P1-P2 (complete) Flashcards
Neanderthal
One type of prehistoric people who roamed the earth.
Cro-Magnon
One of the types of prehistoric people
Sargon
Took control of the northern and southern Mesopotamia and created the first empire
Abraham
Father of the Jewish people and a wise prophet
Pastoralists
Followed herds of domesticated animals, sparked major changes to settled communities
Agricultural Revolution
The shift from hunters and gathering to settled communities.
Çatal Hüyük
Large Neolithic and Chalcolithic city settlement and is one of the oldest cities in the world.
Epic of Gilgamesh
An epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia that is regarded as the earliest surviving pieces of literature.
Bronze
This is when it is first documented that metal was being used for tools and other things.
Iron
The final stage in the stone-bronze-iron age sequence and replaced the use of bronze.
Hammurabi
Controlled the Babylonians and created the Hammurabi Code.
Menes
He united all of Egypt and created the double crown for his kingdom.
Old Kingdom
When the pyramids began to be built in Egypt.
Middle Kingdom
Started when Nebhepetre Mentuhotep the second reunited Upper and Lower Egypt.
New Kingdom
When eygpyt started having dynastys and expanded the empire more.
Harappa
One of the first Indus River Valey civilizatins
Mohenjo-Daro
One of the largest settlements of the Acient River Valley Civilization
Shia (Xia) Dynasty
The first dynasty of China, not recognized as the first dynasty until recent discoveries
Shang Dynasty
Controlled all of ancient China
Zhou Dynasty
Founder: Wu Wang. Capital: Hao. Created Confucianism and Daoism. Longest Chinese dynasty.
Era of Warring States
Regional rulers formed independent armies reducing emperors to little more than figureheads
Vedas
Oldest collection of Hindu texts
Oracle Bones
Bones of animals or turtle shells (used by Chinese fortune tellers)
Caste System
a system of social structure introduced in India by the Aryans