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5077153329NeolithicCultivation of plants/animals0
5077168058DomesticationChange of nature for humankind's benefit1
5115423229Fertile CrescentRegion in the middle east2
5115428873TeosinteCorns Ancestor3
5115431132DiffusionSpread of Agriculture techniques4
5115440965Bantu MigrationThe spread of Middle Africa5
5115443266BanpoNeolithic site in the Chinese region6
5115449822Pastoral SocietiesThe Nomadic people, Carers of herds and flocks, they rely animals.7
5115460146Catal HuyukVillage in Southern Anatolia, Turkey8
5115473863Stateless societiesA society that is not governed9
5115486317ChiefdomsInherited positions of power and privileges10
5115535010Broad spectrum DietsHunting And Gathering plants11
5115540993End of Last Ice Age16,000 years ago when human population Increased12
5115542844People of AustrailiaAboriginals, living by hunting and gathering13
5115542845Secondary products RevolutionWhen people developed new uses to their domesticated animals14
5115545762Agriculture RevolutionThe way people evolved and used agriculture to build villages. Paleolithic Era.15
5157895071ChiefdomsOnly the strong minded people became leaders16
5157914709Norte ChicoPre-columbian society now in Peru17
5157921250Indus Valley CivilizationN.W regions of Asia up to Egypt and Mesopotamia18
5157926236Olmec CivilizationPre-columbian people who lived in south-central Mexico19
5157932968UrukAncient city in Babylonia/Sumer20
5157936717Mohenjo DaroOne of the most developed cities21
5157943092Code of HammurabiBabylonian law code that governed the people of Babylonia22
5157958162HammurabiKing of Babylonia23
5157964145PatriarchyA society where men hold the power in the government and woman are excluded24
5157985646Rise of StateCentralization that took place in the First Civilizations25
5158004546Epic of GilgameshPoem from Mesopotamia, from the third dynasty of Ur26
5158012689Flood of the NileProvided flooding that helped and provided the Egyptian Civilization27
5158019919NubiaMajor Iron industry and development of an alphabetical system, civilization in the south of Egypt28
5158049949HyksosA Dynasty who invaded Egypt, Hyksos means "rulers of foreign countries"29
5158076373First civilizationsAndean, Inca, Nubia, Olmec, Indus River, Egyptians, Hyksos, Sumerians, Norte Chico, and Shang Dynasty30
5158090490Mandate of HeavenAn ancient belief and philosophical idea that heaven granted emperors the31
5158204047Earliest cityMohenjodaro32
5158238188Urban RevolutionMerchants, priests, stone carvers and musicians were introduced. Gender roles, Literature and Epics were seen.33
5158295770Hierarchy of classUpper class men owned slaves, places like egypt and rome relied on slaves34
5158345740Hierarchy of genderWomen were not seen as equal compared to men, Men were given more prestigious roles. Women though in some places were seen as gods35
5158455023Persian EmpireDifferent dynasties centered in Persia36
5158463350Athenian DemocracyFirst known Democracy originated in Athens, allowing the citizens to choose their leader37
5158473360Greco-Persian WarsThe wars between the Persians and the Greeks38
5158479618Alexander the GreatPhilip the 2nds son, led people into conquering Egypt, Asia and other big cities39
5158489909Hellenistic EraPhilosophy, technology and literature was huge when greece was split into different kingdoms after Alexanders death40
5158507065Caesar AugustusThe founder of the Roman Empire, ruled it from 27 B.C to 14 A.D41
5158515899Pax RomanaPeace and calmness within the Roman empire42
5158535981Qin Shihuangdiwas the leader of the Qin Dynasty, and China's first emperor.43
5158544757Han DynastyIt was the second Dynasty in China that they successfully conquered44
5158561186Mauryan EmpireChandragupta, took the region of India45
5158579921AshokaGrandson of Chan and conquered the Mauryan Empire, then became a Buddhist and spread his religion across the country46
5158598931GreeksThe Hellenes, like the persians, were Indo-European people. Leader Solon emerged to push the people to a more democratic view. Cleisthenes and Pericles were two reformers.47
5158613392Hellenistic EraThe Macedonian takeover of greece, And the takeover of persia, Alexander was pronounced as Pharaoh in Egypt. Greeks converted to Buddhism48
5158618572The QinQin was pushing the chinese empire east, growing larger with time, the military was brutal, Eventually the Hans took over Qin's empire49
5158627116The Empires fallingChina built a big wall so the others wouldn't invade their city, Rome was falling down, unlike china, who married and gave their daughters to the Nomads for support. Huns were conquering the east of china50
5158631017IndiaThe Aryans slowly invaded the Indus Valley, after the falls of the Roman and Chinese Empires, the people moved south of asia into the region of India, they adapted to the religion of Hinduism. Ashoka eventually was found in India, one of their greatest51
5158645963LegalismStrict adherence, like Monarchy52
5158649915ConfucianismTeaching taught by Confucius, worship53
5158656134Ban ZhaoChinese woman that wrote lessons for others, and pleaded54
5158661065DaoismReligious, philosophical ritual in china55
5158666730VedasOldest hindu literature56
5158669794UpanishadsA major book in Hinduism that is often in the form of dialogues that explored the Vedas and the religious issues that they raised.57
5158671619SiddharthaFounder of Buddhism58
5158673966MahayanaTwo different of buddhism, in china, korea, and japan59
5158675587Bhagavad GitaA book in popular Hinduism that was a response to Buddhism and made reaching moksha way easier.60
5158679687ZoroastrianismThe monotheism pre-Islamic religion founded by Zoroaster61
5158683746JudaismA religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament.62
5158686399Greek rationalismThe thinking and questioning of established ideas that relied not on the gods for reference, claiming that human reason was adequate enough to come up with a rational answer63
5158696093three important greek philosophersAristotle, the star pupil of Plato,(Aristocles) Plato, the rich aristocrat who wrote books and was a gold medal wrestler, and Socrates, the philosopher of the town of Athens.64
