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| 4906828138 | hominids | the earliest humanlike creatures that flourished 2-4 million years ago | 0 | |
| 4906828139 | Paleolithic Age | 2,500,000-10,000 BCE-"old stone" nomadic hunter gatherers, egalitarian genders | 1 | |
| 4906828140 | Neolithic revolution | 10,000 BCE- developed agriculture, domesticated animals | 2 | |
| 4906828141 | civilization | A complex culture in which large numbers of people share a variety of common elements | 3 | |
| 4906828142 | Mesolithic Age | 10,000-7000 BCE the time when a transition from hunting and gathering to food producing occurred | 4 | |
| 4906828143 | ziggurat | a building in Mesopotamia dedicated to the chief God or goddess of the city that are worshipped at the atop of a massive step tower | 5 | |
| 4906828144 | theocracy | a city ruled over by a god where their power rested in the kings | 6 | |
| 4906828145 | Polytheism | The belief of more than one god animating all universal aspects | 7 | |
| 4906828146 | Divination | A way to discover the gods' intentions usually through sacrifices | 8 | |
| 4906828147 | Cuneiform | wedge shaped imprints on a clay tablet used as a writing system in Mesopotamia developed by the Sumerians | 9 | |
| 4906828148 | hieroglyphics | Egyptian sacred characters that used pictures that showed objects and value | 10 | |
| 4906828149 | monotheism | the belief in one God which influenced Christianity and Islam | 11 | |
| 4906828150 | satrapy | a Persian province | 12 | |
| 4906828151 | satrap | a governor of a Persian province | 13 | |
| 4906828152 | Zoroastrianism | a religion created in ancient Persia that was founded in the seventh century BCE that worships a supreme God, Ahuramazda,who was the good against the evil spirit Ahriman | 14 | |
| 4906828153 | raja | a chieftain in Aryan civilization who is a representative of the gods who is apart of the Kshatriya or warrior class | 15 | |
| 4906828154 | kshatriya | the warrior class in Aryan society's caste system | 16 | |
| 4906828155 | Maharajas | are Aryan chieftains that transformed into kings | 17 | |
| 4906828156 | dharma | a set of laws that set behavioral standards for all individuals and classes in Indian society | 18 | |
| 4906828157 | varna | the word for caste in Indian society | 19 | |
| 4906828158 | brahmins | priests in the Indian caste system | 20 | |
| 4906828159 | Brahman | the supreme God in the Hindu religion | 21 | |
| 4906828160 | vaisya | the third caste in Indian society where commoners were placed | 22 | |
| 4906828161 | twice born | males in upper class who go into an initiation at puberty | 23 | |
| 4906828162 | Sudras | Fourth caste in the Indian social system which contained people who are not completely Aryan citizens and have limited rights | 24 | |
| 4906828163 | Pariahs | the fifth caste in Indian society that contains the outcasts, untouchables, and slaves | 25 | |
| 4906828164 | Jati | A kinship group that is a system of extended families that originated in ancient India that is the basic social organization in Indian society | 26 | |
| 4906828165 | guru | an Indian teacher of the Vedas | 27 | |
| 4906828166 | Hinduism | A religion derived from the cultural mix of the Aryan and Dravidian civilizations that teaches the Vedas, asceticism, reincarnation, karma, and a caste system | 28 | |
| 4906828167 | reincarnation | the concept that an individual soul will be reborn in a different form after death until the soul reaches Brahman | 29 | |
| 4906828168 | karma | the concept that one's rebirth in a next life is determined by one's actions in this life | 30 | |
| 4906828169 | Nirvana | A metaphysical reality that people strive for where their souls reunite with the Great World Soul | 31 | |
| 4906828170 | Buddhism | a religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama in Ancient India that reinforces egalitarian methods that allow anyone to achieve peace and reach Nirvana | 32 | |
| 4906828171 | bodhi | Wisdom that achieves a complete awareness of the true nature of the universe | 33 | |
| 4906828172 | the Middle Path | a way to end suffering through ending desire by following the eightfold path which teaches the right knowledge, purpose, speech, conduct, occupation, effort, awareness, and meditation | 34 | |
| 4906828173 | Jainism | A religion influenced by Buddhism that was created by Mahavira that taught extreme simplicity and believed in not having material possessions | 35 | |
| 4906828174 | stupa | Stone towers that housed the relics of the Buddha | 36 | |
| 4906828175 | Sanskrit | The language of the Vedas that derived from an Indo European family language | 37 | |
| 4906828176 | Prakrit | A simpler tongue than Sanskrit hat replaced the language of Northern India | 38 | |
| 4906828177 | Yangshao | A Neolithic society along the Yellow River that was identified through beautiful painted pottery | 39 | |
| 4906828178 | Longshan | A Neolithic society along the Yellow River that was identified through black pottery | 40 | |
