3660151417 | Aryan Migration | 0 | ||
3660154131 | Bantu Migration | migrated from Western Africa-- near modern-day Nigeria-- southward and eastward, spreading out across all of the southern half of the African continent. | 1 | |
3660154132 | Book of the Dead | an ancient Egyptian funerary text, used from the beginning of the New Kingdom | 2 | |
3660155856 | Code of Manu | an ancient Hindu collection of rules of conduct in private and social life | 3 | |
3660155857 | Cuneiform | wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit | 4 | |
3660158004 | Gilgamesh | a legendary Sumerian king, the hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics. | 5 | |
3660158005 | Hammurabi's Code | Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1754 BC. | 6 | |
3660161792 | Hieroglyphics | Formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that combined logographic and alphabetic elements. | 7 | |
3660161793 | Hyksos | were a mixed group of Asiatic people from Western Asia who took over the eastern Nile Delta, ending the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt and initiating the Second Intermediate Period. | 8 | |
3660161794 | Olmec | first major civilization in Mexico following a progressive development in Soconusco. | 9 | |
3660164988 | Zhou Dynasty | the longest-lasting of China's dynasties. It followed the Shang Dynasty and it finished when the army of the state of Qin captured the city of Chengzhou in 256 BCE. | 10 | |
3660166489 | Ziggurats | massive structures built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian plateau, like step pyramids | 11 | |
3660166490 | Norte Chico | It is the oldest known civilization in the Americas, having flourished between the thirtieth century B.C.E. and the eighteenth century B.C.E | 12 | |
3660169361 | Mohenjo-Daro | Mountain of the Dead; an archeological site in the province of Sindh, Pakistan | 13 | |
3660169362 | Ritual Purity | The aim of these rituals is to remove specifically defined uncleanliness prior to a particular type of activity, and especially prior to the worship of a deity. | 14 | |
3660173679 | Filial Piety | A virtue of respect for one's father, elders, and ancestors. | 15 | |
3660173680 | Daoism | Philosophical, ethical or religious tradition of Chinese origin that emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao | 16 | |
3660175806 | Monasticism | Monkhood is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work | 17 | |
3660178627 | Athenian Democracy | It was a system of direct democracy, in which participating citizens voted directly on legislation and executive bills | 18 | |
3660180564 | Zoroastrianism | a monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century BC. | 19 | |
3660180565 | Hellenistic Era | the time between the death of Alexander the Great and the rise of Roman domination. | 20 | |
3660184447 | Animism | Animists practice nature worship. They believe that everything in the universe has a spirit. | 21 | |
3660186422 | Shi Huangdi | King of the state of Qin who conquered all other Warring States and eventually unified China in 221 BC | 22 | |
3660188307 | Mauryan Empire | A dynasty which ruled northern India 321-circa 184 bc (centralized government) | 23 | |
3660188308 | Ashoka | an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE | 24 | |
3660193061 | Teotihuacan | ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub valley of the Valley of Mexico | 25 | |
3660193062 | Mound Builders | inhabitants of North America who, constructed various styles of earthen mounds for religious and ceremonial, burial, and elite residential purposes. | 26 | |
3660194749 | Silk Roads | international trade route between China and the Mediterranean | 27 | |
3660202590 | Qanat System | used to transport water from an aquifer under a hill (source of water) | 28 | |
3660211152 | Lateen Sails | a triangular sail on a long yard at an angle of 45° to the mast | 29 | |
3660215360 | Ghana & Mali & Songhai | Three kingdoms maintained vast trading networks across the Sahara desert and into the Middle East and North Africa. | 30 | |
3660215373 | Great Zimbabwe | Hilltop archaeological ruins of historic Bantu city dating from between the 11th and 14th centuries. | 31 | |
3660217812 | Ibn Battuta | A Medieval Muslim traveler and scholar, who is widely recognised as one of the greatest travelers of all time | 32 | |
3660220156 | Swahili Civilization | 33 | ||
3660220157 | Bushido | Is a Japanese word for the way of the samurai life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry. | 34 | |
3660222078 | Silla Dynasty | One of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the world's longest sustained dynasties | 35 | |
3660222079 | Song Dynasty | An era of Chinese history that began in 960 and continued until 1279. It succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and was followed by the Yuan dynasty | 36 | |
3660224543 | Tang Dynasty | an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period | 37 | |
3660226485 | Tribute System | network of trade and foreign relations between China and its tributaries that helped to shape much of East Asian affairs. | 38 | |
3660228788 | Byzantine Empire | The continuation of the Roman Empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople. | 39 | |
3660230354 | Roman Catholic Church | governed by a hierarchy with the pope at the top and, at the lower levels, bishops and priests. | 40 | |
3660230355 | Crusades | War between Christians and Muslims | 41 | |
3660233002 | Holy Roman Empire | a multi-ethnic complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 | 42 | |
3660233003 | Iconoclasm | the action of attacking or assertively rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions or established values and practices. | 43 | |
3660234904 | Justinian | was a Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565 | 44 | |
3660236653 | Abbasid Caliphate | The third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad | 45 | |
3660239419 | Bedouins | an Arab seminomadic group, descended from nomads who have historically inhabited the Arabian and Syrian deserts (Desert Dwellers) | 46 | |
3660239420 | Hadiths | a collection of traditions containing sayings of the prophet Muhammad | 47 | |
3660240568 | Jihad | to refer to the act of striving to serve the purposes of God on this earth | 48 | |
3660240569 | Marco Polo | an Italian merchant traveller whose travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde, a book that introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China | 49 | |
3660242302 | Sharia Law | the body of Islamic law. | 50 | |
3660242303 | Sikhism | Blend of Hinduism and Islam | 51 | |
3660242304 | Sufis | a Muslim ascetic and mystic | 52 | |
3660244433 | Delhi Sultanate | a Muslim kingdom based mostly in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years | 53 | |
3660244434 | Timbuktu | a historical and ongoingly inhabited city in the West African nation of Mali, | 54 | |
3660244435 | Umma | the whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion. | 55 | |
3660246230 | Chinggis Khan | the founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire | 56 | |
3660246231 | Kublai Khan | The fifth Khagan of the Mongol Empire, reigning from 1260 to 1294, | 57 | |
3660248098 | Aztec Empire | An alliance of three Nahua "altepetl" city-states: Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan | 58 | |
3660248099 | Inca Empire | the largest empire in pre-Columbian America | 59 | |
3660249980 | Tenochtitlan | an Aztec altepetl located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico. | 60 | |
3660249985 | Mongols | an East-Central Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia and China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region | 61 | |
3660251954 | Diaspora | Jews living outside Israel. | 62 | |
3660251955 | Neoconfucianism | a movement in religious philosophy derived from Confucianism in China around AD 1000 in response to the ideas of Taoism and Buddhism. | 63 | |
3660253644 | Manoralism | describes how land was distributed and who profited from the land | 64 | |
3660253645 | Feudalism | The dominant social system in medieval Europe | 65 | |
3660255859 | Islam | 66 | ||
3660255860 | Sunni/Shi'a | Abu Bakr vs Ali, Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law. | 67 | |
3660259277 | Dar al-Islam | those lands in which a Muslim government rules and the Holy Law of Islam prevails. Non-Muslims may live there on Muslim sufferance. | 68 | |
3660262187 | Mansu Musa | the tenth Mansa, which translates as "sultan" or "emperor"," of the wealthy West African Mali Empire | 69 | |
3660264311 | Umayyad Dynasty | the second of the four major Islamic caliphates established after the death of Muhammad | 70 |
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