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| 278241732 | Confucianism | parallel between family and state benevolence toward all humanity hierarchy | 0 | |
| 278241733 | Legalism | human nature is essentially wicked and people behave in orderly fashion only if compelled by strict laws and punishments personal freedom sacrificed for good of the state | 1 | |
| 278241734 | Daoism | during the Warring States Period founder- Laozi follow the Dao (path)- accept the world as you find it, avoid useless struggles | 2 | |
| 278241735 | Analects | collections of sayings of Confucius | 3 | |
| 278241736 | Pastoralism | way of life dependent on large herds of grazing livestock | 4 | |
| 278241737 | Cuneiform | form of writing combination of strokes and wedges with reeds | 5 | |
| 278241738 | Hammurabi Code | inscribed on a black stone pillar provided judges with lengthy set of examples illustrating principles to be used in a case harsh | 6 | |
| 278248834 | Mandate of Heaven | started during Zhou ruler is chosen by supreme deity proof of divine favor was prosperity and stability of kingdom, right to rule could be withdrawn | 7 | |
| 278248835 | civilization | settled agricultural life cities as administrative centers political system based on defined territory, not kinship people engaged in specialized, non-food-producing act monumental building | 8 | |
| 278248836 | Paleolithic | old stone age | 9 | |
| 278248837 | Neolithic | new stone age | 10 | |
| 278248838 | Monotheism | belief in one god ex. Yahweh | 11 | |
| 278248839 | Polytheism | belief in multiple gods ex. Egypt | 12 | |
| 278248840 | Domestication | developing varieties that fit people's needs plants (wheat, maize, barely, millet) animals (dog, sheep, goat ,cattle) | 13 | |
| 278248841 | pyramid | series of stone platforms laid one on top of the other ex. Egypt (for tombs) | 14 | |
| 278248842 | Ziggurat | multistory, mud-brick, pyramid shaped tower approached by ramps and stairs function and symbolic meaning still unclear the focus of the temple Mesopotamia | 15 | |
| 278248843 | Megaliths | "big stones" relate to religious beliefs ex. Stonehenge, Egypt, Middle East, America | 16 | |
| 278248844 | Cataract | waterfalls ex. six on the Nile River | 17 | |
| 278248845 | Hittites | Anatolia, speakers of Indo-European Language relations with Ahhijawa (Achaean)- sometimes friendly, sometimes strained first to develop technique for making tools and weapons | 18 | |
| 278248846 | Ramses II | greatest of Ramessides monarchs after Akhenaten undertook monumental building projects fathered 100+children | 19 | |
| 278248847 | Shamans | communicated with supernatural forces, received predictions of the future women ex. China | 20 | |
| 278248848 | Tutankhaman | boy-king, immediate successor of Akhenaten only royal tomb found not pillaged by robbers | 21 | |
| 278248849 | Hatshepsut | served as regent for her young stepson after Pharaoh Tuthmosis II died, then claimed the royal title for herself dressed like men sent naval expedition down Red Sea to Punt some opposed to women rule-after death, her image was defaced, name was blotted out | 22 | |
| 278248850 | Akhenaten | real name-Amenhotep tried to spread his belief in Aten as supreme deity closed other temples- challenged chief god Amon new style of art-fluid after death- temples reopened, Amon reinstated as chief god, capital returned to Thebes (from Amarna) | 23 | |
| 278248851 | Hykosos | possessed military technology-advantage over Egyptians, dominated much of Egypt around 1640 BCE intermarried, assimilated native ways, used Egyptian language, culture, but still seen as foreigners | 24 | |
| 278248852 | Mass Deportation | forcibly uprooting entire communities, resettling them elsewhere broke spirit of rebellious people used on unprecedented scale by Assyrian Empire | 25 | |
| 278433542 | Diaspora | dispersion, scattering-Greek word Jew of Israel _____ communities developed institutions like the synagogue (communal meeting place) | 26 | |
| 278433543 | King David | oversaw Israel's transition from tribal confederacy to unified monarchy strengthened royal authority by making Jerusalem the capital brought the Ark to Jerusalem (religious and political center) census (facilitated collection of taxes), standing army, his son was Solomon | 27 | |
| 278433544 | city-state | self-governing urban center and agricultural territories it controlled uncultivated land served as buffers- Mesopotamia ex. Phoenicians- Byblos, Tyre- trade centers | 28 | |
| 278433545 | Knossos Palace | Minoan civilization, on Crete shows widespread trading connections Egyptian, Syrian, and Mesopotamian influences | 29 | |
| 278433546 | Minoan | civilization on island of Crete housed first European civilization with complex political and social structures legend of King Minos; he ruled vast naval empire, kept Minotaur in a labyrinth Linear A writing- not deciphered no identifiable representations of Cretan rulers- different conception of authority than Middle East kings | 30 | |
| 278433547 | Frescoes | paintings done on moist plaster surface ex. walls of Cretan palaces | 31 | |
| 278433548 | Mycenaean | Agamemnon- king of Mycenae shaft graves found- bodies of men, women, children borrowed Minoan idea of palace, centralized economy, administration, bureaucracy Linear B- deciphered took over Knossos in Crete thick fortification walls seafaring- long-distance contact and trade tough, warlike, acquisitive- conflict with Hittite kings | 32 | |
| 278433549 | Homer | wrote Iliad and the Odyssey lived shortly before 700 BCE | 33 | |
| 278433550 | Trojan Wars | written about by Homer mid 12c BCE Helen of Troy- most beautiful women in the world- face that launched 1000 ships Trojan Horse defeated Troy | 34 | |
| 278433551 | Covenant | pact between Yahweh and the Israelite they became his "Chosen People" and he is to be worshiped exclusively Moses's time | 35 | |
| 278433552 | King Solomon | alliances and trade Queen of Sheba visited ______- she brought gold, precious stones, spices built First Temple in Jerusalem-strengthened link between religious and secular authorial after death, kingdom split: Israel (north), and Judah (south) | 36 |
