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AP World History Chapter 1
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History
10th Grade
09/08/2008

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Australopithecus
Definition

"southern ape"

existed 1million-4 million years ago

oldest known ancestor of humans

walked on hind legs to free hands for use of simple tools 

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Homo-erectus
Definition

"upright-walking human"

existed 2 million-200,00 years ago

used cleavers and hand-axes 

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Menes
Definition
conquerer who united Egypt under central rule of pharoahs
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Gilgamesh
Definition
5th ruler of the kingdom of Uruk
ruled 2750 B.C.E
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Nebuchadnezzar
Definition

ruler of New Babylonia

lavished babylon in wealth

 

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Iron
Definition

cheap, easier to find metal

choice metal for weapons 

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Bronze Metallurgy
Definition
copper alloyed with tin
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New Babylonia
Definition

Chaldean Empire ruled by Nebuchadnezzar

wealth lavished with wealth and rescources 

 

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Hanging Gardens
Definition

babylonian symblon of luxuriousness

Gardens planted on walls of New Babylonia 

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Assyrians
Definition

in northern Mesopotamia; Tigris River Valley

extended Mesopotami's empire

Assyrian cities of Neneveh and Asur 

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Lex Talionis
Definition

"law of retaliation"

 

similar to eye for an eye (only for people of the same socio-economic class) 

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Hammurabi's Code
Definition
A Mesopotamian Law code enforcing high morals with stern punishments
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Zigguraut
Definition
Mesopotamian Temples housing altars to the local dieties
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 Tigris/Euphrates

Definition
rivers encompassing Mesopatamia
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Sumer/Summerians
Definition
earlist mesopotamian society
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Mesopotamia
Definition

"between the rivers"

 land between Tigris and Euphrates River

2 earliest cities:

sumer/akkad 

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Epic of Gilgamesh
Definition

a reflective Mesopotamian novel recoounting

the adventures of Gilgamesh and Enkidu 

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Metallurgy
Definition
the art of refining metals
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Catal Huyuk
Definition

neolithic settlement in Anatolia

 (7250-6150 B.C.E.)

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Shanidar
Definition
Neandertal burial ground in caves
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Jericho
Definition
a neolithic settlement at a freshwater oasis near the Dead Sea
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Agricultural Transition
Definition

men begining to domesticate animals instead of jest hunting them by providing for their needs and supeervising the breeding

 

women begin to cultivate crops instead of foraging

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Neolithic
Definition

"new stone age"

characterized by the discovery and mastery of agriculture 

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Venus Figurines
Definition
clay figurines with exagerated sexual features that demonstrated Cro-Magnon's interest in fertility
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Chinook Society
Definition

a permanent paleolithic settlement in the Pacific Northwest of America

 

salmon,acorns, and berries were cultivated and hunted 

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Jomon Society
Definition

a permanent paleolithic settlement in central Japan

cultivated buckwheat and fished 

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Natufian society
Definition

located in Eastern Medditeranean

cultivated wheat and herded animals 

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Hunting/Gathereing cultures
Definition

men hunted big game(big animals)

women gathered edible plants 

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Hominid
Definition

member of the Hominidae family

including humans and human-like species 

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Paleolithic
Definition

"old stone age"

before the agricultural transition 

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Homo-sapiens
Definition

"wise man"

 

ex.Neandertals

existed 250,000 years ago

used spears,bows, and knives 

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Homo sapiens sapiens
Definition

"very wise man"

first hominid of the modern type

existed 100,000 years ago

ex. Cro-Magnons 

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King Solomon
Definition
king that united Hebew villages under his rule
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Rich Leakey
Definition
discovered "Lucy"
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Sargon
Definition
creator of Mesopotamian empire
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"Lucy"
Definition

1st hominid

3.5 million years ago 

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King David
Definition
second King of Israel
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Moses
Definition
lead Hebrew migration to Palestine
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Achaemenids
Definition
1st great Persian empire/began under Cyrus, reached peak under Daruis
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Satrapy
Definition
persian administration,persian administrators, usually from the royal family
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