Transcript File apwh per 1 meso-potamia & ancient africa

AP World History
Flash Cards:
• ziggurat
• cuneiform
AP World History
Early Societies in the Middle East
Flash Cards:
• Sumer
• Babylonia
Chapter 2:
Early River Civlizations in Southwest Asia

The Quest for Order
 Mesopotamia:
“The Land between the Rivers”
Sumer
1st site of agriculture
Invention of wheel
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Sumer:
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River Civilization
City-states
Monarchies
Polytheistic
Social classes
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Early River Civlizations
in Southwest Asia
 Political
Organization:
“law and order”
Hammurabi and Babylonia
Hammurabi’s Code
The Quest for Order
The Later Mesopotamian Empires
The Assyrian Empire
Nebuchadnezzar and “New” Babylonia
Enslaved the Hebrews
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Complex Societies & Cultural Traditions
Economic Specialization and Trade
Bronze Metallurgy
Iron Metallurgy
The Wheel
Shipbuilding
Regional Trade Networks
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Complex Societies & Cultural Traditions
Emergence of Stratified Patriarchal Society
Social Classes were stratified
Temple Communities formed
Slaves held
Patriarchal Society maintained
Women’s Roles less critical
Complex Societies & Cultural Traditions
Development of Writing
Cuneiform
Education
Astronomy & Mathematics
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Broader Influence of Mesopotamian Society
Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews
Migrations and Settlement in Palestine
Moses and Monotheism
Assyrian and Babylonian Conquests
Jews freed & established Early Community
in Palestine
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Broader Influence of Mesopotamian Society
The Phoenicians
Phoenician Trade Networks
Alphabetic Writing
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The Indo-European Migrations
Indo-European Origins
Indo-European Languages
The Indo-European Homeland
Horses
Indo-European Expansion & Effects
Spreading influence of cultural traits:
language
patriarchy
Horses
Religious beliefs
Indo-European Migrations,
3000-1000 B.C.E.
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The Indo-European Migrations
Migrations to the East, South, and West
Hittites, Aryans, Greeks, Germanic tribes
War Chariots
Iron Metallurgy
Patriarchal roots
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Sources from the Past:
Hammurabi’s Law on Family Relationships
“If the wife of a master has been caught while
lying with another man, they shall bind them
and throw them into the water. If the husband
of the woman wishes to spare his wife, then the
king in turn may spare his subject.”
- Hammurabi’s Law
AP World History
Chapter 3:
Early African Societies and the
Bantu Migrations
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Early river civilizations – Africa
Egypt and Nubia: “Gifts of the Nile”
Early Agriculture in the Nile Valley
Development of cities
Kingdoms (pharaohs) form
Stratified classes
Patriarchal
Polytheism
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Bantu Migrations
Early Agricultural Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
Dynamics of Bantu Expansion
Population growth
The Bantu Migrate, S & W
Iron, Farming, and Language
The Bantu Migrations,
2000 B.C.E. – 1000 C.E.
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Bantu Migrations
 Bantu Migrations
 Spread Language
Spread Agriculture & Technology
Spread Religious Beliefs
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Sources From The Past:
“The majesty of [Pharaoh] Mernere, my lord,
sent me together with my father. . .to [the
Harkhuf’s
Expedition
to Nubia:
Nubian
kingdom]
of Yam to open the way to
that country. I did it in seven months; I
brought from it all kinds of beautiful and rare
gifts, and was praised for it greatly…”
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