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| 5669950876 | Indus River Valley Civiliazation | Located in Pakistan. a center of agriculture/site of a first civilization in India near the Ganges River. Harappan "Indus River Valley people" and Monhenjo-Daro civilization; highly advanced & organized: sewer system, grid streets, uniform building construction | 0 | |
| 5669953606 | Mohenjo Darro/ Harappa | 2600-1500 BCE. 2 of the greatest cities of the Indus Valley Civilization in Pakistan. Mohenjo-Daro was the administrative center and probably the most developed city in the world. Harappa had a writing system, centers for people to gather, and social/economic structure. |  | 1 |
| 5669955274 | Code of Hammurabi | the set of laws drawn up by Babylonian king Hammurabi dating to the 18th century BC, the earliest legal code known in its entirety |  | 2 |
| 5669955275 | Pelopenesian War | between Athens and Sparta (Peloponnesian league and delian league). A plague and defeat at Syracuse weakens Athens, but Sparta doesn't destroy them out of respect. This made sparta more vulnerable to outside aggression. |  | 3 |
| 5669959175 | Qin shihuingandi | ruler of china -unified china and developed a bureaucry -equipped the army with iron weapons - ienforced legalism named himself shihuangdi which means "first emperor" -extended boundaries to Vietnam and Korea -scholars who opposed shihuangdi were executed and their books burned -started the creation of the great wall of china to keep the barbarians out | 4 | |
| 5669959176 | Roman Republic | The period from 507 to 31 B.C.E., during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate. |  | 5 |
| 5669962641 | Mauryan Empire | -INDIAN EMPIRE -not as long lasting as the Greeks, Chinese, or Persian empires -50 million people -large army force -used spies to find out information on neighboring empires -many industries: weaving, spinning, mining, shipbuilding, and armaments. |  | 6 |
| 5669962642 | Rig Veda | Any of the oldest and most authoritative Hindu sacred texts, composed in Sanskrit and gathered into four collections. |  | 7 |
| 5669966756 | Siddartha Guatama | -he is the Buddha -prince from a small north Indian state. -he sought to find a cure to the grieving and sickness and death throughout life. -the struggle could only be stopped by achieving nirvana which is ultimate enlightenment. |  | 8 |
| 5669968839 | Bhagavad Gita | hindu text that affirms the performance of the caste duties as a process to religious liberation. | 9 | |
| 5669968840 | Wang Mang | -Chinese official -court official who took over -he ruled during the 8th century CE -Confucius thinker |  | 10 |
| 5669971818 | Caste System |  | 11 | |
| 5669975405 | Emperess Wu | -reigned in 690-705 -only woman to ever rule during history of china -she elevated the importance of women during that time. | 12 | |
| 5669975406 | Maya Civillization | -mesoamerican civilization -major classical civilization -created math, engineering landscape, vast system of city states -disappeared quickly due to climate change and warfare |  | 13 |
| 5669978912 | Silk Roads | The most famous of the trading routes established by pastoral nomads connecting the Chinese, Indian, Persian, and Mediterranean civilizations; transmitted goods and ideas among civilization. |  | 14 |
| 5669978913 | Sea Roads |  | 15 | |
| 5669982970 | Sand Roads |  | 16 | |
| 5669982971 | Prochteca | Professional merchants among the Aztecs | 17 | |
| 5669985294 | Tribute System | Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and people's that assumed the subordination of all non-Chinese authorities and required the payment of tribute to the Chinese emperor | 18 | |
| 5669987516 | Five Pillars of Islam |  | 19 | |
| 5675673294 | Olmecs | (1400 B.C.E. to 500 B.C.E.) earliest known Mexican civilization,lived in rainforests along the Gulf of Mexico, developed calendar and constructed public buildings and temples, carried on trade with other groups. |  | 20 |
| 5675673295 | Epic of Gilgamesh | The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Ancient Mesopotamia and is among the earliest known works of literary fiction. |  | 21 |
| 5675676327 | Greco Persian Wars | -started with bumping boundaries during both expansion periods in history. -Persians were bigger empire and set out to punish the Greeks for their revolts when Persia took over the settlements on the coast of Greece. -Greeks beat the Persians on land and sea | 22 | |
| 5675676328 | Alexander the Great | -ruler of Greece -son of Phillip 2 -unified Greece to help defeat Persia once and for all -conducted one of the greatest ,military feats of the time -Alexander was the "king of Asia" -anointed pharaoh of Egypt at age 24 |  | 23 |
| 5675679320 | Han Dynasty | imperial dynasty that ruled China from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy, dynasty that overthrew the Qin, established centralized government, civil service system, Silk Road | 24 | |
| 5675679321 | Roman Empire | Located in modern day italy. Existed from 27 BCE to about 400 CE. Conquered entire Mediterranean coast and most of Europe. Ruled by an emperor. Eventually oversaw the rise and spread of Christianity. | 25 | |
| 5675682439 | Ashoka | -Mauryan emperor -left edicts and thinkings on pillars throughout town -conversion to Buddhism -govern in accord with the religious values and morals and teachings of Hinduism and buddhism | 26 | |
| 5675682440 | Upanishads | -compiled by anonymous thinkers and philosophers around 800-400 in Indian culture -mystical and highly philosophical works that sought to probe the inner meaning of the sacrifices prescribed in the Vedas. | 27 | |
| 5675687333 | Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism | Theravada was the teachings of the elders and portrayed the Buddha as a wise teacher but not divine unlike Mahayana"the great vehicle" which was more popular and viewed the Buddha as a god. | 28 | |
| 5675687334 | Zoroastrianism | Persian monotheistic religion founded by the prophet Zarathustra. |  | 29 |
| 5675692150 | Yellow Turban Movement | peasants wore yellow scarves around their heads during revolts against the government near the Yellow River, it looked forward to the thought of "the Great Peace" - a golden age of complete equal and social harmony, and common ownership of property. | 30 | |
| 5675692151 | Spartacus | a roman slave gladiator that led a slave revolt in 73 BCE.He led a revolt that took off and for two years, they lived in reversed roles, they were executing slave owners. | 31 | |
| 5675694829 | Axum | -first Christian kingdom -in present day Ethiopia -very wealthy and a big trade city |  | 32 |
| 5675694830 | Teotihuacan | -city in Mayan -mesoamerican -most urban city of its time -very influential on trade routes -city was located around trade |  | 33 |
| 5675698221 | Black Death | the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe |  | 34 |
| 5675698222 | Swahili Civilization | An East African civilization that emerged from blending of Bantu and Islamic and other Indian Ocean trade elements | 35 | |
| 5675701398 | Ghana | A series of important states that developed in the western and central Sudan, in response to the economic opportunities of trans-Saharan trade | 36 | |
| 5675701399 | Tong Dynasty | 618-907 CE. Much like the Han using Confucianism. had the equal field system, a bureaucracy based on merit and a Confucianism education system. Trained strong armies of almost a million troops to fight off nomadic powers from Asia. Made story cultural influence over Korea and Vietnam. | 37 | |
| 5675705068 | Xiongnu | A confederation of nomadic peoples living beyond the northwest frontier of ancient China. Chinese rulers tried a variety of defenses and stratagems to ward off these 'barbarians,' as they called them, and dispersed them in 1st Century. (168) | 38 | |
| 5675705069 | Sunni | while they hold Ali in high esteem, they did not believe that power should be given to the bloodline of Mohammad. They claimed that rulers should be chosen from the broad base of the people. | 39 | |
| 5675705070 | Shia | the branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad | 40 | |
| 5675717155 | Suffi | a mystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, and a simple life | 41 | |
| 5675984477 | Song | prospered under emperor taizu, but fell to the jurchen and mongols. developed the printing process (moveable type) which led to an increase in literacy. used the civil service exams. expanded transportation, paper money, and letters of credit. iron production way increased, and invented steel. population rose a lot. | 42 |
