2915527114 | Abraham | the first of the great Biblical patriarchs, father of Isaac, and traditional founder of the ancient Hebrew nation: considered by Muslims an ancestor of the Arab peoples through his son Ishmael. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning "father of many." | 0 | |
2915527115 | Analeccts | Collection of short literary or philosophical extracts | 1 | |
2915527116 | Book of the dead | Ancient Egyptian funerary | 2 | |
2915527117 | Bureaucracy | Goverment where all important decisions are made by state officials | 3 | |
2915527118 | Caste | Hereditary classes of Hindu society | 4 | |
2915527119 | Confucianism | Philosophical and ethical teachings founded by confucious and Developed by mencius | 5 | |
2915527120 | Covenant | An agreement | 6 | |
2915527121 | Cuneiform | Writing system in Mesopotamia | 7 | |
2915527122 | Daosim | Chinese philosphy based on the writings of Lao advocating humility relesiois piety | 8 | |
2915527123 | Dharma | Teaching or religion of the Buddha | 9 | |
2915527124 | Divination | Practice of seeking knowledge of the future or unknown by super natural means | 10 | |
2915527125 | Dynasty | Families who inherit the power or "royal" of China | 11 | |
2915527126 | Harrapan society | Earliest roots in cutlets. 2 greatest cities monenjo-Dao and Horappa | 12 | |
2915527127 | Feudalism | A social system. | 13 | |
2915527128 | Hammurabi's code | Eye for an eye theory | 14 | |
2915527129 | Hatshepsut | 5th Pharaon. Came to throne in 1478 BC | 15 | |
2915527130 | Hieroglyphics | Writing consists of hieroglyphs | 16 | |
2915527131 | Irrigation | Watering of land to get land ready for agriculture | 17 | |
2915527132 | Jaguar | ... | 18 | |
2915527133 | Jati | Hindu caste it distinctive social group of which thousands throughout India | 19 | |
2915527134 | Ka | The supposed spiritual part of an individual human being : or God which survived (with the soul) after death and could reside in a statue of the person see also ba | 20 | |
2915527135 | Legalisim | Excessive adherence to law it formula. Dependence on moral law rather than on personal religious faith | 21 | |
2915527136 | Mandate of heaven | Chinese belief and philosophical idea that tian (heaven) granted emperors the right to rule based on their ability to govern well and fairly | 22 | |
2915527137 | Moksha | ...Realease from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma | 23 | |
2915527138 | Monotheistic | Belief in one god | 24 | |
2915527139 | Moses | Prophet in Abrahamic religious. Former Egyptian Prince who later in life became religious leader and lawgiver, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed | 25 | |
2915527140 | Mummification | Make a dead body into a mummy | 26 | |
2915527141 | Nile | Nile rivers | 27 | |
2915527142 | Oracles | A priest or priests acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from gods in classical antiquity | 28 | |
2915527143 | Papyrus | A material used for writing or painting. And also for making rope sandals and boats. Native to central Africa and the Nile Valley | 29 | |
2915527144 | Pharaoh | Ruler | 30 | |
2915527145 | Polytheistic | Belief in many gods | 31 | |
2915527146 | Public works | The work of building such things as roads, schools, and reservoirs carried out by the goverment for the community. | 32 | |
2915527147 | Reincarnation | Rebirth of a soul in a new body or animal | 33 | |
2915527148 | Shi Huangdi | The emperor that unified all of China | 34 | |
2915527149 | Stone heads | The Olney colossal heads are at least seventeen monumental stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders | 35 | |
2915527150 | Theocracy | System of goverment which priest rule in the name of God or gods | 36 | |
2915527151 | Torah | Law of God ad revealed to Moses and recorded the 1st 5 books of Hebrew scriptures | 37 | |
2915527152 | Varna | Each of the 4 Hindu castes, Brahama Kshatriya, Vanishya, and Shudra. | 38 | |
2915527153 | Advanced cities | An advanced state of human society. In which a high level of culture science, industry, and government has been reached. | 39 | |
2915527154 | Specialised workers | Someone trained or developed for a particular purpose or area of knowledge | 40 | |
2915527155 | Complex institutions | An organization establishment, foundations, society, or the liek devoted to the promotion of a particular cause or program, especially one of a public, educational, or charitable character. | 41 | |
2915527156 | Record keeping | Someone who keeps documents | 42 | |
2915527157 | Advanced technology | Updated technology to help the way of living | 43 | |
2922576049 | Israel | Middle east | 44 | |
2922576050 | Olmec & Chavin | Latin America | 45 | |
2922576051 | Mesopotamia | Middle east | 46 | |
2922576052 | China | East Asia | 47 | |
2922576053 | Egypt | North Africa /Middle east | 48 |
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