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| 144647847 | Allah | Supreme God in strictly monotheistic Islam | 0 | |
| 144644730 | animism | A religious outlook that sees gods in many aspects of nature and propitiates them to help control and explain nature; typical of Mesopotamian religions | 1 | |
| 144644731 | Axum | Kingdom located in Ethiopian highlands; replaced Meroë in first century CE; received strong influence from Arabian peninsula; eventually converted to Christianity | 2 | |
| 144644732 | Benedict of Nursia | Founder of monasticism in what had been the western half of the Roman Empire; established Benedictine Rule in the 6th century; paralleled development of Basil's rules in Byzantine Empire | 3 | |
| 144644733 | bodhisattvas | Buddhist holy men; built up spiritual merits during their lifetimes; prayers even after death could aid people to achieve reflected holiness | 4 | |
| 144644734 | Byzantine Empire | Eastern half of Roman Empire following collapse of western half of old empire; retained Mediterranean culture, particularly Greek; later lost Palestine, Syria, and Egypt to Islam; capital at Constantinople | 5 | |
| 144644735 | Copts | Christian sect of Egypt; tended to support Islamic invasions of this area in preference to Byzantine rule | 6 | |
| 144644736 | Devi | Mother goddess within Hinduism; widely spread following collapse of Guptas; encouraged new emotionalism in religious ritual | 7 | |
| 144644737 | Ethiopia | A Christian kingdom that developed in the highlands of eastern Africa under the dynasty of King Lalaibela; retained Christianity in the face of Muslim expansion elsewhere in Africa | 8 | |
| 144644738 | Inca | Group of clans centered at Cuzco that were able to create empire incorporating various Andean cultures; term also used for leader of empire | 9 | |
| 144644739 | Islam | Major world religion having its origins in 610CE in the Arabian peninsula; meaning literally submission; based on prophecy of Muhammad | 10 | |
| 144644740 | Jesus of Nazareth | Prophet and teacher among the Jews; believed by Christians to be the Messiah; executed around 30CE | 11 | |
| 144644741 | Justinian | Eastern Roman emperor between 527 and 526CE; tried to restore unity of old Roman Empire; issued most famous compilation of Roman law | 12 | |
| 144644742 | Mahayana | Chinese version of Buddhism; placed considerable emphasis on Buddha as god or savior | 13 | |
| 144644743 | Maya | Classic culture emerging in southern Mexico and Central America contemporary with Teotihuacan; extended over broad region; featured monumental architecture, written language, calendrical and mathematical systems, highly developed religion | 14 | |
| 144644744 | Olmec culture | Cultural tradition that arose at San Lorenzo and La Venta in Mexico around 1200BC; featured irrigated agriculture, urbanism, elaborate religion, beginnings of calendrical and writing systems | 15 | |
| 144644745 | Paul | One of the first Christian missionaries; moved away from insistence that adherents of the new religion follow Jewish las; use of Greek as language of Church | 16 | |
| 144644746 | Polynesia | Islands contained in a rough triangle whose points lie in hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island | 17 | |
| 144644747 | pope | Bishop of Rome; head of the Christian Church in western Europe | 18 | |
| 144644748 | Rajput | Regional princes in india following collaps of empire; emphasized military control of their regions | 19 | |
| 144644749 | Sahara | Desert running across northern Africa; separates the Mediterranean coast from southern Africa | 20 | |
| 144644750 | Shinto | Religion of early Japanese culture; devotes worshipped numerous gods and spirits associated with the natural world; offers of food and prayers made to gods and nature spirits | 21 | |
| 144644751 | Silk Roads | The most famous of the trading routes established by pastoral nomads connecting the European, Indian, and Chinese civilizations; transmitted goods and ideas among civilizations | 22 | |
| 144644752 | Sui | Dynasty that succeeded the Han in China; emerged from strong rulers in northern China; united all of northern China and reconquered southern china | 23 | |
| 144644753 | Tang | Dynasty that succeeded the Sui in 618CE; more stable than previous dynasty | 24 | |
| 144644754 | Teotihuacan | Site of classic culture in central Mexico; urban center with important religious functions; supported by intensive agriculture in surrounding regions; population of as much as 200,000 | 25 | |
| 144644755 | Yellow Turbans | Chinese Daoists who launched a revolt in 184CE in China promising a golden age to be brought about by divine magic | 26 |
