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| 6722898681 | Hominids | ools. | 0 | |
| 6722898682 | Homo sapiens | A species of the creatures Hominid who have larger brains and to which humans belong, dependent of language and usage of tools. | 1 | |
| 6722898683 | Paleolithic era | called the old stone age (from 10,000 to 2.5 million years ago); they were concerned with food supply; they used stone as well as bone tools; they were nomadic hunters and gatherers. | 2 | |
| 6722898684 | Pastoral society | societies were characterized by the domestication of animals but they usually did not settle down and farm or build towns. | 3 | |
| 6722898685 | Neolithic era (origins) | The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution. | 4 | |
| 6722898686 | Neolithic era (culture) | 5 | ||
| 6722898687 | Bantu Migrations | The movement of the Bantu peoples southward throughout Africa, spreading their language and culture, from around 500 b.c. to around A.D 1000 | 6 | |
| 6722898688 | Bronze Age | a period of human culture between the Stone Age and the Iron Age, characterized by the use of weapons and implements made of bronze | 7 | |
| 6722898689 | Hittites | The group of people who toppled the Babylonian empire and were responsible for two technological innovations--the war chariots and refinement of iron metallurgy. | 8 | |
| 6722898690 | Mesopotamia | The "land between rivers" was home to some of the first empires in human history. It saw the invention of the wheel. | 9 | |
| 6722898691 | Long Distance Trade | 10 | ||
| 6722898692 | Nile River Civilization | 11 | ||
| 6722898693 | Hammurabi's Code | A collection of 282 laws. One of the first (but not THE first) examples of written law in the ancient world. | 12 | |
| 6722898694 | Assyrian Empire | this empire covered much of what is now mesopotamia, syria, palestine, egypt, and anatolia; its height was during the seventh and eigth centuries BCE | 13 | |
| 6722898695 | Iron Metallurgy | Extraction of iron from its ores. allowed for cheaper stronger production of weapons and tools. More abundant than tin and copper | 14 | |
| 6722898696 | Patriarchal Society | a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line, with the children belonging to the father's clan or tribe. | 15 | |
| 6722898697 | Origins of Writing | 16 | ||
| 6722898698 | Hebrews | the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob) | 17 | |
| 6722898699 | Phoenicians | located on eastern Mediterranean coast; invented the alphabet which used sounds rather than symbols like cuneiform | 18 | |
| 6722898700 | Indus River Civilizations | 19 | ||
| 6722898701 | Indo European Languages | Sanskrit Indic language, in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India. | 20 | |
| 6722898702 | Aryans | immigrants who arrived at the Ganges river valley by the year 1000 BC | 21 | |
| 6722898703 | Vedic Age | A period in the history of India; It was a period of transition from nomadic pastoralism to settled village communities, with cattle the major form of wealth. | 22 | |
| 6722898704 | Caste System | The system in old India that seperated the people into social categories, but based mostly on color with the Aryans always on the top of the social pyramid | 23 | |
| 6722898705 | Yellow River Civilization (Xia Dynasty) | A legendary Chinese dynasty that was not believed to exist until relatively recently. Walled towns ruled by area-specific kings assembled armies, built cities, and worked bronze. Created pictograms which would evolve in to the first Chinese script. | 24 | |
| 6722898706 | Shang Dynasty | An early Chinese dynasty. Not a unified Chinese state. Instead rulers and their relatives gave orders through a network of cities. Earliest evidence of Chinese writing comes from this period. | 25 | |
| 6722898707 | Zhou Dynasty | Succeeded the Shang dynasty. Similar to the Shang And Xia dynastic periods in that China was fragmented politically. Yet, despite the lack of true centralization, this was one of the longest Chinese dynasties, lasting about 600 years. It left substantial written records, unlike the preceding dynasties. | 26 | |
| 6722898708 | Mandate of Heaven | a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source | 27 | |
| 6722898709 | Silk Production | 28 | ||
| 6722898710 | Chavin | The first major urban civilization in South America (900-250 B.C.E.). Its capital was located high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Chavin became politically and economically dominant in a densely populated region. | 29 | |
| 6722898711 | Farming and Irrigation | With the invention of this tecnique, lands were able to be farmed that previously could not have been | 30 | |
