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7418631152MesoamericaRegion in central Mexico to Honduras/El Salvador0
7418639561Colossal Human HeadsSculpted heads of religious figures or rulers; from the Olmec civilization1
7418663221KaminaljuyuMayan Village located near present day Guatemala City; ceremonial center2
7418673415Teotihuacanlarge Mayan city in central Mexico, ceremonial center3
7418679206TikalMost important Mayan political center, was really wealthy and had many pyramids4
7420113773Chichen ItzaA mayan city that wanted to reduce hostility and arrange a large political structure. Took in captives of war instead of punishing them.5
7420153541Popol VuhA Mayan myth that states gods created humans out of maize and water, which made their flesh and blood.6
7420162625Bloodletting RitualsMayans believed if you spilled blood then you may communicate with ancestors and gods.7
7420172096MochicaGroup of people located in northern Peru who had no writing, made pottery and were killed off due to climate.8
7420188679LapitaEarliest Austronesian migrants to sail into pacific ocean. Had agriculturally based villages and made pottery.9
7435399331EunuchMan who's castrated10
7435399332Zhou DynastyLongest lasting Chinese dynasty that founded the thoughts of Confucianism, Daoism, and legalism11
7435399333Qin DynastyDynasty that unified China12
7435399334Confucianisma belief system based on the ideas of the Chinese thinker Confucius about social ordering13
7435399335Period of Warring StatesLast centuries of Zhou dynasty; divided region14
7435399336Daoism/TaoismChinese philosophy, doing nothing is best, harmony with nature15

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