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| 6775248462 | Hunting-Foraging Bands | Nomadic peoples that lived in small groups; they hunted game and collected wild or undomesticated plants or food; they used technology such as bows and arrows, clovis points and spears | 0 | |
| 6775256833 | Neolithic Revolution | Hunter-foragers settled in areas during this key revolution where there was a steady water supply and good soil; here they planted seeds in the ground creating agriculture and lived in permanent buildings in villages | 1 | |
| 6775271492 | River Valley Civilizations | These were the first places where the Neolithic Revolutions occurred; Mesopotamia in the Middles East, Nile Valley in North Africa, Indus River Valley in South Asia, Shang in the Huange He River Valley in Easy Asia; these were where the earliest known river valleys used agriculture to sustain a whole village | 2 | |
| 6775287970 | Pastoralism | This was when people raised domesticated animals but did not develop agriculture so they moved with their animals; in moving with their herds, they spread information about other groups and developments in technology | 3 | |
| 6775303492 | Urbanization | Where urban areas saw the development of jobs, social levels and gender roles; with this process, counting and writing systems began in cities as a means of keeping records of stored food and other goods | 4 | |
| 6775313059 | Cuneiform | One of the first writing systems which was developed in Mesopotamia | 5 | |
| 6775315694 | Ziggurats | Religious temples located in Mesopotamia that are examples of monumental architecture that developed in certain areas | 6 | |
| 6775323790 | Animism | The earliest known form of religion where believers see gods in nature; popular in hunting-foraging bands | 7 | |
| 6775327255 | Polytheism | "Many gods" differing from animism in that gods in this religion have specific names and duties | 8 | |
| 6775331077 | Monotheism | The belief in one god; Hebrews of Southwest Asia practiced one of the earliest known types of this religion in Judaism | 9 | |
| 6775337281 | Hinduism | The earliest known organized religion that had written codes of the faith and a class of religious leaders in priests; centered in South Asia; beliefs were influenced by Indo-European groups who migrated into the region from western areas near the Caspian Sea | 10 | |
| 6775348665 | Buddhism | A "reform" of Hinduism was begun by Prince Siddhartha Gautama who became the "Enlightened One"; supported spiritual equality and missionary activity | 11 | |
| 6775353070 | Confucianism | Based on teachings of Kong Fuzi; religion established codes of behavior and gender and family duties; a philosophy not a religion dedicated to a deity | 12 | |
| 6775358937 | Neo-Confucianism | A religion that included aspects of Buddhism and Daoism and promised eternal reward for faithfulness to Kong Fuzi's teachings | 13 | |
| 6775367133 | Christianity | This religion was a reform of an existing religion in Judaism | 14 | |
| 6775369167 | Han Empire | This empire existed around the same time as the Roman Empire and in fact traded wit them; One of the largest empires of the classical era and in terms of technologically, was far ahead of other civilizations of the same era | 15 | |
| 6775377429 | Mandate of Heaven | This reflected the belief that the emperor in would stay in power as long as the heavens were satisfied with his rule | 16 | |
| 6775381973 | Chinese Examination System | This was a political feature in an empire that began with the Han dynasty; scholar-bureaucrats took state sponsored tests in order to become government scribes | 17 | |
| 6775393609 | Mediterranean Civilizations | A term used to describe the classical Greek and Roman civilizations | 18 | |
| 6775401995 | Hellenism | A blend of Greek and local styles that was a culture stretching from Egypt to India | 19 | |
| 6775405097 | Gupta and Maurya Empires | These empires were exceptions to the trend of political fragmentation in South Asian history; these were unified empires which were rare in India's history | 20 | |
| 6775413986 | Bantu Migrations | Most often cited sub-Saharan event in Africa that occurred over much of the Classical era; People migrated south and east over many centuries, spreading a common language base and metal-working technology | 21 | |
| 6775421165 | Silk Road | A must know trade route connected East Asia to northern India and central Asia and to the Mediterranean region, West African and Northern Europe; silk, tea, spices, horses and technology were carried westward along caravan routes | 22 | |
| 6775431581 | Indian Ocean Trade Network | Connected to the Silk Roads, this trade network occurred over water; African, Arab, Jewish, and Chinese merchants carried religion and exchanged silver, cotton, spices and other items across the Indian Ocean | 23 | |
| 6775444006 | Trans-Saharan Trade | Trade of goods, people and faith across North Africa by camel caravans | 24 | |
| 6775448277 | Islam | First preached by the prophet Muhammad; united multiple polytheistic Arab tribes into a common faith | 25 | |
| 6775452793 | Caliphate | Islam united many people but politically, it divided into regional states called these each led by a caliph | 26 | |
| 6775460101 | Crusades | A series of Christian v. Muslim military campaigns for the "holy land" | 27 | |
| 6775468331 | Byzantine Empire | Constantinople was its capital; this empire had major economic, social and political influence over southern and eastern Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia | 28 | |
| 6775473579 | Tang and Song Dynasties | Under these dynasties, China had the world's largest population, the most advanced technology | 29 | |
| 6775478935 | Mongols | "Agents of change" that invaded south China and rode west all the way into and Southwest Asia in the 13th and 14th centuries | 30 | |
| 6775483100 | Black Death | A disease that spread east and west during the age of the Mongol conquests, killing millions | 31 | |
| 6775486033 | Mayan States | Centered in Mesoamerica; featured pyramids, large cities, a written language and a complex society | 32 | |
| 6775493230 | Coerced Labor | Includes slavery, serfdom and indentured servitude; forms of this existed across all civilizations and time periods | 33 | |
| 6775498057 | Feudalism | In western Europe and Japan where many people served as agricultural workers for landowners in this system | 34 | |
| 6775502774 | Zheng He | The explorer who represented the power of the Ming Dynasty who lead expeditions that included treasure ships and thousands of sailors | 35 | |
| 6775508569 | Inca Empire | Centered in the Andes Mountains; was built on previous cultures in their region; expanded along the western coast as a result of both conquest and diplomacy; declined when Spanish conquistadors arrived in the 16th century | 36 | |
| 6775521354 | Columbian Exchange | This was triggered by Columbus's expeditions to the Americas where plants, animals, technology and diseases were exchanged on a worldwide level | 37 | |
| 6775526311 | Mercantilism | Nations developed colonies under policies that fell under this process | 38 | |
| 6775530945 | Atlantic Slave Trade | Laborers were found in West Africa and were seized and shipped across the Atlantic in the so called "middle passage" | 39 | |
| 6775536103 | Encomienda System | A Spanish practice that was used in their colonies | 40 | |
| 6775540477 | Ottoman Empire | Muslim empire that expanded from Southwest Asia into parts of North African and Eastern Europe; was an important political, social and economic conduit for Western Europe, Africa and East Asia for many centuries | 41 | |
| 6775548670 | Industrialization | Was a major part of the West's enormous social changes and economic and political expansions in the 19th century; marked a shift from slow hand made to rapid machine made production | 42 | |
| 6775555832 | Enlightenment | A western European development; foundations in scientific study and intellectual reason which included individual rights such as freedom of speech and participation government | 43 | |
| 6775564258 | Capitalism | Strongly attached to the Industrial Revolution; an economic system based on individual economic development; private investors use their money to invest in potentially profitable activities; Adam Smith | 44 | |
| 6775571525 | Marxism | An alternative to capitalism in an attempt to close the gap between the rich and poor in industrial western Europe and one day the world; the many poor unite and overthrow the few rich and establish a political and economic system where the government controls production and labor to the benefit of all | 45 | |
| 6775591986 | Nationalism | Belief that a group of people with similar cultural backgrounds rightly belong together in one nation | 46 | |
| 6775594622 | Meiji Restoration | An attempt to compete with the West's industrial and political power, Japan created this; The emperor's power was reestablished and Japan purposefully westernized its industrial base and its society | 47 | |
| 6775612025 | Open Door Policy | Beginning of the twentieth century, U.S. proposed that the U.S., Japan and the European powers share open access to trade with China and the other powers accepted the U.S. plan | 48 | |
| 6775909600 | World Wars | The first half of the 20th century saw two wars among the "Great Powers" of Europe, Asia and the United States; these wars were caused by massive military production made possible by the Industrial Revolution and by global competition for territories during the Age of Imperialism | 49 | |
| 6776007234 | The Great Depression | This global event was between the two World Wars where a global economic disaster struck the industrialized nations around the world | 50 | |
| 6776011524 | Communism | Originally proposed by Karl Marx from Germany and put in place by Vladimir Lenin in Russia in the early 20th; the government attempts to direct the economy and to provide services for all | 51 | |
| 6776021985 | Cold War | Conducted between the United States and their allies and the Soviet Union and their allies; goal was to keep the other side from increasing its political and economic influence from around the world | 52 |
