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5260314989ChaldeansSouthwest Asian people who helped to destroy the Assyrian empire0
5260329824SennacheribKing of Assyria from 705 BCE to 681 BCE1
5260387526NinevehAn 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
5260455216NebuchadnezzarA 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
5260501623CyrusPersia's king from 560-530 B.C.E., began his conquest of several neighboring kingdoms in Iran.4
5260527479SatrapA provincial governor in the ancient Persian empire.5
5260546852DariusKing of Persia from 522-521 B.C.6
5260576837ZoroasterA Persian prophet and religious reformer who lived around 600 B.C.7
5260603080Royal RoadBuilt by the Persian empire, connected Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatolia.8
5283783794CitadelA fortress, typically on high ground, protecting or dominating a city9
5283791064Indian SubcontinentThe 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 Bengal10
5283840847SubcontinentA large landmass that forms a distinct part of a continent11
5283844410MonsoonA wind that shifts in direction at certain times of each year12
5283853845Mohenjo-DaroBuilt around 2500 BCE, one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley civilization13
5283862808HarappaAncient city of the Indus Valley civilization(c. 2600-1700 BC) in northern Pakistan14
5299535980Indo-EuropeansA 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 Asia15
5299535981CasteOne 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 craftsman16
5299535982VedasFour collections of sacred writings produced by the Aryans during an early stage of their settlement in India17
5299535983MigrationThe act of moving from one place to settle in another18
5299535984HittitiesAn Indo-European people who settled in Anatolia around 2000 B.C.19
5299535985SteppesDry, grass covered plains20
5299535986AryansAn Indo-European people, who about 1500 B.C, began to migrate into the Indian subcontinent21
5299535987BrahminIn Aryan society, a member of the social class made up of priest22
5329095210Mauryan EmpireThe first empire in India, founded by Chandragupta Maury's in 321 B.C.23
5329095211Gupta EmpireThe second empire in India, founded by Chandra Gupta 1 in 320 A.D.24
5329095212PatriarchalRelating to a social system in which the father is head of the family25
5329095213MatriarchalRelating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family26
5329095214AsokaKing of India from 269-232 B.C. Died in 232 B.C.27

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