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| 2804574415 | Periodization | Division of history into periods. | 0 | |
| 2804575220 | Paleolithic | Of or relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age. | 1 | |
| 2804575221 | Neolithic | Of or relating to the latest period of the Stone Age. | 2 | |
| 2804575620 | Metallurgy | The science and technology of metals. | 3 | |
| 2804575621 | Textile | A woven knit or cloth. | 4 | |
| 2804576387 | Neolithic "revolution" | The discovery of agriculture. | 5 | |
| 2804579737 | The Epic of Gilgamesh | Epic poem from Mesopotamia. | 6 | |
| 2804580675 | Hammurabi's Code | Oldest written system of created by King Hammurabi of Babylonia. | 7 | |
| 2804583595 | Irrigation | Supplying land with water through a network of canals. | 8 | |
| 2804585357 | Economic specialization | Focusing on one produce or service. | 9 | |
| 2804586867 | Stratified patriarchal society | A social system in which the role of the father is central to social organization, and where fathers hold authority over women, children, and property. | 10 | |
| 2804591201 | Cuneiform | The first form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets. | 11 | |
| 2804596442 | Moses | The Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus in order to save them. | 12 | |
| 2804597452 | Polytheism | Belief in multiple gods. | 13 | |
| 2804599656 | Semitic | Jewish. | 14 | |
| 2804601563 | City State | A city with its own traditions and its own government and laws; both a city and a separate independent state. | 15 | |
| 2804602175 | Indo-Europeans | A group of seminomadic peoples who, around 2000 BCE, began to migrate from Central Asia to India, Europe, and the Middle East, spreading linguistic traits. | 16 | |
| 2804605321 | Pastoral Nomads | Groups of herders who move with their animals from place to place in search of pasture and water. | 17 | |
| 2804606007 | Hebrews/Jews/Israelites | Early group of people who lived in lands between Mesopotamia and Egypt. They developed the religion Judaism. | 18 | |
| 2804609778 | Abraham | The first of 3 biblical prophets. | 19 | |
| 2804610604 | Monotheism | Believing in one god. | 20 | |
| 2804612454 | Phoenicians | A group of people who developed and controlled trade throughout the Mediterranean Sea; they created the world's first alphabet to record trade activity. This alphabet was the first written languages to use symbols for sounds. | 21 | |
| 2804613201 | Savannah | A flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions. | 22 | |
| 2804613950 | Mercenary | A soldier who is paid to fight in a foreign army. | 23 | |
| 2804617520 | Scribe | A professional copyist of manuscripts and documents, esp. in ancient times. | 24 | |
| 2804620124 | Pharaoh | A ruler of ancient Egypt. | 25 | |
| 2804620691 | Hieroglyphics | An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds. | 26 | |
| 2804622758 | Rosetta Stone | A huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek, and a later form of Egyptian that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing. | 27 | |
| 2804623128 | Aryans | Nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; Vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste system | 28 | |
| 2804623986 | Harappans | The first river valley civilization of India on the Indus River. They mysteriously disappeared. | 29 | |
| 2804624201 | Vedas (Vedic Age) | Early Indian sacred 'knowledge'-the literal meaning of the term. Preserved and communicated orally by Brahman priests and eventually written down. | 30 | |
| 2804625604 | Upanishads | A major book in Hinduism that is often in the form of dialogues that explored the Vedas and the religious issues that they raised. | 31 | |
| 2804626286 | Brahman | A single spiritual power that Hindus believe lives in everything. | 32 | |
| 2804630261 | Karma | The belief that actions in this life, whether good or bad, will decide your place in the next life. | 33 | |
| 2806305753 | Dharma | In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties. | 34 | |
| 2806306185 | Ascetic | One who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury. | 35 | |
| 2806309105 | "China's Sorrow" | Nickname given to the Huag He River due to its extreme flooding | 36 | |
| 2806311033 | Hereditary state | Passing down of power through blood lines. | 37 | |
| 2806311482 | Dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family. | 38 | |
| 2806312493 | "Mandate of heaven" | A political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source. | 39 | |
| 2806314285 | Decentralized administration | The process of redistributing or dispersing functions, powers, people or things away from a central location or authority. | 40 | |
| 2806329301 | Royal court | Judicial system where the king and his officials made most decisions. | 41 | |
| 2806333039 | Artisans | Skilled workers who make goods by hand. | 42 | |
| 2806334417 | Ancestor veneration | The practice of praying to your ancestors. Found especially in China. | 43 | |
| 2806338512 | Oracle bones | The earliest known Chinese writing is found on these from ritual activity of the Shang period. | 44 | |
| 2806343717 | Steppe nomads | Herders from central Asia, that worked on the steppe lands; often invaded rich countries | 45 | |
| 2806344378 | Maize | A type of corn. | 46 | |
| 2806347842 | Bering land bridge | Former ice age link between Siberia and Alaska. | 47 | |
| 2806349607 | Terrace farming | A farming system that is in the form of steps going up a mountain | 48 | |
| 2806351363 | Andean highlands | The region where the Inca people lived. | 49 | |
| 2806354263 | Austronesian people | People who, by as early as 2000 B.C.E., began to explore and settle islands of the Pacific Ocean., the earliest inhabitants of New Guinea foraged food, like their neighbors to the south. Had remarkable seafaring skills. | 50 | |
| 2806355503 | River Valley Civilizations | At the beginning of the Neolithic Revolutions, towns were created near rivers, as a source of water for their crops. | 51 |
