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| 4737593921 | Paleolithic age | Stone Age, is the longest period of human history. The end of this period is traditionally positioned some 10,000 years ago | 0 | |
| 4737593922 | Neolithic age | New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC | 1 | |
| 4737593923 | Homo sapiens | the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong, dependence upon language and the creation and utilization of complex tools. | 2 | |
| 4737593924 | Homo erectus | an extinct species of the human lineage,having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face. | 3 | |
| 4737593925 | Neolithic revolution | a fundamental change in the way people lived. The shift from hunting & gathering to agriculture led to permanent settlements, the establishment of social classes, and the eventual rise of civilizations. | 4 | |
| 4737593926 | Hunting and gathering | rely primarily or exclusively on hunting wild animals, fishing, and gathering wild fruits, berries, nuts, and vegetables to support their diet. | 5 | |
| 4737593927 | Agriculture | practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products. | 6 | |
| 4737593928 | Catal Huyuk | a 32-acre Neolithic site in south-central Turkey, dated c6500-5500 b.c., one of the first true cities, characterized by a fully developed agriculture and extensive trading | 7 | |
| 4737593929 | Bronze Age | a period in the history of humankind, following the Stone Age and preceding the Iron Age, during which bronze weapons and implements were used. | 8 | |
| 4737593930 | Nomads | a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place | 9 | |
| 4737593931 | Culture | the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc. | 10 | |
| 4737593932 | Civilization | an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached. | 11 | |
| 4737593933 | Mesopotamia | an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq. | 12 | |
| 4737593934 | Sumerians | people of an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states | 13 | |
| 4737593935 | Cuneiform | the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets | 14 | |
| 4737593936 | Fertile crescent | is the region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape, from the Persian Gulf, through modern-day southern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and northern Egypt. | 15 | |
| 4737593937 | Ziggurats | a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel | 16 | |
| 4737593938 | City-state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state | 17 | |
| 4737593939 | Babylonians | an inhabitant of Babylon or Babylonia. | 18 | |
| 4737593940 | Hammurabi | the sixth king of the Amorite First Dynasty of Babylon, assumed the throne from his father, Sin-Muballit, and expanded the kingdom to conquer all of ancient Mesopotamia. | 19 | |
| 4737593941 | Pharaoh | King of Egypt | 20 | |
| 4737593942 | Pyramids | structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt | 21 | |
| 4737593943 | Nile River | originating in central Africa and flowing north to the Mediterranean Sea, with its delta in Egypt | 22 | |
| 4737593944 | Tigris-Euphrates Rivers | forms the delta of the Shatt-al-Arab, which flows into the Persian Gulf: part of a canal and irrigation system as early as 2400 bc, with many ancient cities | 23 | |
| 4737593945 | Kush | an ancient Nubian kingdom situated on the confluences of the Blue Nile, White Nile and River Atbara | 24 | |
| 4737593946 | Indus River | rising in the Himalayas and flowing northwest through Kashmir, then southwest across Pakistan to the Arabian Sea: important throughout history, esp for the Indus Civilization (about 3000 to 1500 bc), and for irrigation | 25 | |
| 4737593947 | Harappa | site of successive cities of the Indus valley civilization | 26 | |
| 4737593948 | Aryans | people speaking an Indo-European language who invaded northern India in the 2nd millennium BC | 27 | |
| 4737593949 | Vedas | ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit and containing hymns, philosophy, and guidance on ritual for the priests of Vedic religion | 28 | |
| 4737593950 | Mahabarata | Sanskrit epic principally concerning the dynastic struggle and civil war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the kingdom of Kurukshetra about the 9th century BC | 29 | |
| 4737593951 | Ramayana | Sanskrit epics of the Hindus, composed circa 300 bc. It describes how Rama, aided by his brother and the monkey Hanuman, rescued his wife Sita from Ravana | 30 | |
| 4737593952 | Upanishads | sacred treatises written in Sanskrit circa 800-200 BC, expounding the Vedas in predominantly mystical and monistic terms. | 31 | |
| 4737593953 | Huang he River | is sometimes called "China's Sorrow" because of the devastating floods that once occurred regularly in its lower course. Yellow River | 32 | |
| 4737593954 | Ideographic | is something that uses a symbol to describe it without a word or sound | 33 | |
| 4737593955 | Shang | a Chinese dynasty traditionally dated 1766-1122 b.c. and known especially for bronze work | 34 | |
| 4737593956 | Olmec | prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico ( circa 1200-400 BC), who established what was probably the first Meso-American civilization | 35 | |
