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| 204858568 | Hammurabi's Code | sophisticated law code associated with the Babylonian King Hammurabi. | 0 | |
| 204858569 | Indo-Europeans | Tribals groups from Southern Russia who, over a period of millenia, embarked on a series of migrations from India through Western Europe; known for spreading their language throughtout Eurasia. | 1 | |
| 204858570 | Phoenicians | Members of semitic people inhabiting ancient Phoenicia and its colonies. Prospered from trade and manufacturing until the capita, Tyre, was sacked by Alexander the Great. | 2 | |
| 204858571 | Cuneiform | written language of the Sumerians, first in the world | 3 | |
| 204858572 | city-state | urban areas that conctrolled surrounding agricultural regions and that were often loosely connected in a broader political structure with other city-states. | 4 | |
| 204858573 | Hittites | A member of an ancient people who established an Empire in Asia Minor and Syria that flourished. | 5 | |
| 204858574 | Moses | Hebrew lawgiver, probably Egypt. The prototype of the prophets, he led his people in the 13th cent. BCE out of bondage in Egypt. | 6 | |
| 204858575 | Monotheism | Belief in one god | 7 | |
| 204858576 | Polytheism | the belief or worship of more than one god. | 8 | |
| 204858577 | Hebrews | Semitic-speaking nomadic tribe, influential for monotheistic belief in Yaweh. | 9 | |
| 204858578 | Pharaoh | Egyptian kings, believed to be gods. | 10 | |
| 204858579 | Hieroglyphics | Ancient Egyptian written language. | 11 | |
| 204858580 | King Menes | King of Egypt who united Upper and Lower Egypt, thus founding Egypt's first dynasty. | 12 | |
| 204858581 | Queen Harshepsur | meaning Foremost of Noble Ladies, was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Most successful and long reigned pharaohs. | 13 | |
| 204858582 | Rosetta Stone | A black basalt stone found in 1799 that bears an inscription in hieroglyphics, deomotic characters, and Greek is celebrated for having the first clue to the decipherment of Egyptian heiroglyphics. | 14 | |
| 204858583 | Mohenjo-daro | An ancient city of the civilzation of the Indus Valley. Now a major archaeologists site in Pakistan. | 15 | |
| 204858584 | Caste | Each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society. | 16 | |
| 204858585 | Aryans | Indo-European migrants who settled in India after 1500 B.C.E. their union with indigenous Dravidians formed the basis of Hinduism. | 17 | |
| 204858586 | Brahmins | Hindu caste of priests | 18 | |
| 204858587 | Varna | Hindu word for caste | 19 | |
| 204858588 | Vedas | "wisdoms" early collections of prayers and hyms that provide information about the Indo-European Aryans who migrated into India. | 20 | |
| 204858589 | Jati | Indian word for hindu subcaste | 21 | |
| 204858590 | Karma | balance of good bad reflects on person's next life. | 22 | |
| 204858591 | Sati | Indian practice of a widow throwing herself on the funeral pyre of her husband. | 23 | |
| 204858592 | Harrapan | Early brilliant Indian society centered in Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro | 24 | |
| 204858593 | Mokasha | Hindu concept of the salvation of the soul. | 25 | |
| 204858594 | Dravidians | People who produced the brilliant society of Harappan | 26 | |
| 204858595 | Unpanishads | Indians reflections and dialogues that reflect hindu concepts | 27 | |
| 204858596 | Samsara | Hindu term for the concept of transmigration, the soul passing into a new carnation. | 28 | |
| 204858597 | Xia | Early chinese dynasty | 29 | |
| 204858598 | Zhou | Chinese dynasty that was the foundation of the Chinese thought of Confucianism, Daoism. | 30 | |
| 204858599 | Oracle Bones | Chinese Shang dynasty means of fortelling future | 31 | |
| 204858600 | Mandate of Heaven | Chinese belief that their Emperor's were approved by Heaven to rule the people. | 32 | |
| 204858601 | Shang | Chinese dynasty whose capital was present day Anyang. Highly developed social structure | 33 | |
| 204858602 | Dynasty | succession of rulers from the same family or line for generations. | 34 | |
| 204858603 | Loess Soil | Rich fine-grained fertile deposited by wind. | 35 | |
| 204858604 | Steppe Nomads | Lived in Asia, sometimes attacked Advanced Civilization | 36 | |
| 204858605 | Austronesians | people who as early as 2000 BCE began to explore and settle islands of the Pacific Ocean | 37 | |
| 204858606 | Bering Land Bridge | Roughly 1000 miles north and south joined present day Alaska and eastern siberia during Ice Age. | 38 | |
| 204858607 | Maize | Corn | 39 |
