8751102622 | Patriarchy | A social system ruled by men | 0 | |
8751108379 | Matriarchy | Asocial society ruled by women | 1 | |
8751123037 | Tribe | A group of people who were united by a common culture with social, religious, economic, and family ties | 2 | |
8751132657 | Clan | A group of people united by a kinship with common ancestors | 3 | |
8751194311 | Caste System | A religious hierarchy found only in India | 4 | |
8751206447 | Thocracy | A government that operates by religious authority in the name of God | 5 | |
8751216698 | Monarchy | A system of government where the head of a government is a single person such as a king or queen | 6 | |
8751251254 | Big Man | The influential leader of a group of followers | 7 | |
8751274780 | City-state | A sovereign city with its own government | 8 | |
8751282921 | Village | A small settlement group of residents smaller than a town | 9 | |
8751295873 | Hierarchy | A system of social order | 10 | |
8751308787 | Priestly class | A ruing or powerful class of leaders | 11 | |
8752626774 | Polytheism | A religious system that favors the belief in multiple gods | 12 | |
8752639151 | Naturalism | A religious system that believes in multiple gods | 13 | |
8752690661 | Animism | A religious system that believes in multiple gods | 14 | |
8752692477 | Monotheism | A religious system that believes that there is one god | 15 | |
8752718259 | Ancestor Worship | It emphasized the importance of reverence for ancestors | 16 | |
8752721901 | Mandate of Heaven | The belief stated that the emperor held on to power if he was judged to be righteous by the gods in the afterlife | 17 | |
8752721902 | Epic of Gilgamesh | An epic poem about the Mesopotamian kingdoms | 18 | |
8752844150 | Cuneiform | One of the first systems of writing found in the classical world from the Sumerian kingdom in Mesopotamia | 19 | |
8752846994 | Hieroglyphics | One of the earliest forms of writing | 20 | |
8752849503 | Pictographs | A form of writing based on pictures | 21 | |
8752878315 | Paleolithic Age | The "Old Stone Age" of society | 22 | |
8752879881 | Neolithic Age | The "New Stone Age" of society | 23 | |
8752935849 | Metallurgy | The process of mixing minerals together to create a new, stronger form of metal | 24 | |
8752935898 | Iron and bronze | The products of metallurgy used these metals for farming and warefare | 25 | |
8753013094 | Surpluses of food | The products of sedentary societies | 26 | |
8753016344 | Trade routes | The early trade routes in the Classical Era included the land-based Silk Roads and the sea-based Indian Ocean | 27 | |
8753025414 | Cereal grains | Include wheat, barley, sorghum, rye, and millet | 28 | |
8753093460 | Division of labor | A specialized tasks that led to different jobs for people in society | 29 |
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