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| 223075667 | Neolithic revolution | the shift from hunting of animals and gathering of food to the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis around 8,000 BC. | 0 | |
| 223075668 | Egalitarianism | the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality. | 1 | |
| 223075669 | sumerians | People who dominated Southern Mesopotamia through the end of 3000 BCE. Responsible for the creation of irrigation technology, cunieform, and religious conceptions. | 2 | |
| 223075670 | city state | a city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside. | 3 | |
| 223075671 | Cuneiform | Sumerian writing made by pressing a wedge-shaped tool into clay tablets. | 4 | |
| 223075672 | Ziggurat | a temple or terraced mound made by the ancient Assyrians. | 5 | |
| 223075673 | Anthropomorphic Religion | The belief that gods take the form of humans | 6 | |
| 223075674 | Nile | Longest river in the world. Was key to trade in Egypt and very impotant in transportation. The heart of Egypt. | 7 | |
| 223075675 | Divine Kingship | the idea that God chose the ruler, Belief in God-given right to rule. | 8 | |
| 223075676 | Pyramid | A massive structure used for religous purposes and to bury Pharohs. Many are found in Egypt. | 9 | |
| 223075677 | Hieroglyphics | an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds. | 10 | |
| 223075678 | Bureaucracy | system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials | 11 | |
| 223075679 | Indus River | river in Pakistan that creates a fertile plain known as the Indus River Valley. | 12 | |
| 223075680 | Divination | foretelling the future using supernatural means. | 13 | |
| 223075681 | Iron | Helped soldify Empires by given them better armor and weopons. Origins are said to be in China. | 14 | |
| 223075682 | Mandate of Heaven | An idea used in Zhou Empire in which they believed they recieved the right to rule from a divine source. | 15 | |
| 223075683 | Decentralized Political Structure | Governmental power is spread among more than one person or group. For example, pharoh, then minor leader and so on used mainly in Egypt. | 16 | |
| 223075684 | Warring States Period | A time of warfare between regions in china following the decline of the Zhou dynasty. After Warring states period Qin united all the states. | 17 | |
| 223075685 | Confucianism | Teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. It shows the way to keep a stable government and control in society in the present world and teaches a moral code. | 18 | |
| 223075686 | Filial Piety | A confucius teaching which teaches people to have respect for parents, elders and ancestors. | 19 | |
| 223075687 | Daoism | philosophical system inferring a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events | 20 | |
| 223075688 | Legalism | a chinese political philosophy based on the idea that a highly efficient and powerful government is the key to social control. | 21 | |
| 223075689 | Patriarchy | form of social organization in which the father rules the family, descent being traced through the father. Male is more important than female. | 22 | |
| 223075690 | Nubia | East African trading empire that developed south of Egypt on the Nile River | 23 | |
| 223075691 | Cultural Diffusion | The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one group to another. | 24 | |
| 223075692 | Hittities | used iron weapons and tools to expand empire until the Indo Europeans destory kingdom | 25 | |
| 223075693 | Chariot | A two wheeled vehicle pulled by horses, revoultionized many empires also used many empires. | 26 | |
| 223075694 | Cultural Diffusion | The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one culture to another | 27 | |
| 223075695 | Egypt's New kingdom | No longer centered on farming. They now had other valuable resources such as gold, silver, papyrus, timber. | 28 | |
| 223075696 | Hatshepsut | female pharaoh who expanded Egypt through trade | 29 | |
| 223075697 | Ramses the second | pharaoh who built huge temples and made peace with Hittites. | 30 | |
| 223075698 | Minoan Crete | the earliest civilization in the aegean region but dissapered | 31 | |
| 223075699 | Extent of Assyrian Empire | Located in the fertile crescent and egypt; based largely on taxes and technology | 32 | |
| 223075700 | Nineveh | an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq | 33 | |
| 223075701 | Solomon | David's son who was a great king. He built massive project in Israel including the Great Temple. His project cost the people a lot of money in taxes causing a division in Israel. | 34 | |
| 223075702 | Jewish Diaspora | the scattering of the Jewish people outside their homeland beginning about 586 BCE | 35 | |
| 223075703 | Phoenician Alphabet | an alphabet that was developed by the phoenicians that became the model for later western alphabets, used symbols to represent sounds. | 36 | |
| 223075704 | Darius the first | persian ruler stretched empire to greece defeated in persian wars | 37 | |
| 223075705 | Satrap | official who ruled an area in the Persian empire under Darius | 38 | |
| 223075706 | Zoroastianism | The religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to the prophet Zarathustra. | 39 | |
| 223075707 | Polis | a Greek city-state | 40 | |
| 223075708 | Acropolis | A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city | 41 | |
| 223075709 | Hoplite | a heavily armed Greek foot soldier who used a different skill in sword and spear fighting | 42 | |
| 223075710 | Athens | a city-state in ancient Greece; the capital of modern-day Greece | 43 | |
