Test 2 Flashcards
aristocracy
government - power in hands of ruling family
autocracy
government - ruler has all power
Bronze Age
period where people used bronze to make tools and weapons
bureaucracy
system of departments and agencies formed to carry out work of government
Chaldeans
a Southwest Asian people who helped destroy the Assyrian Empire
Daoism
a philosophy - Chinese thinker Laozi - people should be guided by a universal force called the Dao Way
democracy
government - people have power
empire
a political unit in which peoples or countries are ruled by one ruler
Hittites
an Indo-European group who settled in Anatolia
Hyskos
a group of nomadic invaders from Southwest Asia who ruled Egypt
I Ching
a religious image used by Eastern Christians
legalism
an efficient and powerful government = the key to social order
Medes
a Southwest Asian people who helped to destroy the Assyrian Empire
Minoans
a seafaring and trading people that lived on the island of Crete
Mycenaean
an Indo-European person who settled on the Greek mainland
myth
a traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes
New Kingdom
the period of ancient Egyptian history that followed the overthrow of the Hyksos rulers
oligarchy
government - power in hands of few people
Phoenicians
seafaring people that lived in Southwest Asia traded with colonies in Mediterranean region
Qin Dynasty
a short-lived Chinese dynasty that replaced the Zhou Dynasty
Royal Road
a road in the Persian Empire
satrap
a governor of a province in the Persain Empire
tribute
a payment made by a weaker power to a stronger power
tyrant
powerful individual who gained control of a city-state’s government by appealing to the poor for support
