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| 8156004292 | Neolithic Era | also called the New Stone Age; classified by people beginning to establish villages and civilizations through farming | 0 | |
| 8156004293 | cuneiform | first written language; originated in Mesopotamia | 1 | |
| 8156004296 | Hammurabi's Code | strict Babylonian law that was used to enforce order in society; ex. an eye for an eye, a hand for a hand | 2 | |
| 8156004297 | Buddhism | ancient religion founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama; goal is to reach Enlightenment or nirvana | 3 | |
| 8156004301 | Judaism | monotheistic religion founded by Abraham | 4 | |
| 8156004302 | Confucianism | religion/way of life that emphasizes respect for elders and traditional values; began in China | 5 | |
| 8156004303 | hunter-gatherer | earliest way of life in which people would search and kill animals for their food | 6 | |
| 8156004304 | Agricultural Revolution | period of time where people moved from hunting and gathering to permanent villages where they would farm for life | 7 | |
| 8156004308 | democracy | government by the people; first seen in Athens, Greece | 8 | |
| 8156004314 | Alexander the Great | greatest leader of Greek times; was able to conquer large area of the Mediterranean; gave way to the Hellenistic Period | 9 | |
| 8156004316 | Hellenistic Period | time where Greek ideas/culture was spread all over the Mediterranean | 10 | |
| 8156004317 | Christianity | religion in which Jesus is said to be the Messiah; monotheistic | 11 | |
| 8156004321 | Pax Romana | time period of Roman Peace; trade flourished and Christianity fled | 12 | |
| 8156004327 | Byzantine Empire | continued to exist in the East, even after the Roman Empire Fell; new name given to this empire | 13 | |
| 8156004332 | Aztecs | group located in central Mexico; sacrificed thousands of people to their gods and had floating gardens on the land that they lived | 14 | |
| 8156004333 | Mayans | early society located on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico; known for creating their own calendars and slash/burn farming; never fell, instead some of their culture has faded into the jungle | 15 | |
| 8156004334 | Incas | early civilization located in the Andes mountains; is known for its extensive roads and quipu communication system | 16 | |
| 8156004337 | dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers; mostly seen in China | 17 | |
| 8156004339 | Shi Huangdi | emperor during the Qin Dynasty; put into effect Legalism; Terra Cotta Army buried with him | 18 | |
| 8156004344 | Civil Service Exam | extremely difficult test given to those who wanted to serve in the government; based on Confucian thought | 19 | |
| 8156004345 | Legalism | Chinese philosophy that emphasizes strict obedience to laws | 20 | |
| 8156004346 | Daoism | seeks harmony through nature and balance | 21 | |
| 8156004349 | Ashoka | united India and the Maurya dynasty under the religion of Buddhism | 22 | |
| 8156004350 | Genghis Khan | Mongolian leader whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227) | 23 | |
| 8156004351 | Kublai Khan | Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China. | 24 | |
| 8156004352 | Silk Road | A trade route that stretched from China to the Mediterranean Sea | 25 | |
| 8156004353 | Pax Mongolica | Period of Mongol Peace | 26 | |
| 8156004354 | Marco Polo | Italian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China. | 27 | |
| 8156004359 | Mansa Musa | Mali ruler who created a large kingdom and adopted Islam | 28 | |
| 8156004360 | Islam | religion founded by the prophet Muhammad; monotheistic | 29 | |
| 8156004362 | Muhammad | founder of Islam; known as the Islamic prophet/messenger of God | 30 | |
| 8156004363 | Qur'an | the holy book of Islam | 31 | |
| 8156004366 | Hagia Sophia | large church constructed in Constantinople during the reign of Justinian | 32 | |
| 8156004367 | feudalism | system of loyalty in which Kings, Nobles, Knights and Serfs worked together to protect each other and create a society of order | 33 | |
| 8156004368 | Black Death | A plague that killed millions of people across Europe and Asia in the 14th century | 34 | |
| 8156004370 | guild | a medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power | 35 | |
| 8156004374 | Great Schism | Split between the Christian Church into Eastern and Western Churches | 36 | |
| 8156004375 | Crusades | a series of military campaigns to establish Christian control over the Holy Land | 37 | |
| 8156004376 | Renaissance | rebirth of art, culture, and intellect; started in Italy | 38 | |
| 8156004380 | Martin Luther | led the Protestant Reformation by questioning the practices of the Catholic Church | 39 | |
| 8156004382 | Justinian | Byzantine ruler who re-codified laws for all citizens | 40 | |
| 8156004384 | Jesuits | religious group who came out of the Reformation that followed the Bible strictly and set up schools of religious learning | 41 | |
| 8156004385 | printing press | credited to be invented by Johannes Gutenberg; helped to spread religious thought because everyone could get the information | 42 | |
| 8156004387 | 95 Theses | Arguments written by Martin Luther against the Catholic church | 43 | |
| 8156391182 | Caste System | A rigid social class system in Hinduism | 44 | |
| 8156399405 | Tang Dynasty | dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 CE | 45 | |
| 8156411974 | mita | Requirement for all Incan subjects to work for the state a certain number of days each year | 46 | |
| 8156416530 | Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler who wrote about his journeys in the Islamic world | 47 | |
| 8156423230 | Pope Urban II | Called for the First Crusade | 48 | |
| 8156431435 | astrolabe | an instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the positions of stars | 49 | |
| 8156435653 | Columbian Exchange | The transfer of goods, crops, and diseases between New and Old World societies after 1492 | 50 | |
| 8156438287 | Christopher Columbus | Italian explorer who sailed to the Caribbean trying to find a western route to Asia | 51 | |
| 8156442169 | reconquista | The effort by Christian leaders to drive the Muslims out of Spain | 52 | |
| 8156447381 | magnetic compass | Chinese invention that aided navigation by showing which direction was north | 53 | |
| 8156456223 | Indian Ocean Trade | The complex network of trade routes that spanned the Indian Ocean | 54 | |
| 8156473519 | labor specialization | the division of jobs and skills in a society | 55 | |
| 8156493711 | Humanism | Philosophy that celebrates human cultural achievements and emphasizes human reason and ethics | 56 | |
| 8156500624 | Five Pillars | Declaration of faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage | 57 | |
| 8156529969 | Ancient Egypt | Ancient civilization located primarily along the Nile River | 58 | |
| 8156532467 | polytheism | belief in many gods | 59 | |
| 8156550445 | Seleucid Empire | The empire in Syria, Persia, and Bactria after the breakup of Alexander's empire | 60 | |
| 8156557895 | Ptolemaic Empire | The empire in the Egyptian area after the breakup of Alexander's empire | 61 | |
| 8156587092 | Venice | An Italian city that by 1000 C.E. emerged as a major center of Mediterranean trade | 62 | |
| 8156656847 | champa rice | Quick-maturing rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season | 63 |
