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| 5878154616 | Paleolithic Era | An era of few humans who hunted and gathered. Made tools from stone and wood. Started religious practices. (c. 250,000 BCE -c. 8000 BCE) | 0 | |
| 5878154617 | Pastoralism | Nomadic people who here'd domesticated animals. Did not participate in agriculture. | 1 | |
| 5878154618 | Domestication | The taming of wild animals for food, protection, and help in the hunt. | 2 | |
| 5878154619 | Neolithic Revolution | More people. Begin to plant crops . Begin of end to the hunting and gathering. Did not occur globally all at once. Animals were domesticated, and disease spread. New technology. Specialization of labor. (c. 8000 BCE) | 3 | |
| 5878154620 | Bronze Age | End of the Neolithic Age humans began to use metals to make tools and weapons | 4 | |
| 5878154621 | Mesopotamia | Between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Religious buildings built here were called Ziggurats. Among first cities. Epic of Gilgamesh. Cuneiform used. | 5 | |
| 5878154622 | Fertile Crescent | Another name for Mesopotamia, one of the hearths of civilization | 6 | |
| 5878154623 | Shang Dynasty | First civilization in East China. Between Yellow and Yangtze Rivers. Brought writing on oracle bones and bronze. (1766-1122 BCE) | 7 | |
| 5878154624 | Zhou Dynasty | Followed Shang Dynasty. East China between Yellow and Yangtze rivers. Brought Mandate of Heaven and iron. (1122-256 BCE) | 8 | |
| 5878154625 | Mohenjo-Daro | Large settlement in the Indus River valley. (c. 2500 BCE) ritual and religious sacrifice | 9 | |
| 5878154626 | Olmec | (c. 1200 BCE). Along the Gulf of Mexico. Brought mound building, artistic styles, urban planning, a game played with a rubber ball, ritual sacrifices and bloodletting by rulers. | 10 | |
| 5878154627 | Ziggurats | Large religious temples in Mesopotamia used to preform rituals | 11 | |
| 5878154628 | Cuneiform | First form of writing originating with the Sumerians of Mesopotamia. | 12 | |
| 5878154629 | Hieroglyphics | Form of writing used by Egyptians. Pictures. | 13 | |
| 5878154630 | Quipo | Used by the Inca. Counting device. Strings with knots used to record things like accounting. | 14 | |
| 5878154631 | Hammurabis Code | Babylonian empire. Set of laws and rules for society and punishments that were very strict. Laws on social hierarchy, money, etc. | 15 | |
| 5878154632 | Hebrews | Early Jews. Kept in captivity by Babylonian empire. Instituted by Abraham. Lived by Israel. | 16 | |
| 5878154633 | Hebrew Scriptures | Religious texts of the Hebrew people | 17 | |
| 5878154634 | Sanskrit | A form of writing used in South Asia | 18 | |
| 5878154635 | Vedic Religion | Preceded Hinduism. Religions that took its teaching from the Vedas | 19 | |
| 5878154636 | Phoenicians | Brought the roots of the English alphabet. Southwest Asia. | 20 | |
| 5878154637 | Zoroastrianism | Central Asia. Monotheist religion. | 21 | |
| 5878154638 | Patriarchy | The idea that women are lesser than and in submission to men | 22 | |
| 5878154639 | Hittites | Migrated from Mesopotamia. Masters of metallurgy. In modern day Turkey | 23 | |
| 5878154640 | Mandate of Heaven | In ancient China, it was a belief that rulers were chosen to rule or fall by the gods. | 24 | |
| 5878154641 | Aryan Migrations | From present day Turkey to everywhere else. Brought Hinduism to India | 25 | |
| 5878154642 | Bantu Migration | Neolithic people. From Cameroon to subsanaran Africa. They influenced the Bantu language, shared agricultural knowledge, and mastered metallurgy, and where monotheistic | 26 | |
| 5878154643 | Book of the dead | From Egypt. Sought to explain the destiny of humans after this life ends. | 27 | |
| 5878154644 | Oracle bones | Bones of dead animals are carved and written on in hopes to communicate with the spiritual realm | 28 | |
| 5878154645 | Shamanism | The belief that human spirit guides are contacts between this world and the spiritual world | 29 | |
| 5878154646 | Animism | Belief that the natural world itself has spiritual powers. | 30 | |
| 5878154647 | Ancestor Veneration | Belief that descended ancestors continue to live on, and thus those living must honor them. | 31 | |
| 5878154648 | Norte Chico | Smaller than those of Mesopotamia. Economy based on fishing industry. Unusually self contained. | 32 | |
| 5878154649 | Caste system | Socially classified people in Southern Asia. Especially encouraged by Hinduism. | 33 | |
