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7617476263Yellow River CivilizationLocated on Hueng He River about 4000 BCE in what is today modern China0
7617870743eastern Africalocation where migration of homo sapiens began 100,000 years ago1
7617882603Fertile Crescenthome to 1st civilization; based around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; located in the Middle East; 1st civilization known as Mesopotamia, prominent city-sate was Sumer2
7617941153The Sanhunter forager group from Paleolithic era that still live in their original region today3
7617966199Venus Figurinescreated in the paleolithic era about 25,000 years ago and found in modern day Austria4
7617992058Statues of Ain Ghazalfound in an ancient agricultural settlement in modern day Jordan dating back to 7200-5000 BCE5
7618023656Bantu peopleNomadic farmers who used slash-burn farming *migrated to find "farmland" -anyone who spoke bantu; family of languages spoken in central Africa6
7618060730Nile River Civilization1st wave civilization that developed in modern day Egypt7
7618105933Norte ChicoFirst wave civilization (also Caral or Caral-Supe civilization) that included as many as 30 major population centers in what is now north-central coastal Peru8
7618138507Indus Valley CivilizationThe Indus Valley Civilization or Harappan Civilization was a Bronze Age (c. 3300-c. 1700 BCE) civilization mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia, extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India9
7618168292Olmec Civilization1st wave civilization in Mesoamerica from c. 1200 BCE to c. 400 BCE and is considered the forerunner of all subsequent Mesoamerican cultures such as the Maya and Aztecs.10
7618194186Colossal HeadSeventeen were found at four sites along the Gulf Coast of Mexico, within the heartland of the Olmec civilization.11
7618248678Nubiaa region located on the Nile river south of Egypt; ancient kingdom also called Kush; located in what is today northern Sudan and southern Egypt.12
7618277953Ancient Greecethe cradle of Western Civilization and birthplace of Democracy; Athens and Sparta are two of the most well know city-states13
7618302827Persian EmpireGreat empire around 500 BC that stretched from Asia Minor to Egypt to Afghanistan. Modern day Iran14
7618358189Roman Empirestretched from modern day Britain to modern day Iran. Very powerful; Roman conquest spread all around the Mediterranean Sea 27 BCE-476 CE15
7618373380Classical China2nd wave Civilization 1. Zhou Dynasty 2. Qin Dynasty 3. Han Dynasty16
7618389364Mauryan Empire2nd wave civilization, 1st major empire ( c. 326-184 B.C.E.) of south Asia that encompassed most of India. Prominent leader was Ashoka17
7618420689Gupta EmpireAn empire that flourished in south Asia, modern day India from about 320 to 550 C.E. second empire in India, founded by Chandra Gupta18

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