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| 293926564 | Liu Bang | First emperor of the Han dynasty under which a new social and political hierarchy emerged. Scholars were on top, followed by farmers, artisans, and merchants. He chose his ministers from educated men with Confucian principals. | 0 | |
| 293926565 | Aryans | immigrants who arrived at the Ganges river valley by the year 1000 BC | 1 | |
| 293926566 | Vedas | compilations of hymns, religious reflections, and Aryan conquests | 2 | |
| 293926567 | Mahabharata | the longest single poem in the world, about a war fought between two branches of the same family. One of India's greatest epics written between 1000 and 700 BC | 3 | |
| 293926568 | Janapadas- | Political units in India in the years 700-600 BC. They are the major realms or kingdoms of Vedic (Iron Age) India. | 4 | |
| 293926569 | Guilds | associations of businessmen and producers | 5 | |
| 293926570 | Dharma | the fulfillment of social and religious duties in Hinduism | 6 | |
| 293926571 | Artha-sastra | characterized inter-state relations in ancient India | 7 | |
| 293926572 | Siddhartha Gautama | the founder of Buddhism | 8 | |
| 338881334 | Silk Road | connected China, India, and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture. | 9 | |
| 338881335 | Empress Wu | She only woman to rule China in her own name, expanded the empire and supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty. | 10 | |
| 338881336 | Mantra | the repetition of mystic incantations in Hinduism and Buddhism. | 11 | |
| 338881337 | Mentuhotep I | Egyptian pharaoh who founded the Middle Kingdom by REUNITING Upper and Lower Egypt in 2134 BCE. | 12 | |
| 338881338 | Olmec | Mesoamerican civilization in lower Mexico around 1500 BCE to about 400 BCE focused. Most remembered for their large stone heads. | 13 | |
| 338881339 | Maya | Extensive Mesoamerican culture that made great advances in astronomy in areas such as their famous calendar | 14 | |
| 338881340 | Nazca | South American civilization famous for its massive aerial-viewable formations | 15 | |
| 338881341 | Neo-Assyrians | Assyrian resurgence that initiated a series of conquests until a combined attack by Medes and Babylon defeated them | 16 | |
| 338881342 | Mycenae | Sea-faring proto-Greek kingdom whose abrupt demise triggered the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1200 BCE-800 BCE | 17 | |
| 338881343 | Persia | Mesopotamian empire that conquered the existing Median, Lydian, and Babylonian empires | 18 | |
| 338881344 | Polis | Form of government in which power is centralized into a local city-state. | 19 | |
| 338881345 | Solon | Early Greek leader who brought democratic reforms such as his formation of the Council of Four Hundred | 20 | |
| 338881346 | Pericles | Ruler of Athens who zealously sought to spread Athenian democracy through imperial force | 21 | |
| 338881347 | Peloponnesian War | Conflict between Athens and Sparta | 22 |