| 4906828179 | veneration of ancestors | Burning replicas of physical objects for the departed to have | 41 | |
| 4906828180 | Mandate of Heaven | Justified rule of kings that remained order as representers of heaven | 42 | |
| 4906828181 | the well field system | peasants worked for landlords and in return received land to cultivate for their own use | 43 | |
| 4906828182 | Confucianism | a philosophy created by Confucius that believed you should revere gods at a distance, that kingship should be determined through merit, and your duty was to your family | 44 | |
| 4906828183 | Daoism | a philosophy founded by Lao Tzu that believed in interpreting the meaning of heaven through inaction | 45 | |
| 4906828184 | eunuchs | A castrated male class who served the royal family as personal attendants | 46 | |
| 4906828185 | filial piety | All members of the family should subordinate their own personal needs to the the head of the family | 47 | |
| 4906828186 | five relationships | son was subordinate to father, wife to husband, younger brother to older brother, friend to friend, and all subject to king, a hierarchical system where everyone had a place | 48 | |
| 4906828187 | Bao-jia system | Organized groups of 5 to 10 families to exercise mutual control and surveillance | 49 | |
| 4906828188 | hoplites | heavily armed infantry men in ancient Greece who wore bronze or leather helmets, breastplates, and greaves. Carried round shield, short sword, and a 9 foot log thrusting spear | 50 | |
| 4906828189 | tyranny | rule by a person with absolute power who is not subject to the law | 51 | |
| 4907169272 | Sophists | a group of philosophical teachers who rejected humans understanding the universe | 52 | |
| 4906828190 | phalanx | a tight rectangular formation of soldiers that was the battle strategy of the ancient Greeks | 53 | |
| 4906828191 | polis | a Greek city/state with an autonomous political unit | 54 | |
| 4906828192 | tyrants | a Greek ruler who came to power in an unconstitutional manner that is not subject to the law | 55 | |
| 4906828193 | helots | serfs from conquered civilizations that are unable to leave the land owned by their masters | 56 | |
| 4907169273 | oligarchies | "Rule by the few" political power that rests in the aristocratic class | 57 | |
| 4907169274 | rhetoric | the art of persuasive oratory | 58 | |
| 4907169275 | The Socratic method | A question and answer technique that allows the student to see reason for themselves | 59 | |
| 4907169276 | Epicureanism | A philosophy that taught happiness could be achieved in the pursuit of pleasure | 60 | |
| 4907169277 | Stoicism | A philosophy that believed happiness could be found by living in harmony with divine will | 61 | |
| 4907169278 | Consul | A Roman government position that administered government, led army to battle, and was annually chosen | 62 | |
| 4907169279 | Mystery religions | Religions that involved initiation into secret rites that promise intense emotional involvement with spiritual forces and a greater chance of individual immortality | 63 | |
| 4907169280 | Praetors | A Roman government position that was created in 366 BCE who is a chief executive officer of civil law, led army to battle, and judged cases | 64 | |
| 4907169281 | Senate | A group of 300 Roman men who served for life and advised magistrates | 65 | |
| 4907169282 | Centuriate assembly | A group of Roman people chosen based on wealth who elected the chief magistrate and passed laws | 66 | |
| 4907169283 | Council of the plebs | A group of | 67 | |
| 4907169284 | Patricians | A group of high class landowners who constituted the government class that could only be consuls, magistrates, or senators | 68 | |
| 4907169285 | Plebians | A group of large, Roman landowners that are lower in class that did not have the right to become consuls, magistrates, or senators in government | 69 | |
| 4907169286 | Tribunes of the plebs | A group of low class Roman landowners who protected each other against arrest from patricians in 471 BCE | 70 | |
| 4907169287 | latifundia | Large land estates owned by the state that is run by slave labor | 71 | |
| 4907169288 | dictator | The sole leader of a nation who has absolute power | 72 | |
| 4907169289 | Praetorian guard | 9000 men who guarded the Roman emperor | 73 | |
| 4907169290 | Pax Romana | the period of stability and prosperity Roman rule brought | 74 | |
| 4907169291 | good emperors | 5 Roman emperors who ruled with prosperity and focused on public works | 75 | |
| 4907169292 | Natural law | a set of universal laws based on reason | 76 | |
| 4907169293 | Paterfamilias | the dominant Roman male in a family who held absolute power | 77 | |
| 4907169294 | State Confucianism | the integration of Confucian doctrine with Legalist institutions that ruled the Han empire | 78 | |
| 4907169295 | Civil service examination | A test given in the Han empire to determine who gains the tripartite government positions based on their merit | 79 | |
| 4907202950 | pharaoh | an Egyptian King | 80 |
