Ancient World History Pre-AP
Midterm Review
Chapter 1 – Before History
Australopithecus
Homo sapiens
Homo erectus
Paleolithic Era
Neadertal
Cave Paintings
Neolithic Era
Catal Huyuk
Craft Industries
Jomons
Chinooks
Natufians
Hominids
Lucy
Archeology
Anthropology
Chapter 2 – Mesopotamia
Sumerians
Semitics
Phoenicians
Ziggurat
Hammurabi’s Code
Assyrians
Epic of Gilgamesh
Chaldeans
Cuneiform
Patriarchy
Hebrews
Israelites
Jews
Monotheism
Indo-Europeans
Hittites
Yahweh
Tigris + Euphrates
Chapter 3 – Egypt
Nile River
Menes
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Kush
Pharaoh
Hyksos
Egyptian Cities
Nubian Cities
Hieroglyphics
Hieratic Script
Mummification
Amon + Ra
Cult of Osiris
Bantus
Papyrus
Hatshepsut
Chapter 4 – Early India
Indus River
Harappans
Aryans
Dravidians
The Vedas
The Caste System
Brahmins
Untouchables
Jati
Lawbook of Manu
Indra
Samsara
Karma
Upanishads
Moksha
Sati
Brahman
Mohenjo-daro
Chapter 5 – Early China
Yellow + Yangtze Rivers
Xia Dynasty
Shang Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
Lady Fu Hao
“Mandate of Heaven”
Period of the Warring States
Veneration of Ancestors
Oracle Bones
Pictographic
Steppe Nomads
Bamboo
Book of Changes
Book of History
Book of Rites
Book of Songs
Loess
Early Chinese Religion
Chapter 6 – Mesoamerica + Oceania
Olmecs
Maya
Teotihuacan
Tikal
Chichen Itza
Calendar
Popol Vuh
Bloodletting
Andeans
Chavin Cult
Mochica
Melanesia
Micronesia
Polynesia
Lapitas
Temple of the Giant Jaguar
Ball Game
Land Bridges
Chapter 7 – Persia
Achaemenids
Cyrus
Cambyses
Darius
Satraps/Satrapies
Persian Royal Road
Qanat
Xerxes
Persian Wars
Alexander of Macedon
Seleucids
Parthians
Sasanids
Bureaucrats
Zarathustra
Zoroastrianism
Persepolis
Pasargadae
Chapter 8 – Unification of China
Confucius
Confucianism
Ren
Li
Xiao
Daoism / Dao
Wuwei
Legalism
Shang Yang
Han Feizi
Qin Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Qin Shihuangdi
Han Wudi
The Xiongnu
Sericulture
Mencius
Xunzi
Chapter 9 – Classical India
Chandragupta Maurya
Chandra Gupta
Kautalya
Arthashastra
Ashoka
Siddhartha Gautama
Kanishka
Mauryan Empire
Gupta Empire
Noble Eightfold Path
Early Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism
Boddhisatva
Jainism
Jina
White Huns
Hinduism
Four Hindu Principles
Chapter 10 – Greeks
Pericles
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Minoans
Mycenaeans
Hellenistic Empires
Epicureans
Skeptics
Stoics
Polis/Poleis
Sparta
Athens
Delian League
Peloponnesian War
Trojan War
Phillip of Macedon
Sappho
Chapter 11 – Romans
Julius Caesar
Augustus Caesar
Gracchi brothers
Gaius Marius
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Jesus of Nazareth
Etruscans
Mithraism
Cult of Isis
Essenes
“Bread and Circuses”
Patricians
Plebeians
Latifundia
Pax Romana
Paterfamilias
Women in Rome
Slaves in Rome
Chapter 12 – Silk Road Networks
Gregory the Wonderworker
Mani
Manichaeism
Diocletian
Constantine
Atilla
Odoacer
St. Augustine
Silk Roads
Monsoon System
Epidemics
Barracks Emperors
Visigoths
Huns
Edict of Milan
Sinicization
Germanic Invasion
Pope
Chapter 13 – Imperial China
Sui Dynasty
Grand Canal
Tang Dynasty
Equal-field system
Uighurs
Song Dynasty
Wu Zhao
Gunpowder
Chan Buddhism
Neo-Confucianism
Zhu Xi
Silla Dynasty
Nara State
Shintoism
Heian period
Shogun
Kamakura/Muromachi
Samurai
Chapter 14 – The Realm of Islam
Bedouin
Muhammad
Allah
Quran
Mecca
Hadith
Ka’ba
Hijra
Umma
Five Pillars of Islam
Jihad
Sharia Law
Abu Bakr
Shia Islam
Sunni Islam
Umayyad Dynasty
Abbasid Dynasty
The Hajj