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| 7499045746 | Paleolithic period | old stone age | 0 | |
| 7499045747 | hunting & gathering societies | a human group that depends on hunting and gathering for its survival | 1 | |
| 7499045748 | Neolithic period | The New Stone Age, the final era of prehistory, which began about 9000 B.C. | 2 | |
| 7499045749 | Neolithic Revolution | the shift from hunting of animals and gathering of food to the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis around 8,000 BC | 3 | |
| 7499045751 | nomads | people who wander from place to place | 4 | |
| 7499045752 | 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 | 5 | |
| 7499045753 | specialization | the development of skills in a specific kind of work | 6 | |
| 7499045754 | irrigation | a way of supplying water to an area of land | 7 | |
| 7499045755 | cuneiform | Sumerian writing made by pressing a wedge-shaped tool into clay tablets | 8 | |
| 7499045756 | Sumerians | People who dominated Southern Mesopotamia through the end of the 3rd Millennium BCE. Responsible for the creation of irrigation technology, cunieform, and religious conceptions. | 9 | |
| 7499045757 | ziggurats | temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped | 10 | |
| 7499045758 | polytheism | belief in multiple Gods | 11 | |
| 7499045759 | city-states | Different sections of land owned by the same country but ruled by different rulers | 12 | |
| 7499045760 | Babylonian Empire | Empire in Mesopotamia which was formed by Hammurabi, the sixth ruler of the invading Amorites | 13 | |
| 7499045761 | Hammurabi's Code | A legal code developed by King Hammurabi of Mesopotamia. The code was influential in the establishment of Hebrew and Islamic law and in the U.S. judiciary system. It specified crimes and punishments to help judges impose penalties. | 14 | |
| 7499045762 | 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. | 15 | |
| 7499045763 | pharaoh | the title of the ancient Egyptian kings | 16 | |
| 7499045764 | pyramids | monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs. | 17 | |
| 7499045765 | hieroglyphics | an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds | 18 | |
| 7499045766 | Indus Valley civilization | Also known as Harappan Civilization. An ancient civilization that flourished in the Indus and Ghaggar-Hakra river valleys primarily in what is now Pakistan and western India | 19 | |
| 7499045767 | Mohenjo Daro | Indus Valley city laid out in a grid pattern. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system., One of the first settlements in India | 20 | |
| 7499045768 | Aryans | Nomadic warriors from Central Asia who migrated into India around 1500 BCE. They are responsible for many aspects of current Indian culture including their language, sacred texts called the Vedas, and a system of government that later evolved into the caste system., Group of people who immigrated from Persia or central Asia and settled with the Harrappans in India | 21 | |
| 7499045769 | Huang he/Yellow River civilization | earliest civilization in China, centralized state from the start (political, ideology, ruler thought to connect heaven and earth, culture similar to ancient times) | 22 | |
| 7499045770 | Shang | The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written records (ca. 1750-1027 B.C.E.). Ancestor worship, divination by means of oracle bones, and the use of bronze vessels for ritual purposes were major elements of Shang culture. | 23 | |
| 7499045771 | oracle bones | animal bones carved with written characters which were used for telling the future | 24 | |
| 7499045772 | Phoenicians | Semitic-speaking Canaanites living on the coast of modern Lebanon and Syria in the first millennium B.C.E. Famous for developing the first alphabet, which was adopted by the Greeks. From major cities such as Tyre and Sidon, these merchants and sailors explored the Mediterranean, and engaged in widespread commerce. | 25 | |
| 7499045773 | Jews | followers of judaism | 26 | |
| 7499045774 | monotheism | belief in a single God | 27 | |
| 7499045775 | Chavin | First major urban civilization in South America Good builders Started use of metal in SA | 28 | |
| 7499045776 | pastoralists | nomads who kept herds of livestock on which they depended for most of their food | 29 | |
| 7499045778 | Zhou dynasty | displaced Shang Dynasty; alliances with regional princes and families (feudal system); overtook Yangtze River Valley (Middle Kingdom); invoked the "Mandate of Heaven"; Mandarin Chinese language; Confucious (philosopher) | 30 | |
| 7499045780 | Mandate of Heaven | Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou, was the prerogative of Heaven, the chief deity, to grant power to the ruler of China. | 31 | |
| 7499045784 | Han dynasty | imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization | 32 | |
| 7499045791 | Patriarchy | a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | 33 | |
| 7499045794 | 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, Vedic Sanskrit texts such as the Vedas were composed. | 34 | |
| 7499045795 | Rig-Veda | The first scripture in Hinduism, it has information about spiritual, scientific, and philosophy. | 35 | |
| 7499045796 | Upanishads | A group of writings sacred in Hinduism concerning the relations of humans, God, and the universe, elaborating on the earlier vedas | 36 | |
| 7499045797 | caste system | a set of rigid social categories that determined not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society | 37 | |
| 7499045798 | untouchables | LOWEST LEVEL OF INDIAN SOCIETY; not considered a real part of the caste system; often given degrading jobs; their life was extremely difficult | 38 | |
| 7499045802 | Hinduism | An eastern religion which evolved from an ancient Aryan religion in which followers strive to free their soul from reincarnation until the soul is finally freed. This religion is practiced primarily in India. | 39 | |
| 7499045803 | karma | the force generated by a person's actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life | 40 | |
| 7499045804 | reincarnation | the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of hell) depending on the person's own actions | 41 | |
| 7499045805 | Buddha/Siddhartha Gautama | The Founder of Buddhism. Born an Indian Prince in the 500s BC. Gave up his luxurious life to Meditate and discover The Four Noble Truths. | 42 | |
| 7499045806 | Buddhism | the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth | 43 | |
| 7499045807 | Nirvana | any place of complete bliss and delight and peace | 44 | |
| 7499045826 | 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 | 45 | |
| 7499045827 | Mayan Empire | 2500 BC to 900 AD. Located in southeastern Mexico. Had independent city-states that were unified by culture, religion and trade. Had religious rulers who had cerimonies and made sacrifices to the gods. Charted planets, moon and sun and developed calendar). Economy based on agriculture and trade. | 46 | |
| 7499045829 | Teotihuacan | first major metropolis in Mesoamerica, collapsed around 800 CE. It is most remembered for the gigantic "pyramid of the sun".The first major civilization of central Mexico, this was a city-state whose ruins lie just outside of Mexico City | 47 | |
| 7499045830 | 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. | 48 | |
| 7499045841 | Harappa | Site of one of the great cities of the Indus Valley civilization of the third millennium B.C.E. It was located on the northwest frontier of the zone of cultivation , and may have been a center for the acquisition of raw materials. (p. 48) | 49 | |
| 7499159848 | Nazca | 300 BCE- 600 CE Created Nazca lines Built underground aqueducts Started using alpacas & llamas | 50 | |
| 7499182956 | Australia & New Guinea | Known as Austronesians. Came from SE Asia Australia: Hunt-gather until the 19th/20th century New Guinea: Turned to agriculture 3000 BCE Used outrigger canoes for long distance canoes for travel | 51 |
