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| 7345931170 | Neolithic Revolution | Shift from nomadic, hunter gatherer society to agricultural society. | 0 | |
| 7345933449 | Early River Valley Agriculture | Reliant on river flooding, prompted need for irrigation | 1 | |
| 7345934998 | Religion in early agricultural societies | Based on natural world | 2 | |
| 7345936755 | Specialization | A non-food producing job, enabled by a food surplus | 3 | |
| 7345937970 | City State | A self governing territory comprised of farmlands surrounding urban areas and had a tendency to argue with one another | 4 | |
| 7345940377 | Hammurabi | Hammurabi's Code, eye for an eye as long as you were in the same class. | 5 | |
| 7345941528 | Anthropomorphic | "In one's own image" used to describe how humans often present gods | 6 | |
| 7345943438 | Cuneiform | Pictorial writing system that took hold in Mesopotamia and partly in Egypt | 7 | |
| 7345944687 | Egyptian Geography | Surrounded by natural borders, Nile provided consistent flooding | 8 | |
| 7345946115 | Mesopotamian Geography | At a continental cross roads, and irregular, sometimes intense flooding would destroy irrigation systems and cause harvest problems. | 9 | |
| 7345949108 | Ma'at | The Egyptian reasoning for the order of the universe, kept in order by the Pharaoh | 10 | |
| 7345951333 | Mohenjo-Daro and Harrapa | 11 | ||
| 7345951334 | Loess | A yellow-green topsoil that gives the Huang He (Yellow River) its color | 12 | |
| 7345953202 | Feng Shui | 13 | ||
| 7345953203 | Mandate of Heaven | Justification for monarchies and dynasties in ancient China, whatever happened was the will of the gods | 14 | |
| 7345955735 | Legalism | Philosophy that states that humans are inherently evil and order is needed to maintain society. | 15 | |
| 7345957525 | Hittites | Anatolian peoples, discovered how to smith iron effectively and attempted to hide the secret | 16 | |
| 7345958632 | Egyptian New Kingdom | Focused on expansion, more prosperous than the middle kingdom | 17 | |
| 7345961326 | Akhenaten | Egyptian pharaoh who attempted to convert Egypt to monotheism and worship Aten | 18 | |
| 7345964370 | Minoans | People who lived on the island of Crete | 19 | |
| 7345965027 | Mycenaeans | "Pre Greeks", mainly pastoralists and used stone age tools. | 20 | |
| 7349201464 | Shaft Graves | Graves found in both Mycenaean and Chinese cultures, contained precious items which speaks to a belief in the afterlife | 21 | |
| 7349207041 | Neo-Assyrian Empire | An empire famous for its brutal military and massive empire. | 22 | |
| 7349209561 | Hebrew Monotheism | The Hebrews were the first significant group to adopt monotheism, and they believed that they were god's chosen people and that all other gods and idols were false. | 23 | |
| 7349212525 | Israel/Judah | The two territories that Israel became when it split. They often fought with each other but were sometimes friendly. | 24 | |
| 7349216224 | Diaspora | The separation/dispersion of the Jews which began in Persia when Cyrus gave them the choice of returning to their holy land or staying in Persia | 25 | |
| 7349220936 | Nebuchadnezzar | The Babylonian king who took Israel and destroyed the temple at Jerusalem. | 26 | |
| 7349226438 | Phoenicians/Carthage | After the Assyrians destroyed some Canaanite cities, City states in that area started to develop civilization which later brought a phonetic writing system and trade that helped connect parts of the Mediterranean. | 27 | |
| 7349235300 | Cyrus the Great | Persian king who conquered more territory than the Persians had ever seen before. He is famous for his tolerance of religion, language, etc. | 28 | |
| 7349238012 | Persian Empire | Very tolerant and briefly prosperous before deflation plagued the empire. | 29 | |
| 7349241592 | Zoroastrianism | First major shift to monotheism. Found mainly in Persia, it was one of the first religions to pick up elements of the "battle between good and evil". | 30 | |
| 7349246314 | Greek Agriculture | Since Greece is mainly mountainous and rocky, the only tradable crops that they grew were olive trees and grape vines. They traded olive oil and wine for necessities. | 31 | |
| 7349251378 | Polis | The greek term for a city | 32 | |
| 7349252903 | Athenian Democracy | Allowed free male citizens to vote, and was very radical at the time. | 33 | |
| 7349255920 | Greek religion/philosophy | Philosophy stood on Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Religion was polytheistic, with gods of nature but often took anthropomorphic forms. Sacrifice was a cornerstone of Greek religion. | 34 | |
| 7349273848 | Athens/Sparta | Athens: Focused on art, science, philosophy, and education for the rich. Women had a very restricted role in the community, staying in the home. Athen was set up as an early version of democracy. Their military achievement was their navy. Sparta: Ridiculously militaristic, boys left for brutal military training at seven. The government was set up as an oligarchy, with elders in charge. Women had a much more prominent role in society, running businesses and owning land. | 35 |
