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The Ultimate AP World History Set Latest 2022 Already Passed Mesopotamia ✔✔A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires, In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires. Fertile Crescent ✔✔The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known agricultural villages in this area about 10,000 years ago and the first known cities about 5,000 years ago. ziggurat ✔✔A temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia, constructed of square or rectangular terraces of diminishing size, usually with a shrine made of blue enamel bricks on the top pictograms ✔✔A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept cuneiform ✔✔The earliest known form of writing, which was used by the Sumerians. The name derives from the wedge shaped marks made with a stylus into soft clay. Used from the 3000s BCE to the 100s BCE. ideograms ✔✔A character or figure in a writing system in which the idea of a thing is represented rather than it's name (example: Chinese) Sumer ✔✔The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years. Xia ✔✔A legendary Chinese dynasty that was not believed to exist until relatively recently. Walled towns ruled by area-specific kings assembled armies, built cities, and worked bronze. Created pictograms which would evolve in to the first Chinese script. Shang Dynasty ✔✔An early Chinese dynasty. Not a unified Chinese state. Instead rulers and their relatives gave orders through a network of cities. Earliest evidence of Chinese writing comes from this period. Zhou Dynasty ✔✔Succeeded the Shang dynasty. Similar to the Shang And Xia dynastic periods in that China was fragmented politically. Yet, despite the 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. Yellow River ✔✔Also known as the Huang-He. The second longest river in China. The majority of ancient Chinese civilizations originated in its valley. Oracle Bones ✔✔The earliest known Chinese writing is found on these from ritual activity of the Shang period. Teotihuacan ✔✔A large central city in the Mesoamerican region. Located about 25 miles Northeast of present day Mexico City. Exhibited city planning and unprecedented size for its time. Reached its peak around the year 450. Jenne-Jeno ✔✔One of the first urbanized centers in western Africa. A walled community home to approximately 50,000 people at its height. Evidence suggests domestication of agriculture and trade with nearby regions. Great Zimbabwe ✔✔A stone-walled enclosure found in Southeast Africa. Have been associated with trade, farming, and mining. Hammurabi ✔✔The first king of the Babylonian Empire. Best known for his legal code. Code of Hammurabi ✔✔A collection of 282 laws. One of the first (but not THE first) examples of written law in the ancient world. Hittites ✔✔An ancient Anatolian group whose empire at largest extent consisted of most of the Middle East. Some of the first two-wheeled chariots and iron.

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