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| 65516351 | Paleolithic Culture | Hunter- gatherer groups, Nomadic, Animism | 0 | |
| 65516352 | Neolithic Culture | Agriculture, Village life | 1 | |
| 65516353 | Civilazation | Complex Highly Organized Social System | 2 | |
| 65516354 | Sumerian Civilization | River Valley Civilization- social hierarchy, polytheistic, cuneiform, sad afterlife | 3 | |
| 65516355 | Code of Hammarabi | Code of laws carved on pillars, Eye for eye tooth for tooth | 4 | |
| 65516356 | Egyptian Civilization | A second center of civilization in northern Africa along the Nile River, benefiting from the trade and technological influence of Mesopotamia, but developed a very different society and culture. | 5 | |
| 65516357 | Hittites | A people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. With wealth from the trade in metals and military power based on chariot forces, the hittites vied with New Kingdom Egypt over Syria | 6 | |
| 65516358 | Persian Empire | extended from India to Greece and help introduce the ideas of organization and importance of toleration and roads | 7 | |
| 65516359 | Hebrews | known as Israelites--lived in Canaan--belief in one God --leading prophet is Abraham | 8 | |
| 65516360 | Indus Valley Civilazation | where Hinduism began when the Aryans and the indigenous group formed a religion that contained many different relifions | 9 | |
| 65516361 | Aryans | Indo-European speaking nomads who entered India from the Central Asian steppes between 1500 and 1000 BC and greatly affected Indian society. | 10 | |
| 65516362 | Mandate of Heaven | a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source | 11 | |
| 65516363 | 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. | 12 | |
| 65516364 | Chavin | First major urban civilization in South America. Capital is de Huantar, was located in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Has 2 distinct ecological zones, the Peruvian Costal Plain and the Andean Foothills | 13 | |
| 65516365 | Bantu Migration | the movement of the bantu peoples southward throghout africa, spreading their language and culture, from around 500 b.c. to around A.D 1000 | 14 | |
| 65516366 | Mauryan Dynasty | first ruler was Chandragupta Maurya; unified much of the entire subcontinent; large armies with thousands of chariots and elephant borne troops; developed a substantial bureaucracy with a postal service; autocratic government | 15 | |
| 65516367 | Gupta Dynasty | 500 years after Mauryans, United much of India, Golden age,Learning | 16 | |
| 65516368 | Shihuandi | Chinese Emperor who founded the Qin dynasty and unfied China with a standeriezed system of writing and money, his tomb contained the fabulous "Clay Army" | 17 | |
| 65516369 | Han Dynasty | Silk Road, Civil Service exams, Confucianism | 18 | |
| 65517607 | Persian Wars | A series of wars in the fifth century B.C., in which Greek city-states battled the Persian Empire. Won at the Battle of Persia | 19 | |
| 65517608 | Peloponnesian War | Conflict between Athenian And Spartan Alliances. The war was largely a consequence of Athenian imperialism. Possession of a naval empire allowed Athens to fight a war of attrition. Ultimately, Sparta prevailed because of Athenian errors/Persian $$$ | 20 | |
| 65517609 | Alexander the Great | successor of Philip of Macedon; 1st global empire, but no lasting bureaucracy; spread of Hellenism is greatest achievement | 21 | |
| 65517610 | Roman Republic | 509 BC elected officials ran the city; protected of anyone staying too long; Consuls; Senate; Tribunes; Checks and balances; written laws; forum | 22 | |
| 65517611 | Punic Wars | a series of three wars between Rome and Carthage, resulted in the destruction of Carthage and Rome's dominance in the western Mediterranean | 23 | |
| 65517612 | Pax Romana | A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180. | 24 | |
| 65517669 | Silk Road | Created under Shihuangdi and extended to the mediteanean | 25 |
