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| 6320852242 | Mesopotamia | A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires, In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires. | 0 | |
| 6320875228 | Fertile crescent | A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates. | 1 | |
| 6320888678 | Sumer | The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years. | 2 | |
| 6320893336 | Ziggurat | The place of worship for sumerians. | 3 | |
| 6320897815 | Cuneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets. | 4 | |
| 6320902235 | Pictograms | A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept. Used by many non-alphabetic written scripts. | 5 | |
| 6320940276 | Shang dynasty | (1766-1122 BCE) The Chinese dynasty that rose to power due to bronze metalurgy, war chariots, and a vast network of walled towns whose recognized this dynasty as the superior. | 6 | |
| 6320944920 | Zang dynasty | 7 | ||
| 6320944972 | Yellow river | Also known as the Huang-He. The second longest river in China. The majority of ancient Chinese civilizations originated in its valley. | 8 | |
| 6320950851 | Oracle bones | The earliest known Chinese writing is found on these from ritual activity of the Shang period. | 9 |
