AP World History Vernacular

movement from one part of something to another

humans grouped together in small bands, and subsisted by gathering plants and fishing, hunting or scavenging wild animals

relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities

the period of human culture began around 10,000 years ago in the middle east and later in other parts of the world

the organization of society into hierarchy of classes

supports productive agriculture

Men are dominant in the society

the belief in many gods

the belief of one god

urban areas that controlled surrounding agricultural regions and were loosely connected in a broader political structure with other city-states.

an extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state

the branch of science and technology concerned with the the properties of metals and their production and purification

the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock

a society that remains in one place.

any society whose economy is based on producing and the maintaining of crops and farmland

humans began planting and growing the wild plants which they had been foraging, allowing for more reliable and predictable food sources

the action of cultivating land or the state of being cultivated

statistical data relating to he population and particular groups within it

the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced

a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government

an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.

each of the hereditary classes of hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status. NO MOVING UP OR DOWN

a hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout india

the movemnet of individuals, families, or households, or other categories of people within or between social strata in a society

a large wide spread family of languages, the surviving branches of which include italic, slavic, baltic, hellenic, celtic, and indo-iranian spoken about half the world's population

bantu-speaking peoples migrated from western africa-near modern day nigeria- southward and eastward, spreading out across all of the southern half or sub-saharan africa.

an ancient poem which may be one of the oldest stories in the world

the 1st attempt to codify or arrange and put laws in writing

a method of production where a business or are focuses on the production of a limited scope of products or services in order to gain greater degrees of productive efficiency within the entire system of business or areas.

denoting or relating to the wedge- shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of mesopotamia impressed on clay tablets

writing consisting of hiroglyphics

the letters of language in their customary order.

a person who copies out documents especially one employed to do this before printing was invented

a member of a semitic people inhabiting ancient phoenicia and its colonies

a ruler in ancient egypt

relating to or denoting a people speaking an indo-european language who invaded northern india

relating or denoting a family of languages spoken in southern india and siri lanka, or the peoples who speak them

one of the largest cities of the ancient indus valley civilization also known as the harrapan civilization

one of the vedas, a collection of 1082 hymns

the period in indian history during which the vedas were composed

first great biblical patriarchs founder of ancient hebrew nation

an ancient chinese belief and philosophical idea that heaven granted emperors the right to rule based on their ability to govern well and fairly

the custom of worshiping deceased ancestors whose spirits are believed to have the power to intervene with the mortal realm.

ancient mesopotamia symbolized power

royal tomb in ancient egypt

2-wheeled horse drawn vehicle used in ancient warfare and racing

member of ancient people living in modern day israel; descended from abraham

monotheistic religion of the jews

monothesitic pre-islamic religion of ancient persia founded by zoroaster in the 6th century BC

action of buying and selling and services local- local exchange system regional- reciprocal trade agreements between 2 or more partners transregional- trade system across nation-state lines