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| 7283995562 | Catal Huyuk | Important Neolithic settlement in Anatolia (7250-6150 BCE) | 0 | |
| 7283995563 | Catal Huyuk | one of the largest neolithic villages ever discovered | 1 | |
| 7283995564 | Catal Huyuk | an archaeological site in what is now south-central Turkey. Along with Jericho, it's considered one of the oldest cities in the world, dating from almost 7500 BC | 2 | |
| 7283995565 | Australopithecus | "Southern ape," oldest nown ancestor of humans; it lived from around 4 million down to around 1 million years ago, and it could walk on hind legs, freeing up hands for use of simple tools | 3 | |
| 7283995566 | Australopithecus | a fossil bipedal primate with both apelike and human characteristics, found in Pliocene and lower Pleistocene deposits ( c. 4 million to 1 million years old) in Africa. | 4 | |
| 7283995567 | Homo erectus | "Upright - wlaking human," whioch existed from 2 million to 200 thousand years ago; used cleavers and hand axes and learned how to contol fire | 5 | |
| 7283995568 | Homo erectus | upright human | 6 | |
| 7283995569 | Homo erectus | an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face | 7 | |
| 7283995570 | Homo sapiens | "Consciously thinking human," which first appeared around 250,000 years ago and used sophisticated tools | 8 | |
| 7283995571 | Homo sapiens | The biological species to which modern human beings belong. | 9 | |
| 7283995572 | Homo sapiens | (italics) the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong, characterized by a brain capacity averaging 1400 cc (85 cubic in.) and by dependence upon language and the creation and utilization of complex tools. | 10 | |
| 7283995573 | Neandertal | Early humans (100,000 to 35,000 years ago) who were prevalent during the Paleolithic period | 11 | |
| 7283995574 | Neanderthal | a member of an extinct subspecies of powerful, physically robust humans, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, that inhabited Europe and western and central Asia c100,000-40,000 b.c. | 12 | |
| 7283995575 | Monotheism | Belief in only one god, a rare concept in the ancient world | 13 | |
| 7283995576 | Monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is only one God | 14 | |
| 7283995577 | Paleolithic era | Old Stone Age, a long period of human development before the development of agriculture | 15 | |
| 7283995578 | Paleolithic Era | Old Stone Age | 16 | |
| 7283995579 | Paleolithic Era | The cultural period of the Stone Age that began about 2.5 to 2 million years ago, marked by the earliest use of tools made of chipped stone | 17 | |
| 7283995580 | Neolithic era | New Stone Age (10,000 - 4000 B.C.E.), which was marked by the discovery and mastery of agriculture | 18 | |
| 7283995581 | Neolithic Era | New Stone Age | 19 | |
| 7283995582 | Neolithic Era | The period of human culture that began around 10,000 years ago in the Middle East and later in other parts of the world. It is characterized by the beginning of farming, the domestication of animals, the development of crafts such as pottery and weaving, and the making of polished stone tools | 20 | |
| 7283995583 | Assyrians | Southwest Asian people who built an empire that recahed its height during the eighth and seventh centuries BCE; it was known for a powerful army and a well - structured state | 21 | |
| 7283995584 | Assyrians | The people of Assyria who destroyed Israel's Northern Kingdom in 722 BC. | 22 | |
| 7283995585 | Assyrians | Semitic-speaking people who exploited the use of iron weapons to establish an empire | 23 | |
| 7283995586 | Uruk | Ancient Mesopotamian city from the fourth millennium BCE that was allegedly the home of the fabled Gilgamesh | 24 | |
| 7283995587 | Uruk | an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq, near the Euphrates, important before 2000 b.c.: exclusive archaeological excavations, notably of a ziggurat and of tablets with very early Sumerian script | 25 | |
| 7283995588 | Uruk | The largest city of ancient Mesopotamia | 26 | |
| 7283995589 | Uruk | A large Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia. | 27 | |
| 7283995590 | Ziggurats | Mesopotamian temples | 28 | |
| 7283995591 | Ziggurats | temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped | 29 | |
| 7283995592 | Ziggurats | Pyramid-shaped brick towers | 30 | |
| 7283995593 | Hammurabi | Babylonian king who created the sophisticated law code called Hammurabi's Code | 31 | |
| 7283995594 | Hammurabi | Ruler of Babylon; created Hammurabi's code | 32 | |
| 7283995595 | Hammurabi | Babylonian king who created the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC) | 33 | |
| 7283995596 | Hammurabi | 18th century b.c. or earlier, king of Babylonia | 34 | |
| 7283995597 | Yahweh | God of the monotheistic reliigon of Judaism that influenced later Christianity and Islam | 35 | |
| 7283995598 | Yahweh | Hebrew name for God | 36 | |
| 7283995599 | Yahweh | "I am who I am" | 37 | |
| 7283995600 | Nebuchadnezzar | King of Babylon 605-562 B.C. He rebuilt the city with msassive walls, a huge temple, and a ziggurat, and extendefd his rule over neighboring countries. In 586 B.C., he captured and destroyed jerusalem and deported many Israelites in what is known as the Babylonian captivity | 38 | |
| 7283995601 | Nebuchadnezzar | Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon | 39 | |
| 7283995602 | Nebuchadnezzar | Also, Nebuchadrezzar [neb-uh-kuh d-rez-er, neb-yoo-] (Show IPA). a king of Babylonia, 604?-561? b.c., and conqueror of Jerusalem. II Kings 24, 25 | 40 | |
| 7283995603 | Sumerians | Earliest Mesopotamian society | 41 | |
| 7283995604 | Sumerians | The name of the first culture in the world to develop cities. | 42 | |
| 7283995605 | Sumerians | ancient people who lived in the geographic region of Sumer | 43 | |
| 7283995606 | Sumerians | the creators of the first Mesopotamian civilization | 44 | |
| 7283995607 | Sumerians | a member of the indigenous non-Semitic people of ancient Babylonia | 45 |
