AP World History Chap. 2

Writing in Mesopotamia that describes punishments that carried out a civilization

It was how the city was governed

A first civilization, economically based on irrigation, agriculture, and stock raising; culture based on agriculture; no literature; developed in 2200 bce in China

One of the first civilizations with good walls and gates

Ancient Mesopotamia's largest city; in the third millennium; center of the city is a stepped pyramid

cities started to play a role in civilizations

had no temples/palaces or kings was in Mesopotamia Egypt and Peru, architectural styles

they were architecturally advanced for the time they were in

civilization, found monumental architecture, strong fishing industry,trade, no pottery or writing

one of the civilizations that did not rely on agriculture

along the banks of the indus valley, richly built houses of 2 or 3 stories, indoor plumbing, luxurious bathrooms, private wells

wasn't common for civilizations to have indoor plumbing and tall houses

males run the family, does the work, tells wife and kids to do, in control

it led to gender inequality and male dominance

organized around large territories, ranked officials, kings, greater power than cheifdoms

rise of the state- significance

the nile flooded predictably every year to bring soil and water that led to rich Egyptian agriculture

it was what led to the rise of the Egyptian civilization and helped them flourish, eventually led to the downfall of pharaohs because the nile didn't flood when it was supposed to

distinct civilization, developed its own alphabetical script, retained many gods, ironwork industry by 500 bce

led to the diffusion of Egyptian agriculture

took shape around 1200 bce, rose from competing cheifdoms in southern mexico, based on a maize, beans, squash

the civilization was sometimes called the mother civilization of mesoamerica

had a rough childhood, violent, known for brutality, Egypt 13th century, married, disappeared from history

it showed gender in-equality

ancient Mesopotamians poem that describes the city of uruk

one of Mesopotamia's writing systems