Ap World History Summer Work Vocabulary
Paleolithic Age: The period of Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. Predates the Neolithic period.
Neolithic Age: The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution(s). Follows by Paleolithic period.
Foragers: People who support themselves by hunting wild animals & gathering wild edible plants & insects.
Agricultural Revolution: The change from food gathering to food production that occurred between ca. 8000 & 2000 B.C.E (also known as Neolithic Revolution).
Megaliths: Structures & complexes of very large stones constructed for ceremonial & religious purposes in Neolithic times.
Hammurabi: Amorite ruler of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 B.C.E). he conquered many city-states in southern & northern Mesopotamia & is best known for a code of laws, inscribed on a black stone pillar, illustrating the principles to be used in legal cases.
Ziggurat: a massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mud bricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities, but its function is unknown.
Cuneiform: a system of writing in which wedge-shaped symbols represented words or syllables. composed of slim triangular or wedge-shaped elements, as the characters used in writing by the ancient Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, & others.
Hieroglyphics: a system of writing in which pictorial symbols represented sounds, symbols, or concepts. Used for official & monumental inscriptions in ancient Egypt.
Mandate of Heaven: Chinese religion & political ideology developed by the Zhou, according to which it was the prerogative of Heaven, the chief deity, to grant power to the ruler of China & to take away the power of the ruler failed to conduct himself justly & in the best interest of his subjects.
Daoism: Chinese school of thought, originating in the Warring State Period with Laozi (604-531 B.C.E)
Iron Age: Historians’ term for the period during which iron was the primary metal for tools & weapons.
Diaspora: A Greek word
Neolithic Age: The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution(s). Follows by Paleolithic period.
Foragers: People who support themselves by hunting wild animals & gathering wild edible plants & insects.
Agricultural Revolution: The change from food gathering to food production that occurred between ca. 8000 & 2000 B.C.E (also known as Neolithic Revolution).
Megaliths: Structures & complexes of very large stones constructed for ceremonial & religious purposes in Neolithic times.
Hammurabi: Amorite ruler of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 B.C.E). he conquered many city-states in southern & northern Mesopotamia & is best known for a code of laws, inscribed on a black stone pillar, illustrating the principles to be used in legal cases.
Ziggurat: a massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mud bricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities, but its function is unknown.
Cuneiform: a system of writing in which wedge-shaped symbols represented words or syllables. composed of slim triangular or wedge-shaped elements, as the characters used in writing by the ancient Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, & others.
Hieroglyphics: a system of writing in which pictorial symbols represented sounds, symbols, or concepts. Used for official & monumental inscriptions in ancient Egypt.
Mandate of Heaven: Chinese religion & political ideology developed by the Zhou, according to which it was the prerogative of Heaven, the chief deity, to grant power to the ruler of China & to take away the power of the ruler failed to conduct himself justly & in the best interest of his subjects.
Daoism: Chinese school of thought, originating in the Warring State Period with Laozi (604-531 B.C.E)
Iron Age: Historians’ term for the period during which iron was the primary metal for tools & weapons.
Diaspora: A Greek word