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| 4265395397 | papyrus | tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times, especially for paper making | 0 | |
| 4265395398 | patriarchy | a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | 1 | |
| 4265395399 | pharoah | a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political leader | 2 | |
| 4265395400 | pictographs | pictures that stand for words or ideas; picture writing | 3 | |
| 4265395401 | Rosetta Stone | a huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek, and a later form of Egyptian that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing. | 4 | |
| 4265395402 | Semetic | a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family including Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, and many more | 5 | |
| 4265395403 | shaman | an ancient doctor, healer, or priest, they were called upon for religious ceremonies | 6 | |
| 4265395404 | shi | educated bureaucrats who were one of the three main social groups of ancient China. | 7 | |
| 4265395405 | social mobility | a change in position within the social hierarchy | 8 | |
| 4265395406 | Sumerians | people who dominated Southern Mesopotamia through the end of the 3rd Millennium BCE. Responsible for the creation of irrigation technology, cunieform, and religious conceptions. | 9 | |
| 4265395407 | systems failure | a breakdown of the political, social, and economic systems supporting a civilization | 10 | |
| 4265395408 | Zhao Dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism | 11 | |
| 4265395409 | "3rd century crisis" | Rome; barbarian invasions lead to financial stress, new taxes, debased coinage, and inflation created. financial crisis leads to political crisis, social problems also a problem | 12 | |
| 4265395410 | Actium | the battle where Octavian crushed Antony and Cleopatra and took over the Roman empire | 13 | |
| 4265395411 | Aristotle | Greek philosopher; teacher of Alexander the Great; knowledge based on observation of phenomena in material world | 14 | |
| 4265395412 | Ashoka | a ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism | 15 | |
| 4265395413 | atman | in Hindu belief, a person's essential self | 16 | |
| 4265395414 | Attila | leader of the Huns who put pressure on the Roman Empire's borders during the 5th century | 17 | |
| 4265395415 | Augustus Caesar (Octavian) | the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD. | 18 | |
| 4265395416 | Buddhism | a world religion or philosophy based on the teaching of the Buddha and holding that a state of enlightenment can be attained by suppressing worldly desire | 19 | |
| 4265395417 | calligraphy | art of beautiful handwriting | 20 | |
| 4265395418 | castes | social groups into which people are born and cannot change | 21 | |
| 4265395419 | varna | a basic subdivision of humanity in the Hindu caste system | 22 | |
| 4265395420 | jati | sub castes; were groups of people within each caste that worked together for one economic function | 23 | |
| 4265395421 | classical civilizations | large civilizations with massive size and political strength, complex cultures, numerous and qualitative written records, complex long distance trade, increased contacts with other people, and more direct influence on modern civilization; in the Mediterranean, the Indian subcontinent, and East Asia. | 24 | |
| 4265395422 | Cleisthenes | made athenian assembly-law making body, granted some citizenship to some imms. and former slaves. set-up council of 500, introduced Ostracism | 25 | |
| 4265395423 | Cleopatra | last pharaoh of Egypt; had relationships with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony; Octavian's enemy | 26 | |
| 4265395424 | Constantine | Roman Emperor (4th century A.D.) who promoted tolerance to all religions in the Roman Empire and legalized Christianity | 27 | |
| 4265395425 | consuls | chief executives elected to run the government in ancient Rome | 28 | |
| 4265395426 | Cyrus the Great | king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire (circa 600-529 BC) | 29 | |
| 4265395427 | Daoism | philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events | 30 | |
| 4265395428 | Delian League | an alliance headed by Athens that says that all Greek city-states will come together and help fight the Persians | 31 | |
| 4265395429 | desertification | the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert | 32 | |
| 4265395430 | Diocletian | Roman emperor who divided the empire into a West and an East section. | 33 | |
| 4265395431 | equites | class of business people and landowners in ancient Rome who had wealth and power | 34 | |
| 4265395432 | Etruscans | the group of people who ruled Rome before Romans revolted | 35 | |
| 4265395433 | forbidden city | a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China | 36 | |
| 4265395434 | Gupta Empire | Golden Age of India; ruled through central government but allowed village power; restored Hinduism | 37 | |
| 4265395435 | Greek "Classical Age" | 500-338 BC, also known as the golden age of Greece. | 38 | |
| 4265395436 | Han Wudi | extended the Chinese borders to its extent in Imperial China; Trained Civil Services; "Silk Road" | 39 | |
| 4265395437 | Hellenic culture | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks or their language, culture, thought, etc., esp. before the time of Alexander the Great. | 40 | |
| 4265395438 | Hellenistic synthesis | the blending of Greek and local cultures on the territories conquered by Alexander the Great's armies; as a result a distinct new culture emerged | 41 | |
| 4265395439 | helots | Spartan word for their slaves, who were the conquered Messenians | 42 | |
| 4265395440 | Hinduism | the major Indian religious system, which had its origins in the religious beliefs of the Aryans who settled India after 1500 B.C. | 43 | |
| 4265395441 | hoplites | heavily armed Greek infantrymen who marched and fought in close ranks; most of the recruits were middle-class citizens | 44 | |
| 4265395442 | Julius Caesar | the general during the Roman Republic who took over after the civil war and established Rome as an empire. | 45 | |
| 4265395443 | Laozi | Chinese Daoist philosopher; taught that governments were of secondary importance and recommended retreat from society into nature. | 46 | |
| 4265395444 | lateen sail | triangular sail that made it possible to sail against the wind; used in the Indian Ocean trade | 47 | |
| 4265395445 | Law of the Twelve Tables | Roman code of law administered by Augustus Caesar | 48 | |
| 4265395446 | Marathon | a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians | 49 |
