Study sets matching "world history ap chapter 3"
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Egypt
Menes
Old Kingdom
Khufu
Gift of the Nile- Herodotus... predictable flooding of the nile a…
Pharaoh that united the kingdoms creating the old Kingdom of E…
built the big pyramids, royal tombs, Pharaohs were sovereign a…
largest pyramid
Egypt
Gift of the Nile- Herodotus... predictable flooding of the nile a…
Menes
Pharaoh that united the kingdoms creating the old Kingdom of E…
Cyrus
Darius
Greek Dark Age
Archaic Period
550-530 B.C.E., military genius, expanded empire 2,000 miles,…
522-486B.C.E., 10,000 immortals, brought peace and stability,…
1150-800 B.C.E., Time of poverty and depopulation, Phoenicians…
800-480 B.C.E., population growth, Urbanization, development o…
Cyrus
550-530 B.C.E., military genius, expanded empire 2,000 miles,…
Darius
522-486B.C.E., 10,000 immortals, brought peace and stability,…
Egypt
Menes
Old Kingdom
Khufu
Gift of the Nile- Herodotus... predictable flooding of the nile a…
Pharaoh that united the kingdoms creating the old Kingdom of E…
built the big pyramids, royal tombs, Pharaohs were sovereign a…
largest pyramid
Egypt
Gift of the Nile- Herodotus... predictable flooding of the nile a…
Menes
Pharaoh that united the kingdoms creating the old Kingdom of E…
Bantu
Cataracts
Demographic pressures
Hieratic
African peoples who originally lived in the area of present-da…
Shallow lengths (or white water rapids) of the Nile River, bet…
This forced Egyptians in particular to develop more intense an…
"priestly"- of or concerning priests
Bantu
African peoples who originally lived in the area of present-da…
Cataracts
Shallow lengths (or white water rapids) of the Nile River, bet…
Herodotus
Homer
Plato
Philosophy
Greek Historian who wrote "The Histories"
legendary author of the two Ancient Greek Poems, the "Odyssey"…
Student of Socrates and a Ancient Greek Philosopher, founded t…
"love of wisdom" study of thought and thinking, replaced relig…
Herodotus
Greek Historian who wrote "The Histories"
Homer
legendary author of the two Ancient Greek Poems, the "Odyssey"…
Himalayas
Monsoon
Aryans
Sanskrit
mountain region marking the nirthern border of the indian subc…
seasonal winds crossing indian subcontinent and southeast asia…
indi-european nomadic pastoralists who replaced harappan civil…
sacred and classical indian language
Himalayas
mountain region marking the nirthern border of the indian subc…
Monsoon
seasonal winds crossing indian subcontinent and southeast asia…
Ahura Mazda
Alexander the Great
Aryans
Ashoka
In Zoroastrianism, the good god who rules the world.
Alexander III of Macedon, conqueror of the Persian Empire and…
Indo-European pastoralists who moved into India about the time…
The most famous ruler of the Mauryan empire; he converted to B…
Ahura Mazda
In Zoroastrianism, the good god who rules the world.
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon, conqueror of the Persian Empire and…
Alexander the Great
Ashoka
Athenian Democracy
Caesar Augustus
Alexander III of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire an…
The most famous ruler of the Mauryan empire; he converted to B…
A radical form of direct democracy in which much of the free m…
The great-nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar who emerged…
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire an…
Ashoka
The most famous ruler of the Mauryan empire; he converted to B…
Yellow Turban Rebellion
Xiongnu
Wudi
Solon
A major Chinese peasant revolt that began in 184 C.E. and help…
Nomadic peoples to the north of the Great Wall of China who we…
Han emperor who began the Chinese civil service by establishin…
Athenian statesman and lawmaker whose reforms led the Athenian…
Yellow Turban Rebellion
A major Chinese peasant revolt that began in 184 C.E. and help…
Xiongnu
Nomadic peoples to the north of the Great Wall of China who we…
Alexander the Great
Athenian Democracy
Caesar Augustus
Greco Persian War
Alexander III of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire an…
A radical form of direct democracy in which much of the free m…
The great-nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar who emerged…
Two major Persian invasions of Greece, in which the Persians w…
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire an…
Athenian Democracy
A radical form of direct democracy in which much of the free m…
Alexander the Great
Ashoka
Athenian Democracy
Caesar Augustus
Alexander III of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire an…
The most famous ruler of the Mauryan empire; he converted to B…
A radical form of direct democracy in which much of the free m…
The great-nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar who emerged…
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire an…
Ashoka
The most famous ruler of the Mauryan empire; he converted to B…
Persian Empire
Athenian Democracy
Greco-Persian Wars
Hellenistic Era
Definition: Major empire that expanded over "world" and was…
Definition: Direct democracy (limited to wealthy men) instea…
Definition: Ionian greeks revolted against Persia and Persia…
Definition: Alexander the Great's expansion of the Greek Wor…
Persian Empire
Definition: Major empire that expanded over "world" and was…
Athenian Democracy
Definition: Direct democracy (limited to wealthy men) instea…
Persian Empire
Greco-Persian Wars
Hellenistic Era
Pax Romana
An empire in western Asia in ancient times. The Persians, unde…
