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| 5050970590 | Axum | Caused Kush decline; a new power located in what is now Ethiopia. |  | 0 |
| 5050970591 | Ethiopia | Another regional kingdom that Axum ultimately fell to |  | 1 |
| 5050970592 | Silk Roads | A system of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia, along which traders carried silk and other trade goods. |  | 2 |
| 5050970593 | Shintoism | Religion located in Japan and related to Buddhism. Shintoism focuses particularly on nature and ancestor worship. |  | 3 |
| 5050970594 | Olmec Culture | Central America's first civilization (c. 800-400 B.C.E.), which developed agriculture and produced accurate calendars. It powerfully influenced later civilizations in the Americas. |  | 4 |
| 5050970595 | Teotihuacan | the first great city built in the Americas by the Olmecs |  | 5 |
| 5050970596 | Maya | an empire built on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico; had a written language; developed complex mathematical and calendar systems |  | 6 |
| 5050970597 | Inca | A pre-Columbian civilization in the Andes Mountains. The Inca excelled at engineering, and developed new food crops like potatoes. |  | 7 |
| 5050970598 | Yellow Turbans | Chinese Daoists who launched a revolt in 184 C.E., promising a golden age to be brought about by divine magic. |  | 8 |
| 5050970599 | Sui Dynasty | (589-618 CE) The Chinese dynasty that was like the Qin Dynasty in imposing tight political discipline; this dynasty built the Grand Canal which helped transport the rice in the south to the north. |  | 9 |
| 5050970600 | Tang Dynasty | (618-907 CE) The Chinese dynasty that was much like the Han, who used Confucianism. This dynasty had the equal-field system, a bureaucracy based on merit, and a Confucian education system. |  | 10 |
| 5050970601 | Rajput | Regional princes in western India; emphasized military control of their regions; ruled after the fall of the Guptas |  | 11 |
| 5050970602 | Devi | A mother goddess of which Durga, Kali, etc., are particular forms.;Also called Annapurna, Parvati. the consort of Shiva, identified with Shakti and Kali as a goddess of love, maternity, and death |  | 12 |
| 5050970603 | Islam | A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran. Followers are called Muslims. |  | 13 |
| 5050970604 | Allah | Islamic God |  | 14 |
| 5050970605 | Byzantine Empire | (330-1453) The eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century C.E. Its capital was Constantinople, named after the Emperor Constantine. |  | 15 |
| 5050970606 | Justinian | Byzantine emperor in the 6th century A.D. who reconquered much of the territory previously ruler by Rome, initiated an ambitious building program , including Hagia Sofia, as well as a new legal code |  | 16 |
| 5050970607 | Augustine | (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great fathers of the early Christian church |  | 17 |
| 5050970608 | Coptic church | The Egyptian Church; recognized by both Roman Catholic church and Orthodox Church, but independent of both |  | 18 |
| 5050970609 | bodhisattvas | Buddhist holy men who accumulated spiritual merits during their lifetime; Buddhists prayed to them in order to receive some of their holiness | 19 | |
| 5050970610 | Mahayana | An east Asian form of Buddhism |  | 20 |
| 5050970611 | Jesus of Nazareth | (c. AD 1-30) Founder of Christianity, he taught about kindness and love for God. His teachings spread throughout the Roman Empire and the world. |  | 21 |
| 5050970612 | Paul | Follower of Jesus who helped spread Christianity throughout the Roman world. |  | 22 |
| 5050970613 | pope | leader/pope of Rome |  | 23 |
| 5050970614 | Benedict | started a monastery among Italian peasants whom he lured away from the worship the sun god Apollo | 24 |
