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| 4717144579 | Civilization | cultural group with advanced cities, complex institutions, skilled workers, advanced technology, and a system of recordkeeping | 0 | |
| 4717144580 | Climate | the pattern of temperature and precipitation over a period of time | 1 | |
| 4717144818 | Cultural Diffusion | the transmission of ideas and products from one culture to another | 2 | |
| 4717144820 | Independent Invention | development of same cultural trait or pattern in a separate culture because of comparable needs and circumstances | 3 | |
| 4717144821 | Monsoon | a seasonal wind | 4 | |
| 4717146943 | Steppe | a dry grassland | 5 | |
| 4717155952 | Agricultural Revolution | transition from foraging to the cultivation of food occurring about 8000 - 2000 BCE | 6 | |
| 4717155953 | Animism | the belief that spirits inhabit the features of nature | 7 | |
| 4717155954 | Artifact | an object made by human hands | 8 | |
| 4717156187 | Foraging | a term for hunting and gathering | 9 | |
| 4717156188 | Neolithic Age | new Stone Age | 10 | |
| 4717156556 | Neolithic Revolution | same as the Agricultural Revolution | 11 | |
| 4717156557 | Paleolithic Age | old Stone Age | 12 | |
| 4717157014 | Pastoralism | the practice of herding | 13 | |
| 4717157248 | Slash-and-Burn Cultivation | an agricultural method in which farmers clear fields by cutting and burning trees, then use the ashes as fertilizer | 14 | |
| 4717158375 | Specialization of Labor | the division of labor that aids the development of skills in a particular type of work | 15 | |
| 4725838564 | Covenant | agreement; in the Judeo-Christian heritage, an agreement between God and humankind | 16 | |
| 4725839151 | Cuneiform | a system of writing originating in Mesopotamia in which a wedge-shaped stylus was used to press symbols into clay | 17 | |
| 4725839152 | Diaspora | the exile of an ethic or racial group from their homeland | 18 | |
| 4725839153 | Hieroglyphics | a system of picture writing used in Egypt | 19 | |
| 4725839376 | Jati | one of the many subcastes in the Hindu caste system | 20 | |
| 4725839377 | Mandate of Heaven | the concept developed by the Zhou dynasty that the deity granted a dynasty the right to rule and took away that right if the dynasty did not rule wisely | 21 | |
| 4725839830 | Matrilineal | referring to a social system in which descent and inheritance are traced through the mother | 22 | |
| 4725839831 | Monotheism | the belief in one god | 23 | |
| 4725839832 | Oracle Bones | animal bones or shells used by Chinese priests to receive messages from the gods | 24 | |
| 4725840431 | Patriarchal | pertaining to a social system in which the father is the head of the family | 25 | |
| 4725840432 | Pharaoh | an Egyptian monarch | 26 | |
| 4725855505 | Polytheism | the belief in many gods | 27 | |
| 4725855835 | Quetzalcòatl | Mesoamerican god who would someday return to rule his people in peace | 28 | |
| 4725857813 | Ten Commandments | moral laws of the Hebrews | 29 | |
| 4725857814 | Theocracy | a government ruled by God or by church leaders | 30 | |
| 4725857815 | Torah | the first five books of the Jewish scriptures | 31 | |
| 4725857819 | Untouchables | the social division in Hindu society that fell in rank below the caste system; it was occupied by those who carried out undesirable occupations such as undertaking, butchering, and waste collection | 32 | |
| 4725857820 | Varna | a caste in the Hindu caste system | 33 | |
| 4725857821 | Vedas | the oral hymns to the Aryan deities, later written down, that formed the basis of the Hindu beliefs during the Vedic Age (1500 - 500 BCE) | 34 | |
| 4725857822 | Yahweh | the god of the Jews | 35 | |
| 4725858062 | Ziggurat | a multi-tiered pyramid constructed by Mesopotamians | 36 | |
| 4734801943 | Alexander the Great | king of the ancient Greek kingdom | 37 | |
| 4734801944 | Aristocracy | rule by a privileged heredity class or nobility | 38 | |
| 4734801965 | Aristotle | Greek philosopher and scientist | 39 | |
| 4734802085 | Artisan | a craftsman | 40 | |
| 4734802086 | Democracy | a political system in which the people rule | 41 | |
| 4734802087 | Dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family | 42 | |
| 4734802590 | Geocentric Theory | the belief held by many before the Scientific Revolution that the Earth is the center of the universe | 43 | |
| 4734802591 | Hellenistic Age | the era (c. 323 - 30 B.C.E.) in which Greek culture blended with Persian and other Eastern influences spread throughout the former empire of Alexander the Great | 44 | |
| 4734802592 | Indo-Europeans | a group of seminomadic peoples, who, around 200 B.C.E., began to migrate from central Asia to India, Europe, and the Middle East | 45 | |
| 4734802713 | Mystery Religion | during the Hellenistic Age, religions that promised their faithful followers eternity in a state of bliss | 46 | |
| 4734802714 | Pax Romana | the Roman Peace; the period of prosperity and stability throughout the Roman Empire in the first two centuries C.E. | 47 | |
| 4734802715 | Polis | a Greek city-state | 48 | |
| 4734802716 | Sati | the custom among the higher castes of Hinduism of a widow throwing herself on the burning funeral pyre of her husband | 49 | |
| 4734802818 | Silk Roads | caravan routes and sea lanes between China and the Middle East | 50 | |
| 4734802819 | Stoicism | the most popular Hellenistic philosophy; it involved strict discipline and an emphasis on helping others | 51 | |
