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| 12155202033 | agriculture surplus | production of crops exceeds society's needs for crops | 0 | |
| 12155202034 | Hammurabi's Code | a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire of ancient mesopotamia | 1 | |
| 12155202035 | Zigguart | Sumerian temple built to honor their chief god | 2 | |
| 12155202036 | Pharoah | a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political leader | 3 | |
| 12155202037 | Pyramids | monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs. | 4 | |
| 12155202038 | Hebrews | Early group of people who lived in lands between Mesopotamia and Egypt. They developed the religion Judaism. Established Israel and Judah | 5 | |
| 12155202039 | Cuneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets. | 6 | |
| 12155202040 | Hieroglyphics | An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds | 7 | |
| 12155202041 | Mauryan Empire | (321-185 BCE) This was the first centralized empire of India whose founder was Chandragupta Maurya. | 8 | |
| 12155202042 | Ashoka | Leader of the Mauryan dynasty of India who conquered most of India but eventually gave up violence and converted to Buddhism. | 9 | |
| 12155202043 | Gupta Empire | (320-550 CE) The decentralized empire that emerged after the Mauryan Empire, and whose founder is Chandra Gupta. | 10 | |
| 12155202044 | Golden Age | A time in a culture of high achievement in arts, literature, and science. Generally occurs in times of peace. | 11 | |
| 12155202045 | Silk Road | An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea extending some 6,440 km (4,000 mi) and linking China with the Roman Empire. Marco Polo followed the route on his journey to Cathay. | 12 | |
| 12155202046 | Buddhism | 4th largest religion with a variety of beliefs, 6th and 4th century spread through asia | 13 | |
| 12155202047 | Hinduism | A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms | 14 | |
| 12155202048 | Judaism | the monotheistic religion of the Jews. | 15 | |
| 12155202049 | Christianity | the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices | 16 | |
| 12155202050 | Islam | A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran. Followers are called Muslims. | 17 | |
| 12155202051 | Confucianism | a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius. | 18 | |
| 12155202052 | Mandate of Heaven | the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods | 19 | |
| 12155202053 | Polis | A city-state in ancient Greece. | 20 | |
| 12155202054 | Socrates | (470-399 BCE) An Athenian philosopher who thought that human beings could lead honest lives and that honor was far more important than wealth, fame, or other superficial attributes. | 21 | |
| 12155202055 | Plato | (430-347 BCE) Was a disciple of Socrates whose cornerstone of thought was his theory of Forms, in which there was another world of perfection. | 22 | |
| 12155202056 | Aristotle | A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, started a famous school, studied with Plato | 23 | |
| 12155202057 | Julius Caesar | 100-44 B.C. Roman general who became the republic's dictator in 45 B.C. | 24 | |
| 12155202058 | Octavian/Augustus Caesar | first Roman emperor | 25 | |
| 12155202059 | Alexander the Great | King of Macedonia who conquered Greece, Egypt, and Persia | 26 | |
| 12155202060 | Hellenistic Culture | Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian and Indian ideas, as a result of Alexander the Great's Empire. | 27 | |
| 12155202061 | Roman Aqueducts | Irrigation system/water carrying system from countryside to urban cities | 28 | |
| 12155202062 | Great Schism | the official split between the Roman Catholic and Byzantine churches that occurred in 1054 | 29 | |
| 12155202063 | Justinian Code | A collection of laws that reflected Christian values | 30 | |
| 12155202064 | Constantinople | Capital of the Byzantine Empire | 31 | |
| 12155202065 | Marco Polo | Italian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China. | 32 | |
| 12155202066 | Muhammad | Founder of Islam | 33 | |
| 12155202067 | Bantu | Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages. | 34 | |
| 12155202068 | Mansa Musa | Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East. | 35 | |
| 12155202069 | Crusades | military expeditions carried out by European Christians in the Middle Ages to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims | 36 | |
| 12155202070 | Manorial System | an economic system in the Middle Ages that was built around large estates called manors | 37 | |
| 12155202071 | Feudalism | A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land | 38 | |
| 12155202072 | lay investiture | conflict between secular and religious powers in medieval Europe | 39 |