| 5878154650 | Reincarnation | The belief that you were reborn again and again. What life you were placed in was based on your past kharma because of dharma | 34 | |
| 5878154651 | Ritual purity | Marrying and speaking to only people in you caste to keep the castes the same | 35 | |
| 5878154652 | Buddhism | Began c. 500 BCE. Founded by Buddha. Stated that all could reach nirvana. Main teachings are found in the four bible truths and the eight-fold path | 36 | |
| 5878154653 | Missionaries | People who traveled and spread their religion at the same time. | 37 | |
| 5878154654 | Merchants | People who sell things as they are traded | 38 | |
| 5878154655 | Daoism | Developed c. 500 CE. East Asia. Taught that there were close connections between humans and nature. Deep respect for ancestors. Proper balance in life. Encouraged people to look away from human creations and into nature | 39 | |
| 5878154656 | Confucianism | Started by Confucius. Included: Filial Piety, created moral code for family and gender roles, political governance, and patriarchy | 40 | |
| 5878154657 | Filial piety | Utmost respect for parents and obedience to those in political control | 41 | |
| 5878154658 | Monasticism | A practice in which one renounces world pursuit ps to devote themselves to god and spiritual work | 42 | |
| 5878154659 | Jesus | God of Christianity. | 43 | |
| 5878154660 | Apostles/Disciples | Followers of Jesus | 44 | |
| 5878154661 | Athenian democracy | Free males over 18 were citizens, all citizens voted on every issue (direct democracy), council members appointed. | 45 | |
| 5878154662 | Greek philosophers | Aristotle, Sócrates, Plato emphasized absolute truth and reason | 46 | |
| 5878154663 | Hellenistic Era | Blend of Greek and Persian culture. Emotional and dramatic. Brought by Alexander that great. | 47 | |
| 5878154664 | Alexander the Great | Conquered Persia, Greek, (c. 333 BCE) brought Hellenism, spread Greek cultures by spreading his empire | 48 | |
| 5878154665 | Persian Empire | Noteworthy for their size and organization. Centered in the Middle East. Used satraps. Worlds first highway system. (c. 550BCE-330BCE) | 49 | |
| 5878154666 | Satrapies | Rulers of regional provinces that reported back to the king | 50 | |
| 5878154667 | Qanat system | Persian empire, water systems that channel waters down the mountains. | 51 | |
| 5878154668 | Twelve tables | Earliest roman law binding patricians and plebeians. | 52 | |
| 5878154669 | Pax romana | Peaceful time in Rome when everything flourished (c.27BCE-180CE) | 53 | |
| 5878154670 | Shi Huangdi | Qin Dynasty. Strong Army bc of iron. Built canals, standardized language, built the Great Wall of China. | 54 | |
| 5878154671 | Han Empire | (c.206-BCE-220CE) East Asia. Began building the Great Wall. Began canal digging projects. | 55 | |
| 5878154672 | Mauryan empire | (c.321-185BCE) Ruler was Ashoka. Brought Buddhism. | 56 | |
| 5878154673 | Ashoka | South Asia. Established bureaucracy and law codes. Brought Buddhism. Unified India. | 57 | |
| 5878154674 | Ashokas pillars | Law code by Ashoka | 58 | |
| 5878154675 | Teotihuacan | City-states that the mayans traded with | 59 | |
| 5878154676 | Mayan city states | Made complex math calculations, studied the stars, and developed a writing system. In Mesoamerica. Built religious temples called Ziggurats. Human Sacrifice. (c. 100-900 CE) | 60 | |
| 5878154677 | Silk roads | Roads that connected Europe and Asia that were used as trade routes. Named after a pricey item called silk. | 61 | |
| 5878154678 | Lateen sails/dhow ships | Ship technology that was used in Indian Ocean trade | 62 | |
| 5878154679 | Ghana and mali | Major cities of commerce and culture in West Africa | 63 | |
| 5878154680 | Timbuktu | City to where Islam diffused. Became a big center of trade | 64 | |
| 5878154681 | Caravanserai | Used camels to transport goods across the Saharan Desert | 65 | |
| 5878154682 | Trans-Saharan trade | Trade routes through Africa where good like gold, salt and ivory were traded from the Interior of Africa | 66 | |
| 5878154683 | Mansa musa | King that brought Islam to West Africa | 67 | |
| 5878154684 | Berbers | Mines salt from the interior of Africa to trade | 68 | |
| 5878154685 | Iban battuta | Traveler from Morocco. Wrote about his travels that started with pilgrimages to Mecca | 69 | |
| 5878154686 | Swahili civilization | Linked goods from interior of Africa to Indian Ocean trade and the Middle East. Not governed by a country, made rules based on trading. | 70 | |
| 5878154687 | Bushido | Code of conduct for samurai | 71 | |
