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| 5963782336 | Mediterranean Sea | This body of Water separates Europe and Africa | 0 | |
| 5963797721 | Zhou Dynasty | (1050BC-400BC) Longest dynasty in Chinese history. Established a new political order with king at the highest level, then lords and warriors and then peasants. | 1 | |
| 5963804330 | Qin Dynasty | (221-207 BCE) The first centralized dynasty of China that used Legalism as its base of belief. | 2 | |
| 5963808912 | Legalism | A Chinese philosophy that was devoted to strengthen and expand the state through increased agricultural work and military service. | 3 | |
| 5963812967 | Han Dynasty | imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy | 4 | |
| 5963832350 | Confucianism | A philosophy that adheres to the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. It shows the way to ensure a stable government and an orderly society in the present world and stresses a moral code of conduct. | 5 | |
| 5963840552 | Mauryan Dynasty | first ruler was Chandragupta Maurya; unified much of the entire subcontinent; large armies with thousands of chariots and elephant borne troops; developed a substantial bureaucracy with a postal service; autocratic government | 6 | |
| 5963843477 | Gupta Empire | (320-550 CE) The decentralized empire that emerged after the Mauryan Empire, and whose founder is Chandra Gupta. | 7 | |
| 5963851259 | caste system | A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life | 8 | |
| 5963851260 | Buddhism | A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha. | 9 | |
| 5963854560 | Ashoka | Leader of the Mauryan dynasty of India who conquered most of India but eventually gave up violence and converted to Buddhism. | 10 | |
| 5963869002 | Athens | A democratic Greek polis who accomplished many cultural achievements, and who were constantly at war with Sparta. | 11 | |
| 5963869004 | Sparta | A powerful Greek miliary polis that was often at war with Athens. Used slaves known as helots to provide agricultural labor. | 12 | |
| 5963878560 | militarism | A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war | 13 | |
| 5963881074 | Socrates | (470-399 BCE) An Athenian philosopher who thought that human beings could lead honest lives and that honor was far more important than wealth, fame, or other superficial attributes. | 14 | |
| 5963884590 | Aristotle | A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, started a famous school, studied with Plato | 15 | |
| 5963884591 | Plato | (430-347 BCE) Was a disciple of Socrates whose cornerstone of thought was his theory of Forms, in which there was another world of perfection. | 16 | |
| 5963887018 | Alexander the Great | Between 334 and 323 B.C.E. he conquered the Persian Empire, reached the Indus Valley, founded many Greek-style cities, and spread Greek culture across the Middle East. | 17 | |
| 5963889399 | Socratic method | way of teaching developed by Socrates that used a question-and-answer format to force students to use their reason to see things for themselves | 18 | |
| 5963891181 | democracy | A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 19 | |
| 5963900411 | aristocracy | A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility | 20 | |
| 5963909659 | Pelopponesian Wars | Athens and Sparta had very different cultures and Athens held a grudge against Sparta for not helping out more in the war. So they formed leagues to guard against aggression from one another. Every city state was forced to join a league. Sparta won but was very weakened. | 21 | |
| 5963917803 | cultural diffusion | The expansion and adoption of a cultural element, from its place of origin to a wider area. | 22 | |
| 5963924380 | Daoism | Philosophy that teaches that everything should be left to the natural order; rejects many of the Confucian ideas but coexisted with Confucianism in China | 23 | |
| 5963929250 | architecture | pillars, arches, terracing, | 24 | |
| 5963937988 | Silk Road | An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea extending some 6,440 km (4,000 mi) and linking China with the Roman Empire. Marco Polo followed the route on his journey to Cathay. | 25 | |
| 5963945780 | transportation | camels, caravans, walking | 26 | |
| 5963952142 | Eurasian trade | alfalfa, walnuts and other fruits, silk, paper, pottery, | 27 | |
| 5963967276 | Indian Ocean | Large amounts of rade happened in this body of water between Arab, Persian, Turkish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Europe merchants. Particularly in the postclassical period 9600-1450) | 28 | |
| 5963972725 | Saharan trade | This route connected people that lived south of the Sahara to the Mediterranean and the Middle East | 29 | |
| 5963975228 | Afro-Eurasian trade | tropical fruits, gold, salt, wheat, cotton, iron/metal weapons | 30 | |
| 5963989509 | bantu | A major African language family. Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages. Famous for migrations throughout central and southern Africa. | 31 | |
| 5963989510 | Swahili | Bantu language with Arabic loanwords spoken in coastal regions of East Africa. | 32 | |
| 5963994694 | barbarians | the name given to outsiders by the ancient Greeks; also used by the ancient Romans | 33 | |
| 5963997946 | Christianity | A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. | 34 | |
| 5964001257 | Jesus Christ | (8-4 BCE- 29? CE) Founder of Christianity. Considered by Christians to be the son of God and the Messiah. He is the central figure in the Christian Religion. | 35 | |
| 5964004507 | Bible | The holy book of Christians. | 36 | |
| 5964007092 | Mandate of heaven | A political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source | 37 | |
| 5964012288 | Karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | 38 | |
| 5964012289 | dharma | In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties | 39 | |
| 5964015252 | Moksha | The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths. | 40 | |
| 5964017240 | Nirvana | The state of enlightenment for Buddhists. | 41 | |
| 5964023466 | Four Noble Truths | 1) All life is full of suffering, pain, and sorrow. 2) The cause of suffering is nonvirtue, or negative deeds and mindsets such as hated and desire. 3) The only cure for suffering is to overcome nonvirture. 4) The way to overcome nonvirtue is to follow the Eightfold Path | 42 | |
| 5964026303 | Eightfold Path | In Buddhism, the basic rules of behavior and belief leading to an end of suffering | 43 |
