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  • America
    • Introduction
      • Course Overview
      • Policies
      • Essential Documents
    • 1492-1754
      • Colonization
    • 1754-1848
      • Revolution
      • Constitution
      • Expansion
    • 1848-1898
      • The Civil War
      • The Gilded Age
    • 1898-1945
      • The American Empire
      • The Great Depression
      • The Second World War
    • 1945-1991
      • The Early Cold War
      • The Great Society
      • The Late Cold War
    • 1991-Today
      • The Culture Wars
      • The War on Terror
  • Europe
    • Introduction
    • 1200-1450
    • 1450-1648
      • Renaissance
      • Reformation
      • Exploration
      • Links
      • Assignments
      • Videos
        • John Green Videos
        • Tom Richey Videos
        • Rick Steves Videos
        • Assorted Videos
      • Slideshows
    • 1648-1815
      • Sovereignty
      • Commerce
      • Reason
      • Revolution
      • Links
      • Readings and Assignments
      • Videos
        • John Green Videos
        • Tom Richey Videos
        • Assorted Videos
      • Slideshows
    • 1815-1914
      • Industry
      • Ideology
      • Empire
      • Modernity
      • Links
      • Readings and Assignments
      • Videos
        • John Green Videos
        • Tom Richey Videos
        • Assorted Videos
      • Slideshows
    • 1914-Today
      • WWI
      • WWII
      • Cold War
      • EU
      • Links
      • Assignments and Readings
      • Videos
        • John Green Videos
        • Tom Richey Videos
        • Assorted Videos
      • Slideshows
  • World
    • Ancient
    • Modern
      • Introduction
        • Course Overview
        • Policies
        • Essential Documents
        • Exam
      • 1200-1450
        • Asia
        • Africa
        • Europe
        • Americas
        • Trade
      • 1450-1750
        • Discovery
        • Maritime Empires
        • Land Empires
      • 1750-1900
        • Revolutions
        • Industrialization
        • Imperialism
      • 1900-Today
        • World Wars
        • Postwar World
        • Globalization
  • Research
  • Resources
  • About
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  • America
    • Introduction
      • Course Overview
      • Policies
      • Essential Documents
    • 1492-1754
      • Colonization
    • 1754-1848
      • Revolution
      • Constitution
      • Expansion
    • 1848-1898
      • The Civil War
      • The Gilded Age
    • 1898-1945
      • The American Empire
      • The Great Depression
      • The Second World War
    • 1945-1991
      • The Early Cold War
      • The Great Society
      • The Late Cold War
    • 1991-Today
      • The Culture Wars
      • The War on Terror
  • Europe
    • Introduction
    • 1200-1450
    • 1450-1648
      • Renaissance
      • Reformation
      • Exploration
      • Links
      • Assignments
      • Videos
        • John Green Videos
        • Tom Richey Videos
        • Rick Steves Videos
        • Assorted Videos
      • Slideshows
    • 1648-1815
      • Sovereignty
      • Commerce
      • Reason
      • Revolution
      • Links
      • Readings and Assignments
      • Videos
        • John Green Videos
        • Tom Richey Videos
        • Assorted Videos
      • Slideshows
    • 1815-1914
      • Industry
      • Ideology
      • Empire
      • Modernity
      • Links
      • Readings and Assignments
      • Videos
        • John Green Videos
        • Tom Richey Videos
        • Assorted Videos
      • Slideshows
    • 1914-Today
      • WWI
      • WWII
      • Cold War
      • EU
      • Links
      • Assignments and Readings
      • Videos
        • John Green Videos
        • Tom Richey Videos
        • Assorted Videos
      • Slideshows
  • World
    • Ancient
    • Modern
      • Introduction
        • Course Overview
        • Policies
        • Essential Documents
        • Exam
      • 1200-1450
        • Asia
        • Africa
        • Europe
        • Americas
        • Trade
      • 1450-1750
        • Discovery
        • Maritime Empires
        • Land Empires
      • 1750-1900
        • Revolutions
        • Industrialization
        • Imperialism
      • 1900-Today
        • World Wars
        • Postwar World
        • Globalization
  • Research
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​Unit 1 Home
​Key Terms
Assignments
Maps & Map Assignments
Slideshows
Videos
Miscellaneous Links

Basic Geography

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Geographic Terms
  • latitude
  • Equator
  • longitude
  • Prime Meridian​

Human Origins

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Mary Leakey and her husband, Louis, were British anthropologists who discovered fossilised remains of human ancestors at Olduvai Orge, Tanzania, eastern Africa.
Paleolithic Era
  • anthropology
  • archaeology
  • artifact
  • fossil
  • prehistory
  • Paleolithic Age
  • nomadic/pastoral nomad​

The Emergence of Civilization

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The Fertile Crescent in modern-day Iraq and Syria was the birthplace of agriculture.
Emergence of Civilization:
  • Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
    • systematic agriculture
    • domestication
  • Bronze Age
  • culture
  • civilization
  • cultural diffusion
  • Fertile Crescent
  • River valley civilizations
    • Mesopotamia (present day ____________) = ____________ & ____________ Rivers
    • Egypt = ____________ River
    • India = ____________ River
    • China = ____________ & ____________ Rivers
  • social pyramid