| 6722898712 | Warring States | the period from 475 BC until the unification of China under the Qin dynasty, characterized by lack of centralized government in China. It followed the Zhou dynasty. | 31 | |
| 6722898713 | Olmecs | (1400 B.C.E. to 500 B.C.E.) earliest known Mexican civilization,lived in rainforests along the Gulf of Mexico, developed calendar and constructed public buildings and temples, carried on trade with other groups.priests/aristocrats were at the top of society, built a ceremonial center, wroshiped the jaguar and werejaguar, best remains are the stone carved heads at la venta, use of calendar, spread through trade, known for art, most important legacy was priestly leadership and devotion | 32 | |
| 6722898714 | Mayan Civilization | 1500 B.C. to 900 A.D. This is the most advanced civilization of the time in the Western Hempishere. Famous for its awe-inspiring temples, pyramids and cities. A complex social and political order. | 33 | |
| 6722898715 | Teotihuacan | first major metropolis in Mesoamerica, collapsed around 800 CE. It is most remembered for the gigantic "pyramid of the sun". | 34 | |
| 6722898716 | Achaemenid Empire | The name of an ancient Persian Empire (c. 550-330 BCE) which was composed of many smaller kingdoms. The realm was divided into twenty-three districts whose administration and taxation was managed by satraps, or subordinate local rulers. | 35 | |
| 6722898717 | Achaemenid Administration | 36 | ||
| 6722898718 | Persian Wars | Conflicts between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire in the 400s BCE. Essentially Perisa--biggest empire in the world at the time--invaded Greece twice with an overwhelming force and lost both times. It contributed heavily to the rise of Athens as a mini-empire and the "golden age" of Athenian culture | 37 | |
| 6722898719 | Classical Persia | Mesopotamian empire that conquered the existing Median, Lydian, and Babylonian empires | 38 | |
| 6722898720 | Economics of Classical Persia | 39 | ||
| 6722898721 | Zoroastrianism | A religion originating in ancient Iran. It centered on a single benevolent deity-Ahuramazda, Emphasizing truth-telling, purity, and reverence for nature, the religion demanded that humans choose sides between good and evil | 40 | |
| 6722898722 | Confucius | Chinese philosopher (circa 551-478 B | 41 | |
| 6722898723 | Confucianism | The 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. | 42 | |
| 6722898724 | Daoism | philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events | 43 | |
| 6722898725 | Influence of Daoism on Chinese Culture | 44 | ||
| 6722898726 | Legalism | Chinese philosophy developed by Hanfeizi; taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws | 45 | |
| 6722898727 | Qin Dynasty | the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall | 46 | |
| 6722898728 | Shi Huangdi | 47 | ||
| 6722898729 | Early Han Dynasty | 48 | ||
| 6722898730 | Emperor Wudi | 49 | ||
| 6722898731 | Fall of Han Dynasty | 50 | ||
| 6722898732 | Mauryan Dynasty | 51 | ||
| 6722898733 | Gupta Dynasty | 52 | ||
| 6722898734 | Jainism | 53 | ||
| 6722898735 | Buddhism | 54 | ||
| 6722898736 | Hinduism | 55 | ||
| 6722898737 | Myceneans | 56 | ||
| 6722898738 | Polis | 57 | ||
| 6722898739 | Sparta | 58 | ||
| 6722898740 | Athens | 59 | ||
| 6722898741 | Sparta | 60 | ||
| 6722898742 | Macedonian Empire | 61 | ||
| 6722898743 | Hellenistic Empire | 62 | ||
| 6722898744 | Olympics | 63 | ||
| 6722898745 | Socrates | 64 | ||
| 6722898746 | Aristotle | 65 | ||
| 6722898747 | Hellenistic Philosophies | 66 | ||
| 6722898748 | Roman Republic | 67 | ||
| 6722898749 | Julius Caesar | 68 | ||
| 6722898750 | Expansion of Roman Empire | 69 | ||
| 6722898751 | Roman Roads | 70 | ||
| 6722898752 | Roman Law | 71 | ||
| 6722898753 | Trade in the Mediterranean | 72 | ||
| 6722898754 | Jesus | 73 | ||
| 6722898755 | Early Christianity | 74 | ||
| 6722898756 | Silk Road | 75 | ||
| 6722898757 | Fall of Roman Empire | 76 | ||
| 6722898758 | Germanic Invasions | 77 | ||
| 6722898759 | Early Byzantine Empire | 78 | ||
| 6722898760 | Justinian's Code | 79 | ||
| 6722898761 | Byzantine Economy and Society | 80 | ||
| 6722898762 | Legacy of Classical Greece | 81 | ||
| 6722898763 | Fall of Byzatine Empire | 82 | ||
| 6722898764 | Byzantium and Russia | 83 | ||
| 6722898765 | Horses on Central Asia | 84 | ||
| 6722898766 | Spread of Epidemic Disease | 85 | ||
| 6722898767 | Lateen Sail | 86 | ||
| 6722898768 | Sternpost Rudder | 87 | ||
| 6722898769 | Dhows | 88 | ||
| 6722898770 | Magnestic Compass | 89 |
