5260314989 | Chaldeans | Southwest Asian people who helped to destroy the Assyrian empire | 0 | |
5260329824 | Sennacherib | King of Assyria from 705 BCE to 681 BCE | 1 | |
5260387526 | Nineveh | An ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in modern-day northern Iraq; it is on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, and was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. | 2 | |
5260455216 | Nebuchadnezzar | A Chaldean king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, who reigned c. 605 BC - c. 562 BC. Both the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the destruction of Jerusalem's temple are ascribed to him. | 3 | |
5260501623 | Cyrus | Persia's king from 560-530 B.C.E., began his conquest of several neighboring kingdoms in Iran. | 4 | |
5260527479 | Satrap | A provincial governor in the ancient Persian empire. | 5 | |
5260546852 | Darius | King of Persia from 522-521 B.C. | 6 | |
5260576837 | Zoroaster | A Persian prophet and religious reformer who lived around 600 B.C. | 7 | |
5260603080 | Royal Road | Built by the Persian empire, connected Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatolia. | ![]() | 8 |
5283783794 | Citadel | A fortress, typically on high ground, protecting or dominating a city | 9 | |
5283791064 | Indian Subcontinent | The part of Asia south of the Himalayas that forms a peninsula, which extends into the Indian Ocean between the Arabian sea and the Bay of Bengal | 10 | |
5283840847 | Subcontinent | A large landmass that forms a distinct part of a continent | 11 | |
5283844410 | Monsoon | A wind that shifts in direction at certain times of each year | 12 | |
5283853845 | Mohenjo-Daro | Built around 2500 BCE, one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley civilization | 13 | |
5283862808 | Harappa | Ancient city of the Indus Valley civilization(c. 2600-1700 BC) in northern Pakistan | 14 | |
5299535980 | Indo-Europeans | A group of seminomadic peoples who, about 1700 B.C., began to migrate from what is now southern Russia to the Indian subcontinent,Europe, and southwest Asia | 15 | |
5299535981 | Caste | One of the four classes of people in the social system of the Aryans who settled in Indian- priest,warriors, peasants or traders, and non-Aryan laborers or craftsman | 16 | |
5299535982 | Vedas | Four collections of sacred writings produced by the Aryans during an early stage of their settlement in India | 17 | |
5299535983 | Migration | The act of moving from one place to settle in another | 18 | |
5299535984 | Hittities | An Indo-European people who settled in Anatolia around 2000 B.C. | 19 | |
5299535985 | Steppes | Dry, grass covered plains | 20 | |
5299535986 | Aryans | An Indo-European people, who about 1500 B.C, began to migrate into the Indian subcontinent | 21 | |
5299535987 | Brahmin | In Aryan society, a member of the social class made up of priest | 22 | |
5329095210 | Mauryan Empire | The first empire in India, founded by Chandragupta Maury's in 321 B.C. | 23 | |
5329095211 | Gupta Empire | The second empire in India, founded by Chandra Gupta 1 in 320 A.D. | 24 | |
5329095212 | Patriarchal | Relating to a social system in which the father is head of the family | 25 | |
5329095213 | Matriarchal | Relating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family | 26 | |
5329095214 | Asoka | King of India from 269-232 B.C. Died in 232 B.C. | 27 |
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