AP World History Study Guide 2024-
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A region between the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers that
developed the first urban
societies. In the Bronze
Age this area included
Mesopotamia Sumer and the Akkadian,
Babylonian and Assyrian
empires, In the Iron Age, it
was ruled by the Neo-
Assyrian and Neo-
Babylonian empires.
The Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers gave life to the first
known agricultural villages
in this area about 10,000
Fertile Crescent years ago and the first
known cities about 5,000
years ago. Includes
Mesopotamia, Palestine,
and the Nile.
, A temple tower of ancient
Mesopotamia, constructed
of square or rectangular
ziggurat terraces of diminishing size,
usually with a shrine made
of blue enamel bricks on
the top
A pictorial symbol or sign
representing an object or
pictograms concept. Used by many
non-alphabetic written
scripts.
The earliest known form of
writing, which was used by
the Sumerians. The name
derives from the wedge
cuneiform
shaped marks made with a
stylus into soft clay. Used
from the 3000s BCE to the
100s BCE.
A character or figure in a
writing system in which the
ideograms idea of a thing is
represented rather than it's
name (example: Chinese)
The world's first civilization,
founded in Mesopotamia,
Sumer
which existed for over
3,000 years.
, A legendary Chinese dynasty that was not
believed to exist until relatively recently.
Walled towns ruled by area-specific kings
Xia
assembled armies, built cities, and worked
bronze. Created pictograms which would
evolve in to the first Chinese script.
An early Chinese dynasty.
Not a unified Chinese state.
Instead rulers and their
relatives gave orders
Shang
through a network of cities.
Earliest evidence of
Chinese writing comes
from this period.
Succeeded the Shang dynasty. Similar to the
Shang And Xia dynastic periods in that China
was fragmented politically. Yet, despite the
Zhou lack of true centralization, this was one of the
longest Chinese dynasties, lasting about 600
years. It left substantial written records, unlike
the preceding dynasties.
Also known as the Huang-He. The second
Yellow River longest river in China. The majority of ancient
Chinese civilizations originated in its valley.
2025 Tests
A region between the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers that
developed the first urban
societies. In the Bronze
Age this area included
Mesopotamia Sumer and the Akkadian,
Babylonian and Assyrian
empires, In the Iron Age, it
was ruled by the Neo-
Assyrian and Neo-
Babylonian empires.
The Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers gave life to the first
known agricultural villages
in this area about 10,000
Fertile Crescent years ago and the first
known cities about 5,000
years ago. Includes
Mesopotamia, Palestine,
and the Nile.
, A temple tower of ancient
Mesopotamia, constructed
of square or rectangular
ziggurat terraces of diminishing size,
usually with a shrine made
of blue enamel bricks on
the top
A pictorial symbol or sign
representing an object or
pictograms concept. Used by many
non-alphabetic written
scripts.
The earliest known form of
writing, which was used by
the Sumerians. The name
derives from the wedge
cuneiform
shaped marks made with a
stylus into soft clay. Used
from the 3000s BCE to the
100s BCE.
A character or figure in a
writing system in which the
ideograms idea of a thing is
represented rather than it's
name (example: Chinese)
The world's first civilization,
founded in Mesopotamia,
Sumer
which existed for over
3,000 years.
, A legendary Chinese dynasty that was not
believed to exist until relatively recently.
Walled towns ruled by area-specific kings
Xia
assembled armies, built cities, and worked
bronze. Created pictograms which would
evolve in to the first Chinese script.
An early Chinese dynasty.
Not a unified Chinese state.
Instead rulers and their
relatives gave orders
Shang
through a network of cities.
Earliest evidence of
Chinese writing comes
from this period.
Succeeded the Shang dynasty. Similar to the
Shang And Xia dynastic periods in that China
was fragmented politically. Yet, despite the
Zhou lack of true centralization, this was one of the
longest Chinese dynasties, lasting about 600
years. It left substantial written records, unlike
the preceding dynasties.
Also known as the Huang-He. The second
Yellow River longest river in China. The majority of ancient
Chinese civilizations originated in its valley.
