AP World history pirates chart

Very equal in gender classes; divorce was allowed, women were included in any legal settlement in court

Based on agriculture and trade Produce was their currency

Created papyrus Used irrigation to extend the reach of the Nile beyond to other crops

Developed hieroglyphics 3100 BC Pyramids

Polytheistic based society with sea-leading God of sun Pharaoh was believed to be the living incarnation of Ra

Located on the banks of the ankle and surrounded by desert

Based on a monarchy (pharaoh) and a cast of priests

Common to capture and enslave neighboring tribes Women were responsible for raising young and keeping up the house

Based on agriculture and tribute from conquered peoples

They had stone covered roads and bridges Built building on rafts- Made with reeds and hardened dirt- called chirampas

Developed hieroglyphics like Egypt

Polytheistic based society Human sacrifices to please the gods

Located on the yuca ran peninsula and part of Guatemala

Consisted of city-stated governed by ruling class and power was inherited Kings were divine beings demanding tribute from other conquered lands Consisted of Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas

Villages produced for elite urban people who offered military protection, markets and stuff in return Patriarchal

Society based on agriculture Traded through bartering

Invented irrigation systems, canals and the wheel Iron weapons

Developed written language called cuneiform

Polytheistic and animalistic Influence the gods with gifts

Located alongside the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Kings ruled city-states as monarchy (Hammurabi) Code of Hammurabi was law for empire

People were born into social classes that could not be changed over time

Based on agriculture and trade with Mesopotamia

Cities were built on mud brick platforms to prevent floods Ziggurats- pyramid shaped temple buildings

Their language is still undecipherable

Theocracy Polytheism

Indus River valley was rich with silt and flooded regularly allowing irrigation and widespread agriculture

Monarchy with King however priests were respected even more

Slaves were main source of manual labor- treated cruelly Very patriarchal, with women being inferior and having to obey men and raise children

The Silk Road was a major trade route Based on agricultural society of wheat, millet, rice, grapes, peaches...

Harvest silk through silkworms Jade and bronze trade materials

Lots of literature- books of history, change, and a book of rites

Polytheistic society Believed their ancestors lived in the spirit world and could curse or bless them

They were and isolated people with not much trade

Kingdom was divided into different territories that were ruled by aristocratic warlords