3694158844 | Paleolithic (Stone) Age | Lasting about 2 million years, humans learned simple tool use and hunting and gathering skills | 0 | |
3694158845 | Neolithic Revolution | The development of agriculture leading to population growth and expansion in all areas of the world | 1 | |
3694158846 | Bronze Age | Period where metalwork was perfected, specifically bronze | 2 | |
3694158847 | Slash and burn agriculture | Agricultural method where group of people would burn trees down and farm intensively off area until the soil is depleted, then move on | 3 | |
3694158848 | Çatal Hüyük | Neolithic village in present day Turkey, one of the first civilizations | 4 | |
3694158849 | Civilization | Society with economic surplus to form division of labor and a social hierarchy | 5 | |
3694158850 | Cuneiform | First writing, wedge characters began in Middle East | 6 | |
3694158851 | Mesopotamia | First civilization between Tigris and Euphrates rivers, founded in the Middle East | 7 | |
3694158852 | Ziggurats | Massive towers, first architectural structures in Mesopotamia | 8 | |
3694158853 | Hunting Foraging Society | Society built off of men hunting for food, women gathering | 9 | |
3694158854 | City-States | Small sectors of a society run by a leader | 10 | |
3694158855 | Hammurabi's Code | First code of law dealing with punishments and court rulings, enacted during Babylonian rule of Mesopotamia | 11 | |
3694158856 | Indus River Civilization | Prosperous urban civilization located near the Indus River (India). Had two famous cities Harappa and Mohenjo Daro | 12 | |
3694158857 | Nile River Valley Civilization | Egyptian civilization along the Nile River in Northern Africa | 13 | |
3694158858 | Huanghe (Yellow River) Civilization | Civilization along the Huanghe River in China | 14 | |
3694158859 | First Chinese dynasty | Shang | 15 | |
3694158860 | Phoenicians | Group of people who devised a 22 letter alphabet, set up colonial cities in North Africa and the coasts of Europe to trade | 16 | |
3694158861 | Monotheism | The belief in only one God | 17 | |
3694158862 | Animism | the belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe | 18 | |
3694158863 | Domestication | To tame or to work closely with something (plants/animals) | 19 | |
3694158864 | Egalitarian Society | Society where all people are treated equally with respects to social, economic, and political factors | 20 | |
3694158865 | Hinduism | A religion primarily found in India, belief in many gods goal is to reach Moksha | 21 | |
3694158866 | Olmec | Found near Gulf of Mexico, saw jaguar as religious symbol, built giant heads to honor rulers | 22 | |
3694158867 | Chavin | Found near Andes mountains, also saw jaguar as religious symbol, specialized in trade of seafood and shells | 23 | |
3694158868 | Bantus | Nomadic people from Africa | 24 | |
3696130984 | Nubia | Civilization in Africa, people lived along the Nile | 25 | |
3696130985 | Patriarchal Society | Society where men are valued and treated better than women | 26 | |
3696130986 | Social Stratification | The division of people into a hierarchy, often based off income, wealth, and power | 27 | |
3696130987 | Nomadic Pastoralism | Form of Pastoralism where livestock are herded in order to find fresh pastures to graze | 28 | |
3696130988 | Zoroastrianism | One of the oldest monotheistic religions, founded by Prophet Zoroaster in ancient Iran | 29 | |
3696130989 | Rig Veda | Ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns | 30 | |
3696130990 | Zhou Dynasty | After Shang, did not establish strong government instead ruled through relations with noble families. Created the Mandate of Heaven, but lacked a strong military and was overcome with peasant rebellions | 31 | |
3696130991 | Qin Dynasty | Led by Emperor Shi Huangdi, built the Great Wall of China, taxed people heavily for military and attacked intellectuals | 32 | |
3696130992 | Han Dynasty | After Qin, sought to reduce the oppression of the Qin, relied heavily on bureaucracy | 33 | |
3696130993 | Confucianism | Philosophy which stressed respect for social superiority | 34 | |
3696130994 | Daoism | Philosophy that embraces nature and spirits | 35 | |
3696130995 | Bureaucracy | System of government where most important decisions are made by state officials rather than elected representatives | 36 | |
3696130996 | Vedas | Ancient books written by Aryans in Sanskrit | 37 | |
3696130997 | Dharma | Rule of moral consequences | 38 | |
3696130998 | Mauryan Dynasty | Dynasty along the Ganges River, in India followed the Persian style of government and controlled a large army | 39 | |
3696130999 | Gupta Dynasty | After Mauryans, less influential rulers but more technological and scientific advances such as the creation of pi | 40 | |
3696131000 | Cyrus the Great | Established the Persian Empire | 41 | |
3696131001 | Peloponnesian Wars | War between Athens and Sparta eventually won by Phillip II of Macedon | 42 | |
3696131002 | Hajj | Pilgrimage to Mecca | 43 | |
3696131003 | Abu Bakr | Muhammad's earliest follower and closest friend | 44 | |
3696131004 | Sunnis vs Shias | Sunnis backed the Umayyads while the Shias supported Ali as caliph | 45 |
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