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| 97070923 | Babylonians | semetic group called amorights who developed Babylon Kingdom, conquered Sumer and Akkad, expanded to control water, Hammurabi greatest king. | 0 | |
| 97070924 | 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. | 1 | |
| 97070925 | Zhou dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism. | 2 | |
| 97070926 | Oracle bones | animal bones carved with written characters which were used for telling the future. | 3 | |
| 97070927 | "Sage kings" | Legendary rulers of China c. 2800-c. 2200. Of the three sovereigns and five emperors based in the Huang He (Yellow River) region, Huang-tu (reigned c. 2697 BC) is credited with defeating the barbarians. The era has been associated with the domestication of animals, agricultural development, the gradual replacement of stone implements with bronze, and the formation of larger tribal confederacies. | 4 | |
| 97070928 | Anyang | the ancient Chinese capital of the Shang Dynasty. | 5 | |
| 97070929 | Mandate of Heaven | a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source. | 6 | |
| 97070930 | Nubia | East African trading empire that developed south of Egypt on the Nile River. | 7 | |
| 97070931 | 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. | 8 | |
| 97070932 | Teotihuancan | City-state in South America with the most cultural influence over other settlements htat were spread across great distances. | 9 | |
| 97070933 | Maya | a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy. | 10 | |
| 97070934 | Moche | Civilization 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. | 11 | |
| 97070935 | Chimu | Powerful Peruvian civilization based on conquest. Located in the region earlier dominated by Moche. Conquered by Inca in 1465. | 12 | |
| 97070936 | 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 | |
| 97070937 | Nok culture | earliest known west african culture, farmers, first to smelt iron weapons and tools, traded, believe to have settled in djenne-djenno located near Niger river, also located on important trade routes. | 14 | |
| 97070938 | Zapotecs | Civilization that flourished in southern Mexico's Oaxaca Valley (c. 500 B.C.E. to C.E. 600) -- developed own writting system, architecture modified. | 15 |
