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AP World Pt. 1
8000 b.c.e. - 600 c.e. Ancient and Classical Civilizations
Question | Answer |
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Four River Valley Civilizations | Mesopotamia, Yellow River Valley, Indus River Valley, and the Nile |
Mesopotamia | Area between Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Civilizations include; Sumer, Babylon, Persia, etc. |
Indus River Valley 'Harrapan' Civilization | Little known, disappeared by 1500 B.C.E. Two major cities; Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro |
Aryans in Indus River Valley | ~1500 B.C.E. Brought belief in reincarnation, basis for caste system, etc. |
Vedas and Upanishads | Written by Aryans in the Indus River Valley, basis for Hinduism |
Yellow River Valley Shang Dynasty | Shang dynasty; ~1600-1000 B.C.E. Patriarcal with importance on extended family Believed ancestors could advocate for gods |
Yellow River Valley Chou/Zhou Dynasty | ~1000-250 B.C.E. Mandate of Heaven appears, feudalism arrives in China |
The Nile | Old, Middle, and New Egyptian Kingdoms Pharoahs, pyramids, small towns, and later dependence of trade. |
Pharoah | Egyptian god-king seen as embodiment or sun of a god |
Bantu Migrations | Around 2000-1000 B.C.E. series of migrations in Africa by Bantu people. Possible causes: population, development of Sahara, invaders, etc. |
Classical Civilizations The Greeks | Made up of many polis, or city-states, notably Athens and Sparta |
Delian League | League of Greek polis headed by Athens to unite against the Persians |
Peloponesian Wars | ~430-400 B.C.E. Sparta v. Athens Sparta won, but spared Athens out of respect for culture and part in defending from Persians |
Sparta and Athens | Athens became cultural hub, at one point as many as 1/3 were slaves Sparta was militarily powerful, harsh training, but women had more rights than in Athens |
The Maya |