| 4737593957 | Chavin de Huantar | Chavín de Huántar is an archaeological site containing ruins and artifacts constructed beginning at least by 1200 BC and occupied by later cultures until around 400-500 BC | 36 | |
| 4737593958 | Phoenicians | a people who prospered from trade and manufacturing until the capital, Tyre, was sacked by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. | 37 | |
| 4737593959 | Monotheism | religion based on worshiping one God | 38 | |
| 4737593960 | Diffusion | the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another | 39 | |
| 4737593961 | Shi Huangdi | First Chinese Emperor. A ruler from the western state of Qin united and subjugated the Warring States and formed China in 221 B.C. He declared himself the first emperor of China | 40 | |
| 4737593962 | Qin | the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall | 41 | |
| 4737593963 | Han | the second imperial dynasty of China. Founded in 206 BC when the rebel leader Liu Bang successfully ended the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty lasted for four centuries and is considered a golden age in Chinese history | 42 | |
| 4737593964 | Zhou | (1046-256 BCE) was the longest-lasting of China's dynasties. It followed the Shang Dynasty | 43 | |
| 4737593965 | Warring States | Period when the region of the Zhou Dynasty was divided between 8 states. These states had frequent wars until 221 BC | 44 | |
| 4737593966 | Great Wall | wall extending for fifteen hundred miles across northern China. Built to defend the Chinese border in ancient times | 45 | |
| 4737593967 | Confucianism | system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct | 46 | |
| 4737593968 | Daoism | a Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-tzu ( fl. 6th century BC), advocating humility and religious piety. | 47 | |
| 4737593969 | Legalism | strict, literal, or excessive conformity to the law or to a religious or moral code | 48 | |
| 4737593970 | Buddha | any of a series of teachers in Buddhism, of whom Gautama was the last, who bring enlightenment and wisdom | 49 | |
| 4737593971 | Alexander the Great | king of Macedonia 336-323: conqueror of Greek city-states and of the Persian empire from Asia Minor and Egypt to India | 50 | |
| 4737593972 | Himalayas | a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest | 51 | |
| 4737593973 | Monsoon | a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia | 52 | |
| 4737593974 | Sanskrit | ancient Indic language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian languages are derived | 53 | |
| 4737593975 | Untouchables | member of the lowest-caste Hindu group or a person outside the caste system. Contact with untouchables is traditionally held to defile members of higher castes | 54 | |
| 4737593976 | Caste system | a class structure that is determined by birth. Loosely, it means that in some societies, if your parents are poor, you're going to be poor, too | 55 | |
| 4737593977 | Varnas | each of the four Hindu castes, Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra. | 56 | |
| 4737593978 | Chandragupta Maurya | king of northern India 322?-298 b.c.: founder of the Maurya empire. | 57 | |
| 4737593979 | Mauryan | A dynasty which ruled northern India 321-circa 184 bc. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya, who introduced a centralized government and uniform script | 58 | |
| 4737593980 | Ashoka | lived from 304 to 232 BCE and was the third ruler of the Indian Mauryan Empire, the largest ever in the Indian subcontinent and one of the world's largest empires at its time | 59 | |
| 4737593981 | Dharma | principle of cosmic order. | 60 | |
| 4737593982 | Kushans | member of an Iranian dynasty that invaded the Indian subcontinent and established a powerful empire in the northwest between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD | 61 | |
| 4737593983 | Guptas | 320 to 550 CE Ancient empire known for peace and prosperity created under the leadership of the Guptas enabled the pursuit of scientific and artistic endeavours. | 62 | |
| 4737593984 | Kautilya | an Indian statesman and philosopher, chief advisor and Prime Minister of the Indian Emperor Chandragupta, the first ruler of the Mauryan Empire. | 63 | |
| 4737593985 | Hinduism | a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, developed from Vedic religion | 64 | |
| 4737593986 | Gurus | spiritual teacher, especially one who imparts initiation | 65 | |
| 4737593987 | Vishnu | second god in the Hindu triumvirate | 66 | |
| 4737593988 | Shiva | one of the three major deities of Hinduism, The Destroyer | 67 | |
| 4737593989 | Nirvana | transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth | 68 | |
| 4737593990 | Reincarnation | the rebirth of a soul in a new body | 69 | |
| 4737593991 | Stupas | dome-shaped structure erected as a Buddhist shrine | 70 | |
| 4737593992 | Hellenistic | relating toa flourish in Greek history, language, and culture from the death of Alexander the Great to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian in 31 BC | 71 | |
| 4737593993 | Loess | a loosely compacted yellowish-gray deposit of windblown sediment of which extensive deposits occur | 72 | |
| 4737593994 | Hieroglyphics | enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing used by Egyptians | 73 | |
| 4737593995 | Economy | wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services | 74 |