Political Systems

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Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom. This is his burial death mask.
Political systems:
  • city-state
  • dynasty
  • empire
  • patriarchal
  • regime
  • theocracy
  • monarchy
  • oligarchy
  • aristocracy
  • democracy
  • bureaucracy

Religious Systems

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Pharaoh Menkaure of the Fourth Dynasty, accompanied by the goddesses Bat and Hathor.   Egyptians worshipped a pantheon of gods.
Religious systems:
  • polytheism
  • monotheism

Sumerian Civilization

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The Code of Hammurabi is an ancient Babylonian code of law from around 1754 BC.
Sumerian Civilization
  • artisan
  • wheel, sail
  • cuneiform
  • artisan
  • Code of Hammurabi
  • ziggurat​

Egyptian Civilization

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Archeologist Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamen's mummy near Luxor, Egypt in 1921.
Egyptian Civilization
  • pharaoh
  • pyramids
  • hieroglyphics
  • mummification

Indo-European
​and Eastern Mediterranean Civilizations

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The ancient Phonecians developed the alphabet which became the basis of the writing system used by the English language today.
Indo-European & Eastern Mediterranean Civilizations
  • Indo-Europeans migrations
  • Iron Age
  • Phonetic alphabet

Assyrian and Persian Civilizations

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Assyrian king Ashurbanipal, who enjoyed hunting lions, established one of the first libraries.
Assyrian & Persian Civilizations
  • libraries
  • Zoroastriansm

Ancient Indian Civilization

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An Indian statue of the Buddha dating to the 5th century AD.
India and Hinduism
  • monsoon
  • reincarnation
  • caste system
  • Moksha
  • Karma
  • Brahman
    • Brahma
    • Vishnu
    • Shiva ​
Buddhism
  • Siddhartha Gautama
  • Enlightenment
  • Meaning of “Buddha”
  • The Four Noble Truths
  • The Eightfold Path
  • Nirvana
  • What do Hinduism and Buddhism have in common?
  • Which Hindu beliefs does Buddhism reject?
  • How and where did Buddhism spread?
  • Mahayana
  • Theravada

Ancient Chinese Civilization

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The tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China, is protected by the Terracotta Army of 6000 statues.
China
  • Silk Road
  • Period of Warring States
  • Mandate of Heaven
  • Confucianism
    • ​Confucius
    • Five Basic Relationships
    • Filial Piety
    • Analects
    • Bureaucracy
  • Daoism
    • Laozi
    • Dao De Jing
    • Dao
    • Yin-yang
  • Legalism
    • How did Legalists hope to restore order in society?
    • How did Legalists encourage rulers to act?
  • Qin Shi Huangdi
    • autocracy
    • centralized government

Quizlets

UNIT 1: ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS General Key Terms Quizlet
UNIT 1: ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS Religious Key Terms Quizlet

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Barron's AP European History Flashcards, Second Edition​

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  • acc. PHILLIPS
  • America
    • Introduction
      • Course Overview
      • Policies
      • Essential Documents
    • 1492-1754
      • Colonization
    • 1754-1848
      • Revolution
      • Constitution
      • Expansion
    • 1848-1898
      • The Civil War
      • The Gilded Age
    • 1898-1945
      • The American Empire
      • The Great Depression
      • The Second World War
    • 1945-1991
      • The Early Cold War
      • The Great Society
      • The Late Cold War
    • 1991-Today
      • The Culture Wars
      • The War on Terror
  • Europe
    • Introduction
    • 1200-1450
    • 1450-1648
      • Renaissance
      • Reformation
      • Exploration
      • Links
      • Assignments
      • Videos
        • John Green Videos
        • Tom Richey Videos
        • Rick Steves Videos
        • Assorted Videos
      • Slideshows
    • 1648-1815
      • Sovereignty
      • Commerce
      • Reason
      • Revolution
      • Links
      • Readings and Assignments
      • Videos
        • John Green Videos
        • Tom Richey Videos
        • Assorted Videos
      • Slideshows
    • 1815-1914
      • Industry
      • Ideology
      • Empire
      • Modernity
      • Links
      • Readings and Assignments
      • Videos
        • John Green Videos
        • Tom Richey Videos
        • Assorted Videos
      • Slideshows
    • 1914-Today
      • WWI
      • WWII
      • Cold War
      • EU
      • Links
      • Assignments and Readings
      • Videos
        • John Green Videos
        • Tom Richey Videos
        • Assorted Videos
      • Slideshows
  • World
    • Ancient
    • Modern
      • Introduction
        • Course Overview
        • Policies
        • Essential Documents
        • Exam
      • 1200-1450
        • Asia
        • Africa
        • Europe
        • Americas
        • Trade
      • 1450-1750
        • Discovery
        • Maritime Empires
        • Land Empires
      • 1750-1900
        • Revolutions
        • Industrialization
        • Imperialism
      • 1900-Today
        • World Wars
        • Postwar World
        • Globalization
  • Research
  • Resources
  • About
  • Contact