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| 5003238563 | Kush | An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 1000 B.C.E. ; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries | 0 | |
| 5003238564 | Axum | Kingdom located in Ethiopian highlands; replaced meroe in the first century C.E.; received strong influence from Arabian peninsula; eventually converted to Christianity | 1 | |
| 5003238565 | Ethiopia | A Christian kingdom that developed in the highlands of eastern Africa under the dynasty of King Lalaibela; retained Christianity in the face of Muslim expansion elsewhere in Africa | 2 | |
| 5003238566 | Teotihucan | Site of classic culture in central Mexico; urban center with important religious functions; supported by intensive agriculture in surrounding regions; population of as much ass 200,000 | 3 | |
| 5003238567 | Maya | classical culture emerging from southern Mexico and central America contemporary with Teotihuacan; extended over a broad region and featured monumental architecture, written language, calendrical and mathematical systems, and highly developed religion | 4 | |
| 5003238568 | Inca | Group of clans centered at Cuzco that were able to create empire incorporating various Andean cultures; term also used for leader of empire | 5 | |
| 5003238569 | Tang | Dynasty that succeeded the Sui in 618 C.E.; more stable than previous dynasty | 6 | |
| 5003238570 | Rajput | Regional princes in India following collapse of empire; emphasized military control of their regions | 7 | |
| 5003238571 | Devi | Mother goddess within Hinduism; widely spread following collapse of Guptas; encouraged new emotionalism in religious ritual | 8 | |
| 5003238572 | Islam | Major world religion having its origins in 610 C. E. in the Arabian peninsula; meaning literally submission; based on prophecy of Muhammad | 9 | |
| 5003238573 | Allah | Supreme God in strictly monotheistic Islam | 10 | |
| 5003238574 | Diocletian | roman emperor from 284-305 CE who restored later empire by improving administration and tax collection | 11 | |
| 5003238575 | Constantine | roman emperor from 312-337 CE who established second capital of Constantinople and attempted to use the religious force of Christianity to unify the people | 12 | |
| 5003238576 | Justinian | eastern roman emperor between 527-565 CE who tried to restore unity to the old Roman Empire and issued the most famous application of Roman law | 13 | |
| 5003238577 | Augustine | Influential church father and theologian; born in Africa and ultimately Bishop of Hippo in Africa; champion of Christian doctrine against carious heresies and very important in the long-term development of Christian thought on such issues as predestination | 14 | |
| 5003238578 | Bodhisattvas | Buddhist holy men; built up spiritual merits during their life times; prayers even after death could aid people to achieve reflected holiness | 15 | |
| 5003238579 | Mahayana | -Chinese version of Buddhