The Earth and It's Peoples
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| 5174425263 | Iron Age | Historic term for the period of time in which iron was the primary metal for tools and weapons. | 0 | |
| 5174425264 | Hittities | A people from central Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. Fought against the Egyptians for control of Syria-Palestine until they ultimately fell to attackers. | 1 | |
| 5174425265 | Hatshepsut | Queen of Egypt (r. 1473-1458 b.c.e.) She dispatched naval expedition down the Red Sea to Punt. After her death her name and face were almost wiped from history | 2 | |
| 5174425266 | Akhenaten | Egyptian pharaoh (r. 1353-1335 b.c.e.) He built new capital at Amarna. | 3 | |
| 5174425267 | Ramesses II | Long-lived ruler of New Kingdom Egypt (r. 1290-1224 b.c.e.) built on a grand scale throughout Egypt. | 4 | |
| 5174425268 | Minoan | Prosperous civilization on the Aegean island of Crete in the second millennium b.c.e. | 5 | |
| 5174425269 | Mycenae | Site of a fortified palace complex in southern Greece that controlled a Late Bronze Age kingdom. | 6 | |
| 5174425270 | Shaft graves | Burial sites of elite members of the Mycenaean Greek society in the mid-second millennium b.c.e. | 7 | |
| 5174425271 | Linear B | Set of syllabic symbols, derived from the writing system of Minoan Crete, used in the Mycenaean palaces of the Late Bronze Age to write an early form of greek. | 8 | |
| 5174425272 | Israel | The land between the eastern shore of the Mediterranean and the Jordan River. Occupied by the Israelites from the second millennium b.c.e. Modern state of Israel was founded in 1948 | 9 | |
| 5174425273 | Hebrew Bible | Collection of sacred books containing diverse materials concerning the origins, experiences, beliefs, and practices of the Israelites. | 10 | |
| 5174425274 | First Temple | A monumental sanctuary built in Jerusalem by King Solomon jn the tenth century b.c.e. to be the religious center for the Israelite god Yahweh. | 11 | |
| 5174425275 | Monotheism | Belief in the existence of a single deity. | 12 | |
| 5174425276 | Diaspora | Greek word meaning dispersal; used to describe communities of a given ethnic group living outside their homeland. | 13 | |
| 5174425277 | Phoenicians | Semitic-speaking Canaanites living on the coast of modern Lebanon and Syria in the first millennium b.c.e. Travelled and spread ideas throughout the Mediterranean. Founded Carthage. | 14 | |
| 5174425278 | Carthage | City located in present-day Tunisia, founded by Phoenicians ca. 800 b.c.e. Major commercial center and naval power in the western Mediterranean until defeated by Rome in third century b.c.e. | 15 |
