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| 10484272270 | Neolithic Revolution | the transition in human history from a lifestyle of small hunter-gatherer groups to larger agricultural settlements and early civilization (also know as the Agricultural Revolution) | 0 | |
| 10484281058 | Bronze Age | the period of ancient human culture beginning in Mediterranean Europe, the Middle East, and China distinguished by the use of bronze between 4000 and 3000 BC (ended with the Iron Age) | 1 | |
| 10484298218 | Cuneiform | one of the earliest systems of writing, invented by the Sumerians, that used wedged-shape characters impressed on clay tablets, found in Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit | 2 | |
| 10484315364 | City-state | a city and its surrounding territory that forms an independent state | 3 | |
| 10484318417 | Ziggurats | an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower that consisted of a tall pyramid structure built in stages with staircases and a shrine at the top, make from mud and baked brick by the Assyrians and Babylonians | 4 | |
| 10484361412 | Monsoons | the seasonal wind of the Indian ocean and southern Asian, blowing from the SW between May and September also bringing rain (wet monsoons), or from the NE between October and April (dry monsoons) | 5 | |
| 10484376253 | Untouchables/Dalits | a member of the lowest caste Hindu group or a person outside the caste system (if a higher caste system member comes in contact with an untouchable, they are deemed as unpure) | 6 | |
| 10484385555 | Indigenous | the first people or native people who are original inhabitants of a region | 7 | |
| 10484389803 | Reincarnation | **the belief of rebirth in a new body or form after death | 8 | |
| 10484399649 | Zoroastrian | a religion that emerged in the Persian Empires (ancient Iran) that emphasized morality, such as truth telling, purity, and reverence for nature, forced humans to choose between good and evil | 9 | |
| 10484408157 | Nirvana | the final goal of Buddhism in which one reaches a state where there is no suffering, desire, or sense of self and he or she has been released from the effects of karma, the cycle of death, and rebirth | 10 | |
| 10486003258 | Stupa | a dome shaped structure used as a shrine honoring Buddha or a Buddhist saint, seen as sacred | 11 | |
| 10486005515 | Patrilineal | the inheritance or tracing descent through the father's or male line | 12 | |
| 10486008361 | Matrilineal | the inheritance or tracing descent through the mother's or female line | 13 | |
| 10486012208 | Matriarchy | **a family, group, or state governed by a woman or women | 14 | |
| 10486012815 | patriarchy | a system of government or society in which the eldest man is the head of the family and descent is traced through a male line; women are largely excluded from power | 15 | |
| 10486017174 | Cultural Diffusion | the spread of cultural beliefs or social activities from one group of people to another | 16 | |
| 10486020779 | polis | **a city state in Ancient Greece | 17 | |
| 10486022327 | Hellenism | **Greek culture combined with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian ideas, resulting from Alexzander the Great's empire; it flourished from 800-400 BCE | 18 | |
| 10486026656 | Plebian | **the general body of a free Roman citizens who were not Patrician, also know as commoners | 19 | |
| 10486028751 | Patrician | a descendant of one of the original families of Ancient Rome, therefore creating them members of a high rank society | 20 | |
| 10486031463 | Theocracy | a system of government in which priest rule in the name of god | 21 | |
| 10486034533 | Disporia | the dispersion of any group of people from their original homeland Ex: the jews outside of Israel | 22 | |
| 10486037067 | Mandate of Heaven | a rule created by the Zhou stating that there could only be one legitimate ruler of China at a time and he/she must have gods blessing | 23 | |
| 10486043450 | Kami | a sacred power or force in the Shinto religion | 24 | |
| 10486045582 | Infanticide | a person who commits the crime of killing a child within one year of birth | 25 | |
| 10486046755 | Secular | not connected to religious or spiritual beliefs | 26 | |
| 10487188142 | Filial Piety | a term in Confucianism that expresses the importance for kids to respect and care for one's parents and elders | 27 | |
| 10487229140 | Animism | the belief that all natural things, such as animals, plants, and phenomenons possess souls and spirits that influence human events | 28 | |
| 10487234920 | Millet | method of working with religious minorities in Ottoman Empire - millets had a great deal of power - they set their own laws and collected and distributed their own taxes. All that was insisted was loyalty to the Empire. When a member of one millet committed a crime against a member of another, the law of the injured party applied, but the - ruling - Islamic majority being paramount, any dispute involving a Muslim fell under their sharia-based law | 29 |