| 5878154689 | Silla Dynasty | Korean Dynasty. Temporarily associated with China and Chinese culture. | 72 | |
| 5878154690 | Song Dynasty | (c. 960-1279) East Asia. Followed the Tang Dynasty. Represented China's golden age. Neoconfucianism and footbinding. Reduction of women's roles | 73 | |
| 5878154691 | Tang Dynasty | (c. 618-907) East Asia. Represented chinas golden age. Capital was Chang'an. Confucianism. Highest population of the time. | 74 | |
| 5878154692 | Hangzhou | Capital in China during the golden age | 75 | |
| 5878154693 | Tribute system | China controlled neighboring lands and made them present gifts and submit to their authority. | 76 | |
| 5878154694 | Grand canal | Connected new urban centers and provided transportation for goods. | 77 | |
| 5878154695 | Neoconfucianism | Adapted the traditional, orderly patriarchal rules from its originator with influences from Buddhism and Daoism. | 78 | |
| 5878154696 | Footbinding | Girls feet were folded in half, bones were broken, and feet wrapped to create a small foot, seen as attractive. Made it difficult for women to walk forcing them into submission | 79 | |
| 5878154697 | Xiongnu | Nomads that exchanged cultural ideas with China. | 80 | |
| 5878154698 | Marco polo | Traveler from Venice that wrote about his travels | 81 | |
| 5878154699 | Indian Ocean trade | Trade routes in the Indian Ocean where common goods like grain and timber could be traded in bulk. Used predictable monsoon winds to create trading seasons | 82 | |
| 5878154700 | Byzantine empire | Easter portion of the Roman Empire. Capital city was Constantinople. Fell to the Ottomans. | 83 | |
| 5878154701 | Eastern orthodox | Branch of Christianity. Developed on the eastern side of the Roman Empire. Eventually separated to dominate Eastern Europe | 84 | |
| 5878154702 | Roman Catholic | Western European branch of christianity. Slowly defined itself from Eastern Orthodox | 85 | |
| 5878154703 | Crusades | Religious wars by Europeans in the Byzantine empire to capture Jerusalem from Islamic rule. | 86 | |
| 5878154704 | Feudalism | Political system based on holding land. Form of social hierarchy | 87 | |
| 5878154705 | Samurai | Japanese soldiers | 88 | |
| 5878154706 | Manoralism | Feudalistic. A lord of a manor would have people work on his land in exchange for food and a place to stay. | 89 | |
| 5878154707 | Hanseatic league/guilds | Organization of cities in northern Germany and southern Scandinavia for the purpose of encouraging trade and other commercial activity | 90 | |
| 5878154708 | Vikings | Skilled sailors who raided and pillaged many coasts along European borders. Also traded with Northern Europe and the Mediterranean. Independent farmers. Ruled by chiefs | 91 | |
| 5878154709 | Holy roman empire | Founded by Otto, the Germanic nomadic people settled and called themselves this after their success | 92 | |
| 5878154710 | Bubonic plague | Bad sickness that killed 1/3 of Europe's population. Also called the back death | 93 | |
| 5878154711 | Iconoclasm | Deliberate destruction within a culture. Destroys religious icons, symbols, monuments. Usually for religious or political movements. | 94 | |
| 5878154712 | Constantine | Roman emperor from 306-337 CE. Made Christianity the religion of Rome | 95 | |
| 5878154713 | Abbasid caliphate | (c. 750CE-1250CE) Centered in Baghdad. In a time seen as the Islamic Golden Age. Participated a great deal in cultural borrowing. | 96 | |
| 5878154714 | Bedouin arabs | Nomads in the Arabian peninsula. Before Islam took off, they were decentralized and polytheistic | 97 | |
| 5878154715 | Mecca | Holy city to where the pilgrimage is made, has the Kaaba | 98 | |
| 5878154727 | Astrolabe | A device used when sailing. Brought by China. Helped in Indian Ocean trade new technology that helped sailors know their position when sailing. | 99 | |
| 5878154728 | Islam | A religion from the Middle East dedicated to praising Allah and living by the Quran. | 100 | |
| 5878154729 | Sharia law | Law inspired by the Quran that was adopted by all governments in the Islamic state | 101 | |
| 5878154730 | Sikhism | Blend of Islam with Indian traditions | 102 | |
| 5878154731 | Sunni/shia | Two branches for Islam. Sunnis believed that the leader should be elected. Shiite believed that leader should be a descendant of Muhammad | 103 | |
| 5878154732 | Sufis | Missionaries of Islam. Believed in incorporation of nature. | 104 | |
| 5878154733 | Umma | Muslim community of believers that transcends ethnicity | 105 |
