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| 89160235 | Autralopithecus | "southern ape", oldest known ancestor of humans: it lived from around 4 million down to 1 million years ago. It can walk on hind legs, freeing up lands for use of simple tools. | 0 | |
| 89160236 | Homo erectus | This is referred to as the "upright-walking human", which existed from two million to two hundred thousand years ago, they used cleavers and hand aces and learned how to control fire. | 1 | |
| 89160237 | Homo sapien | "Consciously thinking human", which first appeared around two hundred fifty thousand years ago and they used sophisticated tools. | 2 | |
| 89160238 | Paleolithic Society | Referred to as the "old stone age", it was a long period of human development before the development of agriculture. | 3 | |
| 89160239 | Agricultural transition | leading from paleolithic experiments with cultivation to early agricultural societies in the neolithic era. | 4 | |
| 89160240 | Mesopotamia | term meaning "between the rivers", in this case the Tigris and Euphrates; Sumer and Akkad are two of the earliest societies. | 5 | |
| 89160241 | Sargon of Akkad | the creator of the empire in Mesopotamia, a city near Kish and Babylon. (2370-2315 BCE) He created an Army to destroy Sumerian cities, and conquered them one by one. | 6 | |
| 89160242 | Nebuchadnessar | (605-562 BCE) he had shrubs planted in terraces above the city walls, and the hanging gardens of Babylon were created. | 7 | |
| 89160243 | Assyrians | southwest Asian people who built an empire that reached its height during the eight and seventh centuries BCE; it was known for a powerful army and a well-structured state. | 8 | |
| 89160244 | Cambyses | King of Persia (529-522 BC), son of Cyrus. He is chiefly remembered for his conquest of Egypt in 525 BC | 9 | |
| 89160245 | Xerxes | Son of Darius, King of Persia (486-465 BC). He continued his fathers attack on the Greeks but was forced to withdraw after defeats at Salamis in 480 and Plataea in 479. | 10 | |
| 89160246 | Persian Wars | the wars fought between Greece and Persia in the 5th century BC, In which the Persians sought to extend their rule over the Greek world. | 11 | |
| 89160247 | Darius | (521-486 BC) King of Persia, after a revolt by the Greek cities in Ionia (499-494 BC), he invaded Greece but was defeated at Marathon (490 BC) | 12 | |
| 89160248 | Achaemenids | First great empire (Persian) 558-330 BCE, which began over Cyrus and reached it's peak under Darius. | 13 | |
| 89160249 | Persepolis | A city in ancient Persia, northeast of Shiraz. it was founded in the late 6th century BC by Darius as the ceremonial capital of Persia under the Achaemenid dynasty. | 14 | |
| 89160250 | Royal Road | pathway from Susa to Sardis, that crossed through the Tigrus and Euphrates river. | 15 | |
| 89160251 | Satrapies | a province governed by a satrap, Persian administrators usually members of the royal family, who governed a satrap. | 16 | |
| 89160252 | Quanats | underground calls which allowed cultivators to distribute water to fields without losing quantities. | 17 | |
| 89160253 | Ahimsa | Jain term for the principle of nonviolent to other living things or their souls | 18 | |
| 89160254 | Krishna | They used guidence from the Bahagavad Gita, they also worshiped Hinduism | 19 |
