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10132786134Egalitarianbelieving in the social and economic equality of all people0
10132789786Catal Huyukone of the largest neolithic villages ever discovered1
10132789787sedentarynot migratory; settled2
10132792506Agricultural Revolutiona period in which humans began to grow crops instead of gathering plants3
10132792507subsistencefarming in which only enough food to feed one's family is produced4
10132795079sustenancethe act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence5
10132795080LeakeysDiscovered hominids first in east Africa.6
10132795081Lucythe first human who left remains of her bones; she lived around 3.5 million years ago.7
10132797016Sargon of Akkad8
10132797017codifiedwritten definitions of crimes and punishment enacted by legislatures and published9
10132798955theocracyA government controlled by religious leaders10
10132798956arablefit for growing crops11
10132799925covenanta binding agreement12
10132801070AryanA member of the Indo-European people who crossed into India around 1500 BC13
10132801071Rig VedasIndo-Aryan work 1400-900BCE with 1028 hymns tot he gods.14
10132805642SumerThe world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years.15
10132806764Mandate of Heavenin Chinese history, the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority16
10132807918Hittitesan Indo-European people who settled in Anatolia around 2000 B.C.17
10132810070Phoenecianslived on Mediterranean Sea; built ships; great sailors/traders; 22 letter alphabet18
10132810071ideologya system of social or political ideas19
10132811361Cyrus the Greatking of Persia and founder of the Persian empire (circa 600-529 BC)20
10132820158SasanidsThe Persian Dynasty that overthrew and succeeded the Parthians21
10132820159Qanatan underground canal first built by the ancient Persians22
10132821883ParthiansIranian ruling dynasty between ca. 250 B.C.E. and 226 C.E.23
10132821884satrapsPersian administrators, usually members of the royal family, who governed a satrapy.24
10132824050Shi Huangdifounder of the Qin dynasty and China's first emperor25
10132824741Pax SinicaChinese peace; under the Han Dynasty, China experienced 400 years of prosperity and stability26
10132825840Han Fei Zu27
10132825841LaoziA legendary Chinese philosopher of the sixth century B.C.E.; regarded as the founder of Daoism.28
10132825842WudiChinese emperor who brought the Han dynasty to its greatest strength29
10132826795XiongnuNomads who lived in the Gobi Desert; invaded China; Wall of China was constructed to keep them out30
10132827855Five Basic RelationshipsFriend and friend, parent and child, husband and wife, elder and young brother, ruler and subject.31
10132827856QuechuaIncan language32
10132828705CuzcoThe capital city of the Incan Empire, Located in present-day Peru33
10132828706mitaa labor system that the Spanish administrators in Peru used to draft native people to work34
10132828707quipuAn arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information.35
10132829833chinampasfloating farming islands made by the Aztec36
10132829834Popul VuhMayan creation epic37
10132834451Battle of ManzikertCeltic Turks defeated the Byzantines, the Byzantine Empire was lost38
10132837173iconoclastspeople who opposed the use of icons in worship, Byzantines39
10132838698Shi'iteThe branch of Islam that holds that the leader of Islam must be a descendant of Muhammad's family40
10132838699Sunnia branch of Islam that regards the first four successors of Muhammad as his rightful successors41
10132839852Shariathe code of law derived from the Quran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed42
10132839858People of the Bookwhat Muslims called Christians and Jews which means that they too only believe in one god43
10132841636hajjA pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims44
10132841637CaliphA supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government45
10132843656Five Pillarsbeliefs that all Muslims needed to carry out: Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, and Pilgrimage46
10132843657Ka'abacity containing a shrine to which religious pilgrims came47
10132855031NeoconfucianismIn postclassical China, a mixture of traditional Confucian and Buddhist beliefs.48
10132855837scholar gentryA Chinese social class of learned officeholders and landowners that arose in the Han dynasty.49
10132856738hegemonythe domination of one state or group over its allies50
10132858274Pax MongolicaThe period of approximately 150 years of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire.51
10132858277Kublai Khan(1215-1294) Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China.52
10132860822KhanatesAreas of Mongol Empire ruled by different Khans (rulers) after Genghis Khan's death.53
10132861554Golden HordeMongol armies who ruled much of medieval Russia54
10132876887primogenitureright of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son55
10132876888fiefland granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service56
10132877990Holy Roman Empirethe lands ruled by Charlemagne, Germany57
10132879586Charlemagneking of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor58
10132880669manorialsim59
10132883553lay invesititure60
10132884483vassalA knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land61
10132886926Justinian's Codea law code published by the Byzantine emperor Justinian62
10132887711TimbuktuNiger River port city of Mali; had a famous Muslim university.63

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