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| 4823874739 | Huang He: Social | Emphasis on patriarchy and family (ancestral respect); highly stratified social ranking based on occupation. | 0 | |
| 4823874740 | Huang He: Political | Government formed to combat nomadic invaders/manage intricate irrigation system; Nomadic warrior kings who controlled through vassals who collected tribute. King had "mandate of heaven". | 1 | |
| 4823874741 | Huang He: Interaction with Environment | Isolated by Himalayas and Gobi Desert, dependence on irrigation because of soil as cause for government creation, unpredictable flooding impacts social and cultural practices. | 2 | |
| 4823874742 | Huang He: Cultural | Emphasis on ancestry; oracle bones deciphered through shamans, use of pictographs (literacy). | 3 | |
| 4823874743 | Huang He: Economic | Agriculture and metallurgy, silk, the how, trade with Mesopotamia brings bronze. | 4 | |
| 4823874744 | Mesopotamia: Social | Patriarchy & distinct social classes (slavery). | 5 | |
| 4823874745 | Mesopotamia: Political | City-states ruled by kings that were constantly in control, used religion to justify/strengthen power. | 6 | |
| 4823874746 | Mesopotamia: Interaction with environment | Tigris & Euphrates Rivers were unpredictable--influenced religion; used clay for buildings, record keeping. | 7 | |
| 4823874747 | Mesopotamia: Cultural | Polytheistic, gods embodied nature; Ziggurats (temples); Cuneiform (writing system). | 8 | |
| 4823874748 | Mesopotamia: Economic | Trade increased with conquests; traded with societies in south/Central Asia. | 9 | |
| 4823874749 | Indus River Valley (Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro): Social | Little known--House size differences indicate social hierarchy; evidence of powerful priest class. Extensive job specialization. | 10 | |
| 4823874750 | Indus River Valley: Political | Little known--organized, wide road system suggests government plans; fortifications and granaries suggest government control. | 11 | |
| 4823874751 | Indus River Valley: interaction with environment | Excessive irrigation that led to increasing salinity of soil. Deforestation and soil erosion. | 12 | |
| 4824026106 | Indus River Valley: Culture | Priests very powerful, polytheistic; mother goddess important; writing system. | 13 | |
| 4824031875 | Indus River Valley: Economics | Supported by advanced agricultural system of wheat, rye, peas, rice. Major trading centers between China, southeast Asia, Mesopotamia. Job specialization. | 14 | |
| 4824042729 | Nile Valley (Egypt): Social | Patriarchy; less stratified than Mesopotamia, but king had total power, social mobility possible; limited slavery. | 15 | |
| 4824046713 | Nile Valley (Egypt): Political | Pharaoh not just king but a god, ruled through loyal regional officials who managed regional irrigation/public works, king kept tight/centralized power. | 16 | |
| 4824056681 | Nile Valley (Egypt): Interaction with environment | Mostly isolated from trade and invasion. Predictable flooding cause belief that they could control destiny. | 17 | |
| 4824077649 | Nile Valley (Egypt): Cultural | Polytheistic, chief deities connected to agriculture; very concerned with death preparation and afterlife, rituals of mummification and funerals. | 18 | |
| 4824084000 | Nile Valley (Egypt): Economic | Most were farmers, wheels and bronze arrive from extensive trade with Mesopotamia. | 19 | |
| 4824091028 | Andean (Norte Chico): Social | Gold adornments and superior textiles to show social class; skilled labor class. | 20 | |
| 4824108626 | Andean (Norte Chico): Political | Little known--Evidence of early organized warfare; large areas of diffusion suggests political organization. | 21 | |
| 4824111717 | Andean (Norte Chico): Interaction with the environment | Non-river valley; diverse environment--little rainfall, mountainous, thick jungles. | 22 | |
| 4824220502 | Andean (Norte Chico): Cultural | Most unknown--Jaguar God prominent. | 23 | |
| 4824223829 | Andean (Norte Chico): Economic | Based on agriculture--maize from Mesoamerica, domestication of animals. | 24 |
