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| 6712684822 | Rock and Pillar Edicts | Ashoka in Mauryan Dynasty (India); outlined Buddhist lessons; put throughout empire onto rocks/caves | 0 | |
| 6712703854 | Arabic Numerals | basis for system of numbers we use today; created by the Gupta in India | 1 | |
| 6712715748 | Han Dynasty | built Great Wall; Classical civilization; confucianism; 200-460CE; trade along silk road; developed civil service exam | 2 | |
| 6712729968 | Satrap | provisional ruler in Persian empire | 3 | |
| 6712732878 | Delian League | alliance created by Athens with other city states; collective security; against Peloponnesian league (Sparta) | 4 | |
| 6712744448 | Hellenism | under Alexander the Great's empire, blend of Greek/Persian/Local cultures | 5 | |
| 6712751064 | Patricians | land owning nobles in Roman empire | 6 | |
| 6712755781 | Plebeians | peasants in Roman empire | 7 | |
| 6712758113 | Twelve Tables of Rome | basis for modern law system; based off of Code of Hammurabi | 8 | |
| 6712761468 | First Triumvirate | Caesar, Pompey and Crassus; rule of three; Caesar killed others and became ruler for life and he was then murdered by Senate | 9 | |
| 6712774789 | Second Triumvirate | Octavian, Marc Antony and Lepidus; power shifted to Octavian became Augustus Caesar and named himself emperor; beginning of Rome as an empire | 10 | |
| 6712781819 | Pax Romana | 200 year golden age starting with Augustus Caesar; Rome was center of the Western world | 11 | |
| 6712789625 | Paganism | religion other than world religions; local religions with spirits in nature | 12 | |
| 6712789626 | Christianity | stemmed from Judaism; believe Jesus is the messiah; heaven and hell; follow Old and New Testament of bible | 13 | |
| 6712790864 | Edict of Milan | Signed in 313CE by Constantine, allowed Christianity in Roman empire; Christianity spread rapidly from this point | 14 | |
| 6712790865 | Zoroastrianism | dualistic faith (believe and good and evil); practiced by early civilizations in central Asia; influenced by Christianity | 15 | |
| 6712792087 | Confucianism | began in China; political and social ideology rather than religion (no gods or afterlife); five relationships; used in Han China; people could practice more holy religion as well (Buddhism) | 16 | |
| 6712792088 | Daoism | founded by Lao-Tzo; belief in "Kamis" or spirits in nature; go with the flow: don't disrupt anything; live in harmony with nature; Chinese religion | 17 | |
| 6712793565 | Polytheism | belief in many gods; early religions were polytheistic | 18 | |
| 6712793566 | Legalism | social/political ideology; people inherently bad and need to be controlled; harsh punishment; used by Qin - not very popular | 19 | |
| 6712793567 | Hinduism | Indian religion; follow your dharma (path in life) and reincarnate into higher caste; end goal in moksha where your soul is freed from cycle; caste system - no social mobility | 20 | |
| 6712794743 | Buddhism | Indian religion that spread to other Asian countries; founded by Siddhartha Gautama; follow four noble truths and eightfold path and will reach nirvana, can happen after many reincarnations; anyone can reach nirvana (no caste system); Ashoka converted to Buddhism | 21 | |
| 6712794744 | Judaism | practiced by Hebrews; first great monotheistic faith; Jesus is not the messiah, still waiting; follows Old Testament | 22 | |
| 6712797362 | Theravada and Mahayana | two types of Buddhism; Theravada: Southern, more closely related to India; Mahayana: Chinese Buddhism; schism in 483CE | 23 | |
| 6712904286 | Wang Mang | Seized power from Han and formed short lived Xin Dynasty; disintegrated after about 15 years; Han restored to power but never as great as before | 24 | |
| 6718398831 | Islam | religion that developed in Middle East in 600s; founder: Muhammed | 25 | |
| 6718400095 | Five Pillars of Islam | - confession of faith - prayer to Mecca five times a day - Alms (charity) to needy - fasting during Ramadan - pilgrimage to Mecca (if possible) | 26 | |
| 6718400914 | Qu'ran | holy book of Islam; recorded teachings of Muhamed | 27 | |
| 6718400915 | Hijra | 6222CE: When Muhammed and followers fled from Mecca to Medina | 28 | |
| 6718401536 | Theocracy | government that is ruled by divine leader | 29 | |
| 6718401537 | Caliphate | rule/reign of a caliph; area a caliph (Muslim leader) rules | 30 | |
| 6718402317 | Umayyad Dynasty | took control of Islamic empire following death of Ali; moved capital to Damascus; established non-believed tax; enlarged dynasty | 31 | |
| 6718402318 | Dome of the Rock | Islamic shrine in Jerusalem; built by Umayyad caliphate | 32 | |
| 6718402895 | Abbasid Dynasty | 750-1258CE; took over from Umayyad; capital at Baghdad; trade, arts and sciences flourished; translated/preserved works of greeks and romans; | 33 | |
| 6718402896 | Middle Ages | period in Europe following the fall of Rome and before the Renaissance; stagnant development-wise; feudalism | 34 | |
| 6718403734 | Orthodox Christianity | schism of 1054: western catholicism and eastern Orthodoxy pope: west patriarch: east; pope excommunicated patriarch and patriarch excommunicated pope; still schism to this day "The Great Schism of 1054" | 35 | |
| 6718403735 | Code of Justinian | codification of Roman laws under Byzantine ruler Justinian; four parts | 36 | |
| 6718404917 | Merovingian Dynasty | Frankish dynasty in the early 700s | 37 | |
| 6718404918 | Carolingian Dynasty | founded by Charles Martel to take place of Merovingian Dynasty in mid-700s; successors legitimized by Pope - shows power of church and tried brining back concept of "empire" to western Europe | 38 | |
| 6718406036 | Feudalism | social, economic and political system; strict hierarchy: king provided sections of kingdom to nobles in exchange for loyalty, nobles provided their land among vassals in exchange for military protection, peasants worked land for protection and place to live | 39 | |
| 6718406037 | Nobles/Lords | given large chunks of land which they divided among vassals for military protection | 40 | |
| 6718406038 | Vassals | ran fiefs/manors and oversaw labor done by peasants | 41 | |
| 6718406039 | Serfs | peasants, worked the land for vassals | 42 | |
| 6718406739 | Fiefs | large estates granted to vassals by nobles | 43 | |
| 6718406740 | Manors | large estates granted to vassals by nobles | 44 | |
| 6718407335 | Three-Field System | agriculture improvement made during middle ages; rotate fields leaving one "fallow" and giving it time to replenish its nutrients | 45 | |
| 6718407336 | Code of Chivalry | code followed by lords and knights as part of conflicts between feudal lords; respect and honor during battle | 46 | |
| 6718408256 | Primogeniture | eldest child (normally applies to males only) | 47 | |
| 6718408257 | Burghers | middle-class merchants during end of middle ages, became powerful in towns | 48 | |
| 6718409223 | Hanseatic League | one of alliances formed by towns during end of middle ages; most powerful/significant and controlled trade in Northern Europe | 49 | |
| 6718409224 | Heresy | speaking out against the catholic church | 50 | |
| 6718409225 | Scholasticism | emphasis on learning and the arts; re-discovery of works of classical civilizations; caused conflict with church | 51 | |
| 6718409858 | Bubonic Plague | originated in China and was carried by Mongols; estimated to have killed a third of the population | 52 | |
| 6718409859 | Interregnum | time between kings | 53 | |
| 6718410995 | Magna Carta | 1215: signed by King John; limited power of the king laid foundation for Parliament, outlined feudal rights | 54 | |
| 6718411005 | T'ang | 618-90CE; expanded empire, became too large to keep up - fell and soon after Song took its place; larger than Song; known for poetry; participated in tribute system | 55 | |
| 6718411517 | Song | 960-1279CE; Tang and Song experienced golden ages for China, Song developed printing process - moveable type; | 56 | |
| 6718411518 | Yuan | 1297-1368; Mongol dynasty in China | 57 | |
| 6718411519 | Ming | 1368-1644CE; took back control from Mongols, reimplemented traditional Chinese rule | 58 | |
| 6718412639 | Tribute System | became prevalent under T'ang; ind. countries (ex Vietnam, Korea) sent ambassadors to Chinese cities with gifts, acknowledged supremacy of Chinese emperor; Chinese had influence over tribute states | 59 | |
| 6718412640 | Bureaucracy | political system where gov. is divided into different sections that handle different aspects of the gov; meritocracy in China; all report to/are under control of ruler of empire | 60 | |
| 6718413568 | Civil Service | exam used to become state official in Chinese bureaucracy; meritocracy (positions are earned, not passed down) however those who could afford to prepare for exam were normally rich; when power changed from royal families the lower-level bureaucrats remained | 61 | |
| 6718413569 | Foot Binding | practice popular starting with Song dynasty, women's (mainly upper class) feet were bound soon after birth with the goal of eventually having small, "lotus shaped" feet that were attractive to men, severely limited mobility | 62 | |
| 6718413570 | Shogun | chief general in feudal Japan; emperor still technically on top, however real power rested in the shogun; shogunate: ruling dynasty in feudal Japan | 63 | |
| 6718414497 | Code of Bushido | 64 | ||
| 6718414498 | Delhi Sultanate | 65 | ||
| 6718414505 | Oral Literature | 66 | ||
| 6718415291 | Indian Ocean Trade | 67 | ||
| 6718415292 | Silk Road | 68 | ||
| 6730628203 | Neo-Confucianism | blend of Confucianism and Buddhism; very predominant in Song dynasty | 69 |
