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5692056131Indus River Valley civilizationThe ancient civilization in modern day India0
5692056132Mohenjo Daro/HarappaTwo most important cities in the Indus River Valley1
5692062778Code of HammurabiBabylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1754 BC2
5692066974Peloponnesian WarThe Greek Civil War between Sparta and Athens3
5692066975Qin ShihuangdiFounder of the Qin Dynasty and first emperor of a unified China4
5692073947Roman Republicthe period of ancient Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom, traditionally dated to 509 BC, and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire5
5692076887Mauryan EmpireA geographically extensive Iron Age historical power founded by Chandragupta Maurya which dominated ancient India between c. 322 and 185 BCE6
5692076888Rig VedaThe Rigveda is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns7
5692080564Siddhartha GautamaCommonly referred to as "The Buddha", this man came from a rich background and started Buddhism8
5692084568Bhagavad Gitaa 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata9
5692084569Wang Manga Han Dynasty official who seized the throne from the Liu family and founded the Xin Dynasty, ruling 9-23 AD10
5692091842Caste System4 classes; Brahmins (priestly people), the Kshatriyas (rulers, administrators and warriors), the Vaishyas (artisans, merchants, tradesmen and farmers), Shudras (peasants)11
5692098636Empress Wua Chinese sovereign who ruled unofficially as empress consort and empress dowager and later, officially as empress regnant during the Tang dynasty12
5692101227Maya Civilizationa Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples, known for their writing13
5692104040Silk RoadsThe trade routes throughout Eurasia. Spread luxury goods, culture, and diseases14
5692227834Sea RoadsThe trade routes throughout the Indian Ocean.15
5692227835Sand RoadsThe trade routes throughout the Sahara Desert.16
5692235560Pochtecaprofessional, long-distance traveling merchants in the Aztec Empire, facilitated commerce, communicated important things across Empire and beyond borders17
5692235561Tribute Systemthe network of trade and foreign relations between China and its tributaries that helped to shape much of East Asian affairs18
5692240164Five Pillars of IslamShahadah: sincerely reciting the Muslim profession of faith. Salat: performing ritual prayers in the proper way five times each day. Zakat: paying an alms (or charity) tax to benefit the poor and the needy. Sawm: fasting during the month of Ramadan. Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca.19
5692240165Olmecsfirst major civilization in Guatemala and Mexico (first in mesoamerica)20
5692243014Epic of Gilgameshan epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia (about Uruk and Enkidu)21
5692243015Greco-Persian Warsa series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC22
5692247806Alexander the Great(Alexander III of Macedon) spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa, and by the age of thirty he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from Greece to northwestern India23
5692247807Han Dynasty2nd imperial dynasty of China (206 BC- 220 AD)24
5692253922Roman Empirepost-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia25
5692253923AshokaAshoka was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE26
5692258995UpanishadsA collection of texts that contain some of the central philosophical concepts of Hinduism, some of which are shared with Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism27
5692261828Theraveda and Mahayana BuddhismTheravada Buddhism claims that one must give up worldly and materialistic possessions to achieve Nirvana, while Mahayana Buddhism is more appealing because one can simply donate to achieve Nirvana.28
5692262188Zoroastrianismone of the world's oldest monotheistic religions. Founded by the Prophet Zoroaster in ancient Iran approximately 3500 years ago29
5692266876Yellow Turban MovementPeasant revolt in China against the Han dynasty.30
5692266877SpartacusThracian gladiator who was a leader in the Third Servile War, a rebellion against the Roman Empire.31
5692271203Axuma trading nation in the area of Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia. It existed from approximately 100-940 AD32
5692271204Teotihuacanis a vast Mexican archaeological complex northeast of Mexico City33
5692274204Black DeathAlso known as the Bubonic Plague. Spread by the fleas on rats and lead to the death of 75-200 million.34
5692274205Swahili CivilizationAround the first century AD Bantu Africans were living on the east coast of Africa. Arab merchants and traders came to the east coast of Africa to trade and settle. These people and the Bantu Africans formed the Swahili civilization.35
5692278329Ghana/Mali/SonghayGhana, Mali, and Songhai were three of the greatest western African trading states.36
5692278330Tang and Song DynastiesThe Golden Age of a reunified China, highly commercialized, invention of gunpowder, lots of trade37
5692283170Xiongnualso known as the Asiatic Huns, were one of the nomadic peoples of Ancient Central Asia.38
5692287309Sunni Muslimsbelieve that anyone can be the caliph if they have the approval of the community.39
5692287518Shia Muslimsbelieve that only descendants of Ali, the son in law of Mohammed, can be the caliph.40
5692290872Sufi MuslimsSufi Muslims: are very mystical and perform rituals to individually come into contact with the divine.41

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