2116998710 | Agriculture | A way if producing food in one area by planting and picking crops. Make people able to stay in one place | 0 | |
2117003335 | Agrarian | Cultivation of land | 1 | |
2117004583 | Bands/clans | Groups of nomadic people | 2 | |
2117006133 | Barbarian | Evil nomadic people who often raged havoc on early civilizations | 3 | |
2117009221 | Bureaucracy | Complicated organized form of government with many specialized areas (bureaus) | 4 | |
2134054509 | Civilization | Advanced society | 5 | |
2134058794 | City-states | Small civilization based around one city which is not connected to any other civilization | 6 | |
2134059564 | Classical | Normal average | 7 | |
2134065820 | Domestication | The use of animals for farming needs over a long time making the animals docile | 8 | |
2134067088 | Economy | The amount of money a civilization has | 9 | |
2134068259 | Egalitarian | Equal | 10 | |
2134069772 | Emperor | Highest ruler in a civilization | 11 | |
2134071997 | Empire | Large civilization run by an emperor | 12 | |
2134075671 | Feudalism | Small time farmers working under larger owners paying part of their work to said owners | 13 | |
2134077090 | Foraging | Creating and conquesting a new land | 14 | |
2134080224 | Hierarchy | Organization with one at the top and one at the bottom | 15 | |
2134081351 | Hierarchal | A society with a hierarchy system | 16 | |
2134085813 | Hunter gatherer | The system of getting food before farming were men hunter animals and women gathered nuts and berries | 17 | |
2136069017 | Irrigation | A system of water dispersal through a field to be able to farm | 18 | |
2136071260 | Monarchy | A government with one central royal ruler | 19 | |
2136073400 | Monotheism | A religion consisting of only one god | 20 | |
2136081074 | Neolithic | New Stone Age, an era of basic agriculture and society's | 21 | |
2136082517 | Nomadic | People who wander the land in search of food | 22 | |
2136086089 | Pastoral | Wanderers who also domesticated animals for milk and food | 23 | |
2136088180 | Paleolithic | Old sting age, hunter gatherer age | 24 | |
2136091291 | Philosophy | The study of abstract thought | 25 | |
2136092830 | Polytheism | A religion with multiple gods | 26 | |
2136094493 | River Valley | The area around the banks if a river | 27 | |
2136095363 | Sedentary | Life in one place | 28 | |
2136096652 | Settlement | Settling or becoming sedentary | 29 | |
2136102175 | Subsistence | Supporting each other | 30 | |
2136108019 | Surplus | Excess amount of something | 31 | |
2136112586 | Theocracy | Government where god is recognized as supreme ruler | 32 | |
2136113728 | Traditional | Classic a custome | 33 | |
2136115471 | Urbanization | The creation of large cities | 34 | |
2136117407 | Vassals | Workers who farmed under a owner or lord | 35 | |
2136119362 | Alexander the Great | War hero united the areas of Greece | 36 | |
2136123938 | Analects of Confucius | Basis for Confucianism which speak on equality and living a life of not wanting | 37 | |
2136126116 | Bronze Age | The age of advancing tools by the use of bronze | 38 | |
2136131476 | Byzantium | The city which later becomes known as Constantinople | 39 | |
2136133262 | Calendar | A way of documenting days | 40 | |
2136137667 | Code of Hammurabi | First law code in Mesopotamia which taught equality and demanded fair trial | 41 | |
2136139508 | Cuneiform | Ancient Mesopotamian writing style | 42 | |
2136141812 | Democracy | Government based upon equality | 43 | |
2136150491 | Eightfold path | Founding principle of Buddhism which leads from suffering to awakening | 44 | |
2136153263 | Four noble truths | Teaching of Buddhism | 45 | |
2136158072 | Gothic migrations | Migration of people from Northern Europe south to as far as India | 46 | |
2139874365 | Indian Ocean trade | Trade by ship from Europe to Asia through the Indian Ocean huge trade route | 47 | |
2139877894 | Iron Age | After the Bronze Age a stronger type of metal was created which made advancements in tools and weaponry | 48 | |
2139882673 | Jewish Diaspora | Jewish migration away from their homeland | 49 | |
2139889793 | Legalism | A form of government law which emphasized respect to elders and to the law | 50 | |
2139892850 | Pyramids | Tombs for Pharaohs | 51 | |
2139896125 | Shang civilization | First large dynasty of china at the time of confusions and the basis of legalism | 52 | |
2139899100 | Shi Huang di | Warrior king who took rule from the Shang for the Zhou | 53 | |
2139901559 | Siddhartha Gautama | ... | 54 | |
2139902877 | The Vedas of Hinduism | The basis of Hinduism | 55 | |
2139908842 | Xiongnu | Nomadic people of Central Asia | 56 | |
2139909673 | Ziggurats | Temples in Mesopotamia | 57 |
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