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| 5185807209 | Bantu | A major African language family. Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages. Famous for migrations throughout central and southern Africa. | 0 | |
| 5185811351 | Trans- Saharan trade | The primary avenue for trade for West Africans that passed through the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires. Caravans carried West African goods- including gold, copper, salt, and slaves- from the south to the north across the Sahara, then returned with textiles and other foreign goods. | 1 | |
| 5185814270 | Christianity | A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. | 2 | |
| 5185817530 | Hellenism | Greek culture spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa after the conquests of Alexander the Great. The period ended with the fall of the last major Hellenistic kingdom to Rome, but Greek cultural influence persisted until the spread of Islam. | 3 | |
| 5185821086 | Hellenistic Age | Greek culture spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa after the conquests of Alexander the Great. The period ended with the fall of the last major Hellenistic kingdom to Rome, but Greek cultural influence persisted until the spread of Islam. | 4 | |
| 5185823606 | Judaism | A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament. | 5 | |
| 5185832678 | Persian Empire | Mesopotamian empire that conquered the existing Median, Lydian, and Babylonian empires, as well as Egypt and many others. Also known as the Achaemenid Empire. | 6 | |
| 5185833989 | polyheism | Belief in more than one god | 7 | |
| 5185837003 | Zoroastrianism | system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster noun. One of the first monotheistic religions, particularly one with a wide following. It was central to the political and religious culture of ancient Persia. | 8 | |
| 5185845557 | Buddhism | Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering. A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha. | 9 | |
| 5185847866 | Daoism | A religion in China which emphasizes the removal from society and to become one with nature. | 10 | |
| 5185849969 | Hinduism | A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms | 11 | |
| 5185849970 | nirvana | The state of englightenment for Buddhists. | 12 | |
| 5185852552 | sati | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 13 | |
| 5185856410 | Byzantine Empire | (330-1453) The eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century C.E. Its capital was Constantinople, named after the Emperor Constantine. | 14 | |
| 5185859005 | Celtic Europe | Religion: celtic paganism | 15 | |
| 5185862535 | Hellenistic Age | Greek culture spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa after the conquests of Alexander the Great. The period ended with the fall of the last major Hellenistic kingdom to Rome, but Greek cultural influence persisted until the spread of Islam. | 16 | |
| 5185866932 | Pax Romana | Roman Peace | 17 | |
| 5185873130 | Roman Republic | The period from 507 to 31 B.C.E., during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate. | 18 | |
| 5185875247 | Romanization | The process by which the Latin language and Roman culture became dominant in the western provinces of the Roman Empire. Romans did not seek to Romanize them, but the subjugated people pursued it. | 19 | |
| 5185877824 | third-century crisis | Historians' term for the political, military, and economic turmoil that beset the Roman Empire during much of the third century C.E.: frequent changes of ruler, civil wars, barbarian invasions, decline of urban centers, and near-destruction of long-distance commerce and the monetary economy. After 284 C.E. Diocletian restored order by making fundamental changes. | 20 | |
| 5185880969 | chinampas | Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields. | 21 | |
| 5185883957 | Maya | Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar. | 22 | |
| 5185890175 | Teotihuacan | first major metropolis in Mesoamerica, collapsed around 800 CE. It is most remembered for the gigantic "pyramid of the sun". | 23 |
