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| 4796577903 | Central Asia/Oxus Civilization | in Oxus or Amu Darya River Valley (modern-day Northern Afghanistan and Southern Turkmenistan) (2200 B.C.E.), many residential compounds, artisan workshops, temples, and surrounded by walls and gates. Based on agriculture, stock raising, unique culture. Had no literate history | 0 | |
| 4796581595 | Code of Hammurabi | a law code put in place by Hammurabi. describes the punishment for crime in Mesopotamia based on social class (slaves, commoners, and higher ranked individuals) | 1 | |
| 4796583504 | Egypt: "the gift of Nile" | Nile river valley, positive outlook, protected Egypt from attacks, pharaohs, sustainable agriculture, lasted 3000 years, unified territory, traded with Mesopotamia and others nearby | 2 | |
| 4796605544 | Epic of Gilgamesh | an ancient Mesopotamian epic poem describing Gilgamesh's quest for immortality (around 2000 BCE). shows how the people of Mesopotamia lived and some of their beliefs | 3 | |
| 4796606545 | Hatshepsut | the queen of Egypt (1472-1457 BCE) | 4 | |
| 4801639949 | Mohenjo Daro/Harappa | Both great cities of the Indus Valley civilization (~2000 BCE) Mohenjo Daro - the largest city of the Indus Valley civilization. Centrally located in the flood plain of the Indus River Harappa - sister city | 5 | |
| 4801646105 | Norte Chico/Caral | a distinctive civilization in South America (around 5000 years ago). Farming based off beans and fruit. Water source from snow melt. created quipu; a civilization like Mesopotamia; extremely rich fishing industry; grew squash, guavas, beans, etc.; used irrigation agriculture; no pottery; lacked defensive walls; little evidence of warfare; had direct contact w/ Mesoamerican civilizations, etc | 6 | |
| 4801658090 | Nubia | a distinctive and independent Egyptian civilization. (South of the Egyptian civilization and on the Nile) | 7 | |
| 4801680764 | Olmec Civilization | the first Mesoamerican civilization (located in central Mexico; between 1200 and 4000 BCE) created intensive agriculture, wide-ranging trade, ceremonial centers and monumental construction; great cutlural influence on later Mesoamerican civilizations | 8 | |
| 4801687859 | Paneb | a Egyptian criminal who lived around the thirteenth century BCE | 9 | |
| 4801694137 | patriarchy | form of social organization where the male is the head of the family and the title is traced through the male line | 10 | |
| 4801696025 | pharaoh | the name of the Egyptian kings at the beginning of Egypt to about 2200 BCE | 11 | |
| 4801698670 | rise of the state | when the state-statement began to appear in the 1st civilizations | 12 | |
| 4801700590 | Uruk | Ancient Mesopotamia's largest city | 13 |