| 4734802820 | Twelve Tables | the codification of Roman law during the republic | 52 | |
| 4734803015 | Zoroastrianism | an ancient Persian religion that emphasized a struggle between good and evil and rewards in the afterlife for those who chose to follow a good life | 53 | |
| 4771063133 | Analects | collection of short literary or philosophical extracts | 54 | |
| 4771063862 | Animism | the belief that spirits inhabit the features of nature | 55 | |
| 4771064718 | Bodhisattvas | Buddhist holy men who accumulated spiritual merits during their lifetime; Buddhists prayed to them in order to receive some of their holiness | 56 | |
| 4771064719 | Brahmin | a member of the social class of priests in Aryan society | 57 | |
| 4771065737 | Dharma | the position in the Hindu caste system that was determined by one's birth | 58 | |
| 4771065930 | Disciple | a personal follower of Jesus during his life | 59 | |
| 4771065931 | Edict of Milan | a document that made Christianity one of the religion | 60 | |
| 4771065932 | Filial Piety | in China, respect for one's parents and other elders | 61 | |
| 4771065933 | Karma | in Hindu tradition, the goods or evil deeds done by a person | 62 | |
| 4771066225 | Messiah | the promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible | 63 | |
| 4771066226 | Moksha | in Hindu belief, the spirit's liberation from the cycle of reincarnation | 64 | |
| 4771066228 | New Testament | the portion of the Christian Bible that contains the Gospels that relate the account of Jesus; letters from the followers of Jesus to the early Christian churches and the Book of Revelation, a prophetic text | 65 | |
| 4771066567 | Nirvana | in Buddhism, a state of perfect peace that is the goal of reincarnation | 66 | |
| 4771066568 | Pope | the head of the Roman Catholic Church | 67 | |
| 4771066569 | Reincarnation | rebirth; a belief of both Hinduism and Buddhism | 68 | |
| 4771067070 | Yin and Yang | in ancient Chinese belief, the opposing forces that bring balance to both nature and life | 69 | |
| 4780529881 | Hsiung-nu | confederation of nomadic people who inhabited the Asian Steppe | 70 | |
| 4780529882 | Huns | nomadic people who lived in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia | 71 | |
| 4780529883 | Latifundia | large landholdings in the Roman Empire | 72 | |
| 4792313633 | Allah | the god of the Muslims; Arabic word for "god" | 73 | |
| 4792313634 | Arabesque | an ornamental design consisting of intertwined flowing lines, originally found in Arabic or Moorish decoration. | 74 | |
| 4792313635 | Astrolabe | a navigational instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars | 75 | |
| 4792314538 | Battle of Tours | the 732 battle that halted the advance of Muslim armies into Europe at a point in northern France | 76 | |
| 4792314539 | Caliph | the chief Muslim political and religious leader | 77 | |
| 4792314540 | Dar al-Islam | the House of Islam; a term representing the political and religious unity of the various Islamic groups | 78 | |
| 4792314612 | Five Pillars | five practices required of Muslims: faith, prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage | 79 | |
| 4792315483 | Hadith | a collection of the sayings and deeds of Muhammad | 80 | |
| 4792315484 | Hajj | the pilgrimage to the Ka'aba in Mecca required once of every Muslim who was not limited by health or financial restrictions | 81 | |
| 4792315485 | Harem | a household of wives and concubines in the Middle East, Africa, or Asia | 82 | |
| 4792315486 | Hijrah | the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina; the first year in the Muslim calendar | 83 | |
| 4792316268 | Jihad | Islamic holy war | 84 | |
| 4792316269 | Ka'aba | a black stone or meteorite that became the most revered shrine in Arabia before the introduction of Islam; situated in Mecca, it later was incorporated in the Islamic faith | 85 | |
| 4792317715 | Mamluks | Turkic military slaves who formed part of the army of the Abbasid Caliphate in the ninth and tenth centuries; they founded their own state in Egypt and Syria from the thirteenth to the early sixteenth centuries | 86 | |
| 4792318840 | Minaret | a tower attached to a mosque from which Muslims are called to worship | 87 | |
| 4792318841 | Mosque | the house of worship of followers of Islam | 88 | |
| 4792318842 | Muslim | "One who submits"; a follower of Islam | 89 | |
| 4792318843 | People of the Book | a term applied by Islamic governments to Muslims, Christians, and Jews in reference to the fact that all three religions had a holy book | 90 | |
| 4792319976 | Quran | the holy book of Islam | 91 | |
| 4792319977 | Ramadan | the holy month of Islam which commemorates the appearance of the angel Gabriel to Muhammad; fasting is required during this month | 92 | |
| 4792324495 | Shariah | the body of law that governs Muslim society | 93 | |
| 4792324496 | Shi'ite | the branch of Islam that holds that the leader of Islam must be a descendant of Muhammad's family | 94 | |
| 4792329110 | Sufis | Muslims who attempt to reach Allah through mysticism | 95 | |
| 4792329111 | Sultan | an Islamic ruler | 96 | |
| 4792330286 | Sunni | the branch of Islam that believes that the Muslim community should select its leaders; the Sunnis are the largest branch of Islam | 97 | |
| 4792330287 | Umma | the community of all Muslim believers | 98 | |
| 4792330288 | Zakat | obligatory payment made annually under Islamic law on certain kinds of property and used for charitable and religious purposes | 99 |