| 223075711 | Sparta | Greek city-state that was ruled by an oligarchy, focused on military, used slaves for agriculture, discouraged the arts | 44 | |
| 223075712 | Democracy | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 45 | |
| 223075713 | Persian Wars | A series of wars between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire. | 46 | |
| 223075714 | Peloponnsian War | Athens vs. Sparta. Athenians: Delian league, Spartans: Peloponnesian league. Sparta thought Athens had too much power, one ally of Athens fought an ally of Sparta. Athens and Sparta got involved. | 47 | |
| 223075715 | Alexander the Great | Conquered and ruled an empire stretching from Macedonia to the Indus Valley | 48 | |
| 223075716 | Delian League | An alliance joined in by Athenians and other Greeks to continue the war with Persia | 49 | |
| 223075717 | Socrates | Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth | 50 | |
| 223075718 | Herodutus | First historian and wrote about the Persian Wars | 51 | |
| 223075719 | Patrician | a member of the noble families who controlled all power in the early years of the Roman Republic | 52 | |
| 223075720 | Plebian | an ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman republic | 53 | |
| 223075721 | Plebian Reforms | After a lower class uprising, Rome became a much more democratic empire where the lower class were more highly valued. | 54 | |
| 223075722 | Roman Republic | The period from 507 to 31 B.C.E., during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate. | 55 | |
| 223075723 | Julius Caesar | Roman general and dictator. he was very expansionistic and depended on trade | 56 | |
| 223075724 | Roman Empire | The empire that conquered everything from Britain to Egypt, including all of the land around the Mediterranean. | 57 | |
| 223075725 | Augustus | First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand-nephew. | 58 | |
| 223075726 | Principate | the system of rule established by Augustus; established constitutional monarchy- "ruler by law" | 59 | |
| 223075727 | Aqueducts | structures that carried water over long distances | 60 | |
| 223075728 | Pax Romana | A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180. | 61 | |
| 223075729 | Christianity | the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the bible | 62 | |
| 223075730 | Paul | Follower(apostale) of Jesus who helped spread Christianity throughout the Roman world | 63 | |
| 223075731 | Constantine/Edict of Milan | Roman emperor who ended persecution of Christians in the roman empire. | 64 | |
| 223075732 | Shi Huangdi | founder of the Qin dynasty and China's first emperor | 65 | |
| 223075733 | Qin | Dynasty that came to power in China in 221 B.C. under which the first empire of China was created | 66 | |
| 223075734 | Han | imperial dynasty that ruled China, expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy, dynasty that overthrew the Qin, established centrralized government, civil service system, Silk Road | 67 | |
| 223075735 | Emperor Wu | Han emperor who chose advisors based on merit, Confucian-scholar system very important, "the martial emperor", sent troops to defeat Huns (Xiongnu) gained control of Silk Road, Han territory vastly expanded under Wu. | 68 | |
| 223075736 | Xiongu | The nomadic people to the north of China. China built the Great Wall to keep them out. | 69 | |
| 223075737 | Class | Is a social group determined by what you own, do and in what caste you are borned into. | 70 | |
| 223075738 | Caste | a social class separated from others by distinctions of power, Hereditary rank or profession or wealth. You can not move up or down in caste systems in one life time. | 71 | |
| 223075739 | Reincarnation | in Hinduism and Buddhism, the process by which a person is reborn until it achieves perfect understanding(Nirvana.) | 72 | |
| 223075740 | Karma | the good deeds and bad one's recieved by a person's actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life. | 73 | |
| 223075741 | Jainism | Religion were everything has a soul and should not be harmed,Believes in reincarnation and mostly everything like buddhism. Jainism is against the cast system. | 74 | |
| 223075742 | Buddhism | This religion was founded by Siddhartha Gautama and explained the way to salvation through self-discipline and poverty. It evolved from Hinduism. | 75 | |
| 223075743 | 4 Nobel truths | Human life is full of suffering, The cause of suffering is greed, there is an end to suffering, the way to end is to follow the middle path and to do that you must follow the 8 fold path. | 76 | |
| 223075744 | 8 Fold Path | The path of life followed by Buddhists to reach nirvana,, Right Views, Thought, Speech, Action, Livelihood, Effort, Mindfulness, Concentration. | 77 | |
| 223075745 | Nirvana | Is what buddhist try to achieve, the lasting peace seeked by giving up selfish desires. | 78 | |
| 223075746 | Bodhisattvas | Buddhist people who are close to enlightment(Nirvana) but are not there yet. | 79 | |
| 223075747 | Hinduism | A religion and developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms. | 80 | |
| 223075748 | Bhagavad Gita | Sacred book for hinduism. | 81 | |
| 223075749 | Mauryan Empire | The first empire in India, founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 321 B.C. | 82 | |
| 223075750 | Chandragupta Maurya | founder of the Mauryan Empire, he was very expansionistic and centralized. | 83 | |
| 223075751 | Ashoka | A brutal ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism was the last Mauryan leader. | 84 | |
| 223075752 | Gupta Empire | Golden Age of India; ruled through central government but allowed village power; restored Hinduism | 85 |
