Chapter 1 for AP World History!
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Crissy6766 on September 11, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Civilization | A group of people sharing a set of cultural traits |
| Culture | Same beliefs, expressions, actions; also are knowledge and technology |
| History | The study of past events, changes in locatiions, big events and beliefs from then to now |
| Stone age | Time of period when tools where made from stone or nonmetallic substances |
| Paleolithic | The period of the stone age associated w/the evolution of humans |
| Neolithic | The period of stone age associated w/ ancienct agricultural revolution |
| Foragers | Ppl who support themselves by hunting and gathering wild edible plants and insects |
| Agriculture Revolution | Change from food gathering to food production. ca. 8000-2000 B.C.E |
| Holocene | Geological era since end of great ice age 11,000yrs ago |
| Megaliths | Largee stones structered for ceremonial and religious purposes in Neolithic times |
| Babylon | important and largest city in mesopotamia |
| Sumerians | People that dominated S. Mesopotamia; responsible for irrigation tech, cuneiform and religious concepts |
| Semitic | Related languages spoken across W.Asia and N.Asia. Hebrew, Aramaic and Phoenician |
| City State | Independent state; consists of uknown center and agriculture territory |
| Hammurabi | Ruler of Babylon; best known for code laws; conqured many cities in S. & N. mesopatomia |
| Scribe | Position reserved for men who did the lengthy trainnig required to read &write using cuneiforms and hieroglyphics. |
| Ziggurant | Stepped Tower made of mud bricks; associated w/ religious complexes but function is uknown |
| Amulet | small charm used to protect from evil ; reflect religious practices of the common people |
| Cuneiform | writing system; later used to represent other languages of W. Asia. Many symbols - literacy |
| Pharaon | Central figure in ancient Egypt state; used power to maintain the safety & prosperity of egypt |
| Ma'at | Divinely created &maintained order |
| Pyramid | burial place for the king , stepped triangle |
| memphis | capitol of old king egypt; early rulers were interred in nearby pyramids |
| Thebes | Capitol of egypt; Amon = chief gods of egypt, monarchs were barried across vallley of kings |
| Hieroglyphics | pictorial symbols; used for monumental inscriptions; cursive was formed |
| Papyrus | Grows along NIle river (egypt); produced paperlike writing medium |
| Mummy | Body preserved by chemical processes; believed that deceased will need again |
| Harappa | great in indus valley, located on N.W.frontier of zone of cultrivation. |
| Monhenjo-Daro | large scale of construction; orderly grid of streets, standard builing materials; central planning |
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