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4824475521Venus FigurinesPrehistoric statues of women0
4824475522Clovis CulturePeople who made a shaft point. Arrows1
4824475523ShamensPeople who were believed to travel to spiritual world.2
4824475524Gobekli TepeAncient structure ceremonial religious use.3
4830279823Fertile CresentAn area located in southwest Asia that was the site of major breakthroughs in agriculture due to the mass variety of wild plants and animals.4
4830279824DiffusionGradual spread of cultural norms from one area to another by contact.5
4830279825Bantu MigrationBantu speaking people moved east and south from the present day Nigeria and Cameroon.6
4830279826Pastoral SocietiesFor people who don't live in places where it is easy to grow food, animal husbandry relying on products of animals. Meat, fiber, hides, milk.7
4830304639ChiefdomsInherited position of power where unlike kings Chiefs couldn't just use force they had to rely on their generosity.8
4830456317Catal HuyukHunter/gatherer village in south Turkey that flourished between 7400 and 6000 B.C.E. It had gender and social equality with no kings, Chiefs or any other leader9
4846649828Indus Valley CivilizationsUnlike other middle eastern civilizations, it had no palaces, temples, elaborate graves, Kings, warrior classes. No evidence of political hierarchy or centralized state.10
4846649829Central Asian/Oxus Civilizations2200bce within a couple centuries containing shops, temples, residential compounds, surrounded by tall walls and gates. Didn't develop literal culture.11
4846649830Olmec Civilizations1200bce coast of Gulf of Mexico in south Mexico. Grew maize, beans, squash. Series of Chiefdoms. Ceremonial center filled with temples, altars, pyramids, tombs of rulers12
4846649831UrukAncient Mesopotamias biggest city. Walls 20 feet tall and population of around 50,000. City's center was stepped pyramid topped with temples. Specialty jobs13
4846649832Epic of GulgameshMesopotamias ancient epic poem14
4846649833Mohenjo Daro/HarappaBanks of Indus River. 2000bce population of 40,000 sister city is Harappa. Large houses indoor pluming bathrooms private wells15
4846649835PatriarchySystem of government- males hold the power and women are excluded from it16
4864221812Rise of the stateThe state started becoming more popular because it was easier than how it was before in almost every way.17
4872245267SumerFirst urban civilization in ancient Mesopotamia.18
4872245268EgyptCivilization is present day Egypt that stretched about 1,000 miles along the Nile river.19
4872245269NubiaRegion along Nile River in present day north Sudan and south Egypt very early civilization.20
4889950354Persian EmpireIn 500bce largest and world most impressive empire21
4889950355Athenian democracyFirst democracy in the world. Created in Athens.22
4889950356Greco-Persian WarsSeries of conflicts between Persian empire and Greece. Or wars23
4889950357Alexander the GreatKing of Ancient Greece, lead massive Greek expedition against Persian empire24
4889950358Hellenistic eraAfter Alexander the Great died(323-30 bce). Widespread dissemination of Greek culture25
4919569647AugustusFounder of Roman empire26
4919569648Pax RomanaThe peace that existed between people in Roman Empire.27
4919569649Qin ShihuangdiFirst Emperor and founder of the Qin dynasty.28
4919569650Han dynastySecond imperial lasted from 206 bce to 220 ce29
4948423687LegalismInspired the short win dynasty, lots of laws and rules that are strictly enforced with rewards and punishments.30
4948423688ConfusionismCreated by Confucius, education is the key to moral betterment became synonymous with Chinese culture and was nonreligous in character.31
4948423689Ban ZhaoFirst known female Chinese historian. She wrote lessons for women and competed brothers book.32
4948423690DaoismWas founded by Laozi, was a complement to Confucianism, dao-central concept of daoist thinking.33
4959169768VedasA sacred text- collections of poems, hymns, prayers, rituals.34
4959169769UpanishadsA body of sacred text, composed by largely anonymous thinkers in 800 to 400bce.35
4959169770Siddhartha GautamaFounder of Buddhism, prince from small North Indian state.36
4959169771Theravada/MahayanaDifferent types of Buddhism have the main structure the same but a little different.37

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