FIRST half of set; China, Egypt, and the Middle East
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| 205615134 | loess | a yellowish-brown silt that gives the Yellow River its distinct color and name | 0 | |
| 205615135 | Shang | the dominant people in the earliest Chnese dynasty whose ancestors worshipped, practiced divination by means of oracle bones, and used bronze vessels for ritual purposes | 1 | |
| 205615136 | divination | techniques for ascertaining the future or the will of the gods by interpreting natural phenomena such as, in early China, the cracks on oracle bones or, in ancient Greece, the flight of birds through sectors of the sky | 2 | |
| 205615137 | Zhou | a dependent state who took over the dominant position in north China from the Shang and created the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to justify their rule | 3 | |
| 205615138 | Mandate of Heaven | in Chinese history, the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority | 4 | |
| 205615139 | Legalism | an authotitian political philosophy that justified the wealth and power of the state, and its demands, for obedience | 5 | |
| 205615140 | Confucius | Chinese philosopher, administrator, and moralist; his social and moral teachings, collected in the Analects, tried to replace former religious observances | 6 | |
| 205615141 | Daoism | Chinese School of Thought that believes the world is always changing and is devoid of absolute morality or meaning; they accept the world as they find it, avoid futile struggles, and deviate as little as possible from 'the way' or 'path' of nature. | 7 | |
| 205615142 | yin / yang | represented the complementary nature of male and female roles in the natural order; the male equated with the sun, active, bright, and shining; the female echoed the moon, passive, shaded, and reflective | 8 | |
| 205615143 | Hittites | speakers of Indo-European language, who became the foremost power in Anatolia from around 1700 to 1200 B.C.E. | 9 | |
| 205615144 | Haptshepsut | the queen of Pharaoh Truthmosis II who held the throne of New Kingdom Egypt | 10 | |
| 205615145 | Akhenaten | Egyptian pharaoh who built a new capital at Amarna, fostered a new style of naturalistic art, and created a religious revolution by imposing worship of the sun-disk | 11 | |
| 205615146 | Ramesses II | "Ramesses the Great"; ruled for sixty-six years and was considered to be the greatest monarch of his family line; he reached an accommodation with the Hittites of Anatolia after a standoff in battle at Kadesh in Syria; he built on a grand scale throughout Egypt | 12 | |
| 205615147 | Kush | an ancient nubian kingdom whose rulers contolled egypt between 2000 and 1000 B.C. | 13 | |
| 205615148 | Meroe | center of the Kush dynasty from about 250 B.C. to A.D. 150; known for its manufacture of iron weapons and tools | 14 |
