2934849076 | Gift of the Nile | The Nile was a gift in being able to grow food, maintain transportation, and it let them be a successful civilization. | 0 | |
2934851893 | Hieroglyphics | A picture based writing system of the Egyptians, used to communicate stories to one another on cave walls. | 1 | |
2934851905 | Kush | A kingdom at the end of the egyptian ruling took place, modern day sudan. | 2 | |
2934853891 | Hyksos | They invaded egypt and brought chariots and wheels with them | 3 | |
2934855763 | Hatshepsut | 5th pharaoh of egypt, a woman who was given just as much respect as a man. First and most powerful female pharaoh. | 4 | |
2934857173 | Women's Roles | Wealthy women could receive an education. Their roles were in the home. | 5 | |
2934858926 | Old Kingdom | Where pyramid building took place, and exemplified the Egyptians intelligence, wealth, and resourcefulness. | 6 | |
2934858927 | Middle Kingdom | The most prosperous of the three Egyptian Kingdoms | 7 | |
2934858928 | New Kingdom | The end of Egyptian rule | 8 | |
2934860233 | Patriarchy | Male-dominated society | 9 | |
2934862468 | Metallurgy | The art of crafting metal | 10 | |
2934870373 | Mesopotamia | Land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Modern day Iraq. | 11 | |
2934870374 | Epic of Gilgamesh | Epic poem of mesopotamia, known to be one of the first works of literature. | 12 | |
2934873144 | Social Distinctions | Classes of people/ statuses of specific people in a society. | 13 | |
2934873145 | Ziggurats | A rectangular stepped tower/ pyramid. | 14 | |
2934874840 | Hammurabi's Code | Well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia. Hammurabi was a king. These were his laws, it was a forerunner of a constitution. | 15 | |
2934877050 | Monotheism | The belief in one God. | 16 | |
2934877051 | Trade Connections | The activity of buying, selling, and trading goods. | 17 | |
2934880575 | Ethical Monotheism | God is the source for one standard of morality, who guides humanity through ethical principles aka god teaches you how to be good. | 18 | |
2934882125 | Disaspora | Jews living outside Israel most commonly, but really anyone living outside of their homeland. | 19 | |
2934882126 | Lex Talionis | The law of retaliation from Hammurabi's code, whereby a punishment resembles the offense committed in kind and degree. Eye for an eye. | 20 | |
2935259335 | Neolithic | After the discovery of agriculture and hunting | 21 | |
2935263792 | Paleolithic | Living off the grid with little to no morals | 22 | |
2935266693 | Slash and Burn | Cutting down and burning potential farming areas for fertile soil and successful crop growing | 23 | |
2935271178 | Venus Figures | Small figurines of women who had enhanced sexual features to exemplify the importance of fertility in the female of pre-history. | 24 | |
2935276862 | Hunters and Gatherers | The men were hunters, they would go out and hunt for meat with weapons and the women were the gatherers who would go out to find leaves and berries. | 25 | |
2935283929 | Homo Sapiens | Primates who have evolved over time on the earth | 26 | |
2935288124 | Social Equality | All people within a society are respectively placed on the same status for freedom, rights and respect | 27 | |
2935294609 | Cave Painting | Paintings on cave walls/ ceilings for decoration | 28 | |
3075656276 | Harappan | Early brilliant indian society | 29 | |
3075658997 | Mohenjo-Daro | An archaeological site, located in present day Pakistan | 30 | |
3075663252 | Indus river | One of the longest rivers in Asia | 31 | |
3075663253 | Trade system | The way people traded with one another | 32 | |
3075663254 | Jati | The lowest caste in the hindu reincarnation system, only above the untouchables | 33 | |
3075665243 | Aryans | Indo Europeans who settled in Asia | 34 | |
3075667144 | Upanishads | Practice of disciples gathering to discuss issues | 35 | |
3075669878 | Hinduism | The main religion in India of which the caste system is based off of | 36 | |
3075669879 | Indo-Europeans | Russians who settled in India | 37 | |
3075672045 | Vedas | Hymns, songs and prayers of religious knowledge which helped people worship their gods | 38 | |
3075672046 | Brahman | The highest caste in the system, containing mostly men who were priests | 39 | |
3075676811 | Huang He | 40 | ||
3075676812 | Zhou | 41 | ||
3075682091 | Mandate of Heaven | 42 | ||
3075682092 | Secular | 43 | ||
3075684066 | Qin Dynasty | 44 | ||
3075684067 | Extended Family | 45 | ||
3075686674 | Oracle Bones | 46 | ||
3075688815 | Period of Warring States | 47 | ||
3075690946 | Feudal System | 48 | ||
3075696475 | Olmecs | 49 | ||
3075696476 | Terrace Farming | 50 | ||
3075698876 | Aztecs | 51 | ||
3075698877 | Incas | 52 | ||
3075698878 | Aboriginal | 53 | ||
3075708336 | Oceania | 54 |
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