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Unit 2 AP review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The river valley civilizations | Sumerian, Baylonian, Assyrian, New Babylonian |
| Hammurabi's law code | Very harsh (death and mutilation was common punishment) and favored the upper classes, the idea that a systematic, consistent set of regulations, rather than the arbitrary will of a ruler, should govern society was an important innovation |
| Hyskos | Horse riding nomads, and the introduction of horses and bronze to Egypt (which they learned from Mesopotamia) |
| Egyptian Book of the Dead | Concern about life after death gave rise to mummification (the art of preserving bodies after death) and building the gigantic tombs (including the famous pyramids, which provided resting places for pharoahs after they died) |
| Hieroglyphics | Written script made up of pictorial characters |
| Papyrus | Made of fiber of reeds, and invented the craft of paper making |
| Gilgamesh epic | Telling of the story of a king's quest to achieve immortality |
| Hittites | Most influential indo-European migrants and established close relationships with the Mesopotamian people |
| Assyrians | Preserved a great deal of Mesopotamia's literature in libraries, had a powerful and intimidating army, appointed officers based on merit, skill, bravery and birth right |
| Phoenicians | Established industry and trade, organized series of independent city states, excellent sailors, and showed most interest in pursuing commercial opportunities |
| Min oun | Indoor plumbing |
| Mycenaean | Learned about writing and large scale construction |
| In the classical period the Greek fought two major wars with the Persians which only drove them back thanks to what type of leadership? | Spartan and Athenian |
| Socrates | Suggested that humans could live onset lives and honor was far more important than wealth, fame or other superficial attributes |
| Plato | Socrates disciple, Elaborated a greatest systematic philosophy of great subtlety |
| Shi Huangdi | Demanded the burning of all books of philosophy, ethics, history, and literature and as punishment execution if anyone questioned his regime |
| Christianity | Appealed to specifically lower classes, urban populations and women |
| Qin Dynasty | Dissolved in chaos after bloody revolts |
| Han Wudi | Administrative centralization, not invested in academic pursuits, led a patriarchal society, the imperial university took Confucianism as a basis for curriculum |
| Xiongu | Nomadic people from the Steppes of central Asia, spoke Turkish language, superb horsemen, Mao dun was the most successful leader and brought strict military discipline to Xiongu |
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