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| 14618482 | Kush | An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 1000 B.C.E. ; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries | 0 | |
| 14618483 | Axum | Kingdom located in Ethiopian highlands; replaced meroe in the first century C.E.; received strong influence from Arabian peninsula; eventually converted to Christianity | 1 | |
| 14618484 | Ethopia | 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 | 2 | |
| 14618485 | Shintoism | Religion of early Japanese culture; devotees worshipped numberous gods and spirits associated with the natural world; offers of food and prayers made to gods and nature spirits | 3 | |
| 14618486 | Olmec | Cultural tradition that arose at San Lorenzo and La Venta in Mexico c 1200 B.C.E.; featured irrigate agriculture, urbanism, elaborate religion, beginnings of calendrical and writing systems | 4 | |
| 14618487 | 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 ass 200,000 | 5 | |
| 14618488 | Inca | Group of clans centered at Cuzco that were able to create empire incorporating various Andean cultures; term also used for leader of empire | 6 | |
| 14618489 | Polynesian peoples | people of the islands contained in a rough triangle whose points lie in Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island | 7 | |
| 14618490 | Sui | Dynasty that succeeded the Hand in China; emerged from strong rulers in northern China; united all of northern China and reconquered southern China | 8 | |
| 14618491 | Tang | Dynasty that succeeded the Sui in 618 C.E.; more stable than previous dynasty | 9 | |
| 14618492 | Rajput | Regional princes in India following collapse of empire; emphasized military control of their regions | 10 | |
| 14618493 | Devi | Mother goddess within Hinduism; widely spread following collapse of Guptas; encouraged new emotionalism in religious ritual | 11 | |
| 14618494 | Islam | Major world religion having its origins in 610 C. E. in the Arabian peninsula; meaning literally submission; based on prophecy of Muhammad | 12 | |
| 14618495 | Allah | Supreme God in strictly monotheistic Islam | 13 | |
| 14618496 | Constantinople | second capital of Rome; established by Roman emperor Constantine | 14 | |
| 14618497 | 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 | 15 | |
| 14618498 | Augustine | Influential church father and theologian; born in Africa and ultimately Bishop of Hippo in Africa; champion of Christian doctrine against carious heresies and very important in the long-term development of Christian thought on such issues as predestination | 16 | |
| 14618499 | Coptic Christianity | religion of Egypt that originated in Alexandria; acknowledge John Mark as first bishop and founder; The Coptic church was actually the very first major split in the Church | 17 | |
| 14618500 | Syncretism | the religions changed , sometimes taking on the features of indicidual civilizations even while maintaining larger religious claims | 18 | |
| 14618501 | Bodhisattvas | Buddhist holy men; built up spiritual merits during their life times; prayers even after death could aid people to achieve reflected holiness | 19 | |
| 14618502 | Mahayana | Chinese version of Buddhism; placed considerable emphasis on Buddha as god or savior | 20 | |
| 14618503 | Jesus of Nazareth | Prophet and teacher among the Jews; believed by Christians to be the messiah; executed c. 30 C.E. | 21 | |
| 14618504 | Paul | One of the first Christian missionaries; moved away from insistence that adherents of the new religion follow Jewish law; use of Greek as language of Church | 22 | |
| 14618505 | Benedict | Founder of manasticism in what had been the western half o the Roman Empire; established Benedictine Rule in the 6th century; paralleled development of Basil's rules in Byzantine Empire | 23 |