Greco-Persian Wars, also called Persian Wars, (492-449 bce), a…
The Hellenistic Age is a period in history defined as the time…
Pax Romana (Latin for the "Roman Peace") was the long period o…
Persian Empire
An empire in western Asia in ancient times. The Persians, unde…
Greco-Persian Wars
Greco-Persian Wars, also called Persian Wars, (492-449 bce), a…
Code of Hammurabi
cradle of civilization
cuneiform
Egypt
A series of laws publicized at the order of King Hammurabi of…
Commonly used term for Southern Mesopotamia
wedge-shaped writing in the form of symbols incised into clay…
Often known as the "gift of the Nile" because the region would…
Code of Hammurabi
A series of laws publicized at the order of King Hammurabi of…
cradle of civilization
Commonly used term for Southern Mesopotamia
1. How were the new civilizations diffe…
2. Where and when did the first civiliz…
3. What was unique about each of the in…
4. What explanations are given for the…
New civilizations encompassed far larger populations. In these…
Sumer in Mesopotamia, by 3,000 B.C.E. Egypt in the Nile River…
Sumer—world's earliest written language; city-states; temples…
They all had their roots in the Agricultural Revolution. Some…
1. How were the new civilizations diffe…
New civilizations encompassed far larger populations. In these…
2. Where and when did the first civiliz…
Sumer in Mesopotamia, by 3,000 B.C.E. Egypt in the Nile River…
Zhou dynasty
Qin dynasty
Shi Huangdi
Han dynasty
(1122 - 256 B.C.E.) First of Chinese classical civilizations.…
(221-202 B.C.E.) Characterized by the centralization of state…
China's "First Emperor" who gave that country its name. Under…
(202 B.C.E.-220 C.E.) Followed the Qin dynasty. Expanded China…
Zhou dynasty
(1122 - 256 B.C.E.) First of Chinese classical civilizations.…
Qin dynasty
(221-202 B.C.E.) Characterized by the centralization of state…
Shi Huangdi
Qin
Han
Zhou
Founder of the brief Qin Dynasty in 220 B.C.E
established in 221 B.C.E at end of the Warring States period r…
Dynasty that succeeded in Qin 202 B.C.E; ruled for next 400 ye…
Originally a vassal (holder of land) family of Shang China; ov…
Shi Huangdi
Founder of the brief Qin Dynasty in 220 B.C.E
Qin
established in 221 B.C.E at end of the Warring States period r…
Persian Empire
Athenian democracy
Greco-Persian Wars
Alexander the Great
a series of imperial dynasties centered in Persia/Iran since t…
developed around the fifth century BC in the Greek city-state…
a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia…
a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and…
Persian Empire
a series of imperial dynasties centered in Persia/Iran since t…
Athenian democracy
developed around the fifth century BC in the Greek city-state…
Persian Empire
Athenian Democracy
Greco-Persian Wars
Alexander the Great
Most powerful Indo-European empire during ancient times. Guide…
All male citizens had equal political rights, freedom of speec…
Series of wars fought by Greek states and Persia over patterns…
King of Macedonia, conqueror of Greek city-states and of the P…
Persian Empire
Most powerful Indo-European empire during ancient times. Guide…
Athenian Democracy
All male citizens had equal political rights, freedom of speec…
Royal Road
Socratic Method
Golden Mean
empiricism
Spanned some 1,500 miles across the empire
Continually asking questions to systematically clarify another…
Emphasis on moderation
Trusting what one learned from observation and evidence of the…
Royal Road
Spanned some 1,500 miles across the empire
Socratic Method
Continually asking questions to systematically clarify another…
Iron Age
Hittites
Hatshepsut
Akhenaten
Historians' term for the period during which iron was the prim…
A people from central Anatolia who established an empire in An…
Queen of Egypt (1473-1458 B.C.E.). Dispatched a naval expediti…
Egyptian pharaoh (r. 1353-1335 B.C.E.). He built a new capital…
Iron Age
Historians' term for the period during which iron was the prim…
Hittites
A people from central Anatolia who established an empire in An…
Indus River
Ganges River
Deccan Plateau
Himalayas
river that sources in the Himalayas and flows to its mouth in…
Located in India, this river is considered sacred to Hindus an…
a dry high region, south of the Indo-Ganges plain, between the…
The highest mountains in the world, which stretch along northe…
Indus River
river that sources in the Himalayas and flows to its mouth in…
Ganges River
Located in India, this river is considered sacred to Hindus an…
Alexander the Great
Ashoka
Athenian Democracy
Caesar Augustus
Alexander III of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire an…
The most famous ruler of the Mauryan empire; he converted to B…
A radical form of direct democracy in which much of the free m…
The great-nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar who emerged…
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire an…
Ashoka
The most famous ruler of the Mauryan empire; he converted to B…
Alexander the Great
Ashoka
Athenian Democracy
Caesar Augustus
Alexander III of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire an…
The most famous ruler of the Mauryan empire; he converted to B…
A radical form of direct democracy in which much of the free m…
The great-nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar who emerged…
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire an…
Ashoka
The most famous ruler of the Mauryan empire; he converted to B…