AWH Final vocabulary

Began to use tools for special purposes. That is when technology began.

a series of rulers from a single family.

a government in which power is in the hands of a few people

a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility.

a civilization that flourished on what is now the southern coast of Peru

Who sculpted "David"?

intellectual movement that studies texts and focuses on human potential and achievements.

a political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler

a class of powerful, well-to-do people who enjoy a high social status.

a seafaring and trading people that lived on the island of Crete from about 2000 to 1400 B.C.

Stated "He who studies how things originated...will achieve the clearest view of them"

semi-nomadic that migrated to Russia, Indian subcontinent, Europe, and Southwest Asia.

a group of nomadic invaders from Southwest Asia who ruled Egypt from 1640 to 1570 B.C.

collected and organized the body of Roman civil law

a government in which power is in the hands of a single person.

Early groups of Homo sapiens that were in search of land and food.

a supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government

Believed that absolute standards did exit for truth and justice

one of the common farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up most of the population.

an Islamic place of worship.

language, art, science, and literature of the Greek world from the reign of Alexander the Great

a series of three wars between Rome and Carthage

a belief in many gods.

a group of nomadic invaders from Southwest Asia who ruled Egypt from 1640 to 1570 B.C.

a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta and its allies.

in feudal Europe, a person who controlled land and could therefore grant estates to vassals.

expeditions of medieval Christian warriors to recover control of the Holy Land

nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods.

a follower of Islam.

Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina) in A.D. 622.

The "Mona Lisa" was created by:

the biological species to which modern human beings belong.

an ancient Nubian kingdom whose rulers-controlled Egypt between 2000 and 1000 B.C.

a political leader given absolute power to make laws and command the army for a limited time.

Reformation was a religious movement led by:

a military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields.

the process by which a soul is reborn continuously until it achieves perfect understanding.

Created the first set of written laws

a unique way of life, as shown by its tools, customs, arts, and ideas.

an Indo-European people who, about 1500 B.C., began to migrate into the Indian subcontinent.