4787140667 | Paleolithic Era | of, relating to, or denoting the early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used. | 0 | |
4787142082 | Neolithic Era | of, relating to, or denoting the later part of the Stone Age or agricultural revolution, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed. | 1 | |
4787146704 | Hunting and Gathering | Societies- Men hunted and women gathered. People went from place to place and did not settle often | 2 | |
4787152189 | Culture | A group that is distinct from another group. Has different ways of dressing's or beliefs | 3 | |
4787155883 | Neolithic Revolution | Also known as the Agrarian Revolution, this is when groups of people settled and started the agricultural stage | 4 | |
4787161079 | Domestication | This is when people started to use animals as labor and food. People also did the same with plants with growing the same crop more than once | 5 | |
4787166361 | Civilization | This is when different groups of people settled in the same area. They traded with one another for what they needed. They all worked together to survive | 6 | |
4787174216 | Mesopotamia | This is where one of the first earliest society's known was. This is where groups of people started to settle together. | 7 | |
4787179409 | Cultural Diffusion | With population movement, people spread their culture to new areas | 8 | |
4787182930 | Polytheism | Belief in more than one god | 9 | |
4787184330 | Monotheism | Belief in one god | 10 | |
4787186252 | Indo-Europeans | Most likely the first language family. Spoken by people from Europe to Northern India | 11 | |
4787191871 | Patriarchal Societies | Societies that were dominated by men. These societies came in the Neolithic era | 12 | |
4787194629 | Pastoralists- | A type of agriculture that uses animals for traveling, holding things, and food | 13 | |
4787199481 | Ethnocenctrism | Evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and custom's of one's own culture | 14 | |
4787210963 | Dynastic Cycle | An important political theory in Chinese history. Every new ruler goes through a culture cycke | 15 | |
4787215291 | "Man date of Heaven" | A political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source like finding new land | 16 | |
4787224451 | "Son of Heaven" | Originating from the ancient Han Chinese emperors and subsequently adopted by other East Asian monarchs founded on the theoretical principle of the cosmic Mandate of Heaven | 17 | |
4787348204 | Shang Dynasty | First recorded Chinese history. Started from the mid-18th century to the mid-16th century B.C.E. | 18 | |
4787354844 | Qin Shi Huangdi | Was the First Emperor of Qin. Was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China | 19 | |
4787359812 | Legalism | Excessive adherence to law or formula. What rules to follow and obey by | 20 | |
4787364886 | Bureaucracy | A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives | 21 | |
4787370526 | Confucianism | A system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and development by Mencius | 22 | |
4787378592 | Filial Piety | Is a virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors | 23 | |
4787381038 | Daoism | Also known as Taoism. Is a religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin with an emphasis on living in harmony | 24 | |
4787388138 | Han dynasty | It was the second imperial dynasty in China. Spanning over 4 centuries, the Han period is considered a golden age in Chinese history | 25 | |
4787395658 | Civil Service Exam | Are examinations implemented in various countries for recruitment and admission to the civil service | 26 | |
4787401970 | Meritocracy | A government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability | 27 | |
4787404839 | "Mean People" | The people with the lowest status, did unskilled jobs, wore a green scarf to show their status, punished harsher for crimes, and at the lowest part of the caste system | 28 | |
4787412864 | Great Silk Road | Also known as Silk Routes. An ancient network routes that for centuries were central to culture interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting west and east from China to the Mediterranean Sea. | 29 | |
4787427800 | Subcontinent | Those land masses on different tectonic plates from the rest of the continent | 30 | |
4787429872 | Caste System | A system that rates people on their job. The lower you are, the less power you have, the higher you are, the more power you have | 31 | |
4787435245 | Dharma | It is the principle of cosmic order | 32 | |
4787437962 | Reincarnation | Philosophical or religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body or form after each biological death | 33 | |
4787446091 | Sidd Hartha Gautama | Was the leader and founder of a sect of wanderer Sramanas. After his death, the community he founded slowly evolved into a religious-like movement as a state religion in India as Buddhism during the 3rd century B.C.E. | 34 | |
4787456924 | Buddhism | Is a religion that has a variety of traditions, beliefs, and spiritual practices. It originated in India | 35 | |
4787463463 | Maurya Dynasty | Also known as the Mauryan Empire. Extensive Iron Age historical power in ancient India from 322-185 B.C.E. | 36 | |
4787469372 | Gupta Dynasty | Founded by Sri Gupta. An ancient India empire from 320-550 C.E | 37 | |
4787488501 | Chandragupta Maurya | Was the founder of the Maurya Empire and the first emperor to unify north and southwest of present day India | 38 | |
4787494635 | Ashoka | He was an Emperor which lived from 304-232 B.C.E. and was the 3rd ruler of the world's largest empires at its time | 39 |
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