Development of civilization across Earth
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| 203160999 | Hunter/Gatherers | nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods | 0 | |
| 203161000 | Paleolithic Age | (750,000 BCE - 10,000 B.C.E.) Old Stone Age. A period of time in human history characterized by the use of stone tools and the use of hunting and gathering as a food source. | 1 | |
| 203161001 | Neolithic Age | "New Stone Age"; About 10,000 years ago marked by advances in the production of stone tools. Shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture | 2 | |
| 203161002 | Bronze Age | (archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons; , (classical mythology) the third age of the world, marked by war and violence | 3 | |
| 203161003 | Catal Huyuk | One of first true cities in history, created in the Neolithic Era in 6500 to 5500 BC, from which were created agriculture, trading, temples, housing, and religions | 4 | |
| 203161004 | Shang | The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written records (ca. 1750-1027 B.C.E.). Ancestor worship, divination by means of oracle bones, and the use of bronze vessels for ritual purposes were major elements of Shang culture. | 5 | |
| 203161005 | Oracles | Special places where the ancient Greeks believed gods spoke through priests and priestesses. | 6 | |
| 203161006 | Monotheism (Judaism) | belief in a single God | 7 | |
| 203161007 | Cuneiform | an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia | 8 | |
| 203161008 | Nomads | people with no permanent home; move from place to place in search of food | 9 | |
| 203161009 | Mesopotamia | the ancient civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates; now present-day Iraq | 10 | |
| 203161010 | Sumerians | The people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the third millennium B.C.E. They were responsible for the creation of many fundamental elements of Mesopotamian culture-such as irrigation technology, cuneiform, and religious conceptions. | 11 | |
| 203161011 | Ziggurats | a temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories | 12 | |
| 203161012 | City-States | Different sections of land owned by the same country but ruled by different rulers | 13 | |
| 203161013 | Mohenjo Daro (Harrapa) | Indus Valley city laid out in a grid pattern. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system; , major city in ancient India (archaeologists referred to as the "City of the Dead") | 14 | |
| 203161014 | Pheonicians | The most powerful traders along the mediterranean, created alphabet; manufactured purple die and sea glass; carriers of civilization | 15 |