5158710356JesusFounder of Christianity, he taught about kindness and love for God. His teachings spread throughout the Roman Empire and the world.65
5158714949Saint PaulA man who is credited with the spread of Christianity throughout the roman empire. Letters that he wrote while under arrest by the Romans make up a large portion of the New testament.66
5158724037Zhou Dynastywas filled with chaos, violence and disharmony, this caused china to come up with other ways to keep order67
5158740390Confucius, a great teacher and left an imprint in Chinese History.68
5158769793Greek LegacyOlympic games, medicine and gods were introduced in that time period69
5158783966Jesus and the BuddhaAfter Confucius, Buddha, Zarathustra, and Socrates, Jesus, a carpenter, was born and was a famous idol in the christian religion, Jesus of Nazareth.70
5158967719InstitutionsMonotheistic states of the church, the hierarchy of gender roles in the church, how the me are supposed to be the higher ones,71
5158991932Wang MangA Han Dynasty court official who usurped the throne and ruled from 8 C.E. to 23 C.E.; noted for his reform movement that included the breakup of large estates72
5158998873scholar-gentry classA term used to describe members of China's land owning families, reflecting their wealth from the land and the privilege that they73
5159003402Yellow Turban RebellionA massive Chinese peasant uprising inspired by Daoist teachings that began in 184 C.E. with the goal of establishing a new golden age of equality and harmony.74
5159006915Caste as varna and jatiSystem of social classes and sub-classes in India75
5159009625Ritual purityHigher class members must limit their contact with the lower class 'gods' and imagery76
5159025024Greek And Roman slaveryIn the greek and Roman world slaves were captives from wars, the Romans became dependent on slavery as a labor system.77
5159033947SpartacusA Roman gladiator who led the most serious slave revolt in Roman history from 73 to 71 B.C.E.).78
5159037935the three obediencesChina's classical era ritual women required to perform in the Han Dynasty in which they symbolically submitted to the authority of men79
5159056094Empress Wuthe only woman to rule China in her own name, expanded the empire and supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty.80
5159059133Aspasia and PericlesBorn to wealthy family, Aspasia was educated then moved to Athens where she met Pericles and they were a couple who treated each other equally81
5159063170helotsSpartan word for their slaves, who were the conquered Messenians82
5159072847The separation of wealth and statusThe different cast, classes or systems separates the woman of the old days, also in India now. The Chinese, Hindu and the Mediterranean separated their social class in which their civilization depended on.83
5159086285Wang MangA respected Han minister who under took a program of reform. Introduced a series of wide-ranging reforms that prompted historians to call him the "socialist emperor" . Most important concerned land reform.84
5159096353'"Great Peace"The "Great Peace" a golden age where equality and peace were seen in the country.85
5159110881Caste as Varnawere different tribes of the Aryan, they were different classes like preachers and warriors and commoners,86
5159128127Caste as JatiThe Jeti were people in their caste that were divided by wealth and class, which they were ranked in Hierarchy. They were huge gaps between the U.C and the L.C ranks.87
5159158811CasteThe caste system was made to separate the different classes of India, whether the natives or foreigners. The Caste system was similar to the bees honeycomb, the different sectors all help each other to make a civilized civilization.88
5159163933SlaverySlavery was one of the most important things in Rome. Wealthy classes depended on slaves to do what the masters told him to, even if it was inappropriate of the slaves to do89
5159168818Patriarchies of the Classical EraWoman were still under the reign of men, no freedom was allowed in the higher classed woman, they were sharply inforced by the men, but the lower class women were free to do burdensome jobs like working in the fields90
5159183856Empress WuEmpress Wu changed the country's political views and let women have a chance in the society's civilization91
5159195987Aspasia and PericlesAspasia and Pericles were a new role mode in the greek community, they showed couple and people in general that both men and women were created equal, but at the same time, the woman should be domesticated by the man in marriage92
5159204017Meroecapital of nubia93
5159206029AxumThe Christian state in Africa that developed its own branch of Christianity, Coptic Christianity, because it was cut off from other Christians due to a large Muslim presence in Africa.94
5159209269Niger Valley civilizationA civilization that developed on the western interior of Africa, south of the Saharan desert.95
5159213000Bantu expansionBantu-speaking people who expanded their territory vastly; acquired iron technology and learned to breed livestock and grow grain crops that were better than their previous yams96
5159220089Maya CivilizationComplex pre-Columbian civilization in Guatemala and the Yucatan. They cultivated corn and had achievements in building and the creation of a numbering system.97
5159224498Teotihuacanfirst major metropolis in Mesoamerica, collapsed around 800 CE. It is most remembered for the gigantic "pyramid of the sun".98
5159226424Chavinthe first major South American civilization, which flourished in the highlands of what is now Peru from about 900 to 200 B.C.99
5159229668MocheCivilization of north coast of Peru (200-700 C.E.). An important Andean civilization that built extensive irrigation networks as well as impressive urban centers dominated by brick temples.100
5159233717Chaco PhenomenonNew Mexico, 5 pueblos, 25,000 miles, roads built but no animals to travel.101
5159242212Cahokiaan ancient settlement of southern Indians,102

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