(1045-256 B.C.) During this time China began to adopt many of the features that characterized Chinese civilization for centuries. Especially the Mandate of Heaven.
Zhou Dynasty
Ruled babylon; gained control of Sumer and Akkad; created a the new Mesopotamian kingdom. He built temples, encouraged trade, and brought economic revival to his land
Hammurabi
Ruled Mauryan Empire; greatest ruler in the history of India; used Buddhists ideals to guide his rule. He set up hospitals; sent missionaries to China to introduce Buddhism there. He also had the idea to build the Silk Road
Asoka
Founded the Qin dynasty; “first Qin emperor”; unified the Chinese world. His project was the Great Wall of China.
Qin Shihuangdi
Collection of hymns, religious ceremonies that were passed down orally through centuries by Aryan priests and then eventually written down
Vedas
Created a powerful Persian state that stretched from from Asia Minor to western India; ruled from (559-530 b.c.); captured Babylon; demonstrated wisdom and compassion. He had a reputation for mercy; had genuine respect for other civilizations
Cyrus the Great
Lasted over 400 years (202 B.C.- 220 A.D.); population in China increased rapidly under this rule. This created a growing need for bigger and fjord efficient bureaucracy to keep the state in proper working order. Technological achievements were surpassed.
Han Dynasty
Located on the upper Tigris River; were Semitic-speaking people who exploited the use of iron weapons to establish an empire by 700 B.C. It included Mesopotamia, parts of the Iranian plateau, sections of Asia minor, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt down to themes. Within less than 100 years internal strife and resentment of the Kings began to tear the Empire apart. They used terror as an instrument of warfare. They were especially known for committing atrocities on their captives.
Assyrians
Created city-states; origin remains a mystery; By 3000 BC they had established a number of independent city states in southern Mesopotamia including Eridu, Ur, Uruk. Their most prominent building was the temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of the city. They believed that gods and goddesses owned the cities. The people devoted much of their wealth to building temples as well as elaborate houses for the priests and priestesses who served the gods. Priests and priestesses who supervise the temples and their property had a great deal of power. Eventually however ruling power passed into the hands of kings. Kings led armies and organized workers for the irrigation projects on which Mesopotamian farming depended. Conflicts arose when city states grew and expanded. City states were also open to envision my other groups
Sumerians
Learned how to create more sophisticated tools; how to use fire; and how to adapt to or even change their physical environment. They were primarily nomads who hunted animals and gathered wild plants for survival. They also created a human culture that included sophisticated cave paintings. They were nomads because once they hunted and gathered all the animals in that area they had to move to another area to hunt and kill more animals for survival.
Paleolithic people
People either hunted or killed animals for food or kept animals and grew food on a regular basis. The domestication of animals added a steady source of meat milk and wool. Growing crops and taming food producing animals created what historians call an agricultural revolution.
Ability to acquire food
New Stone Age; the period of human history from 8000 to 4000 B.C.; the real change in this time was the shift from the hunting of animals and the gathering of food to the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis which we call systematic agriculture. The growing of crops in the taming of food producing animals created what historians call and agricultural revolution; some believe this revolution was the single most important development in human history. The growing of crops on a regular basis gave rise to more permanent settlements which historians call farming villages. Once people began to settle in villages or towns they saw the need to build houses for protection and other structuresfor storage. Organized communities stored food and other material goods which encourage the development of trade. As they mastered the art of farming they gradually began to develop more complex societies.
Neolithic Revolution
(3000 BC) an increase in food production in the river valleys of Mesopotamia Egypt India and China lead to significant growth and human population and the rise of cities.
Civilizations began
The Nile River is the longest river in the world. The Nile Delta is called lower Egypt. The land stream to the south is called upper Egypt. Egypt’s most important cities developed at the tip of the Delta, the point at which the Nile divides. _____ was divided into three major periods: the old Kingdom, the middle Kingdom, and the new Kingdom. _____ begins around 3100 BC, when Menes the king united the villages of upper and lower Egypt into a single kingdom and created the first royal _____ dynasty. A dynasty is a family of rulers this right to rule is passed on within the family.
History of Egypt began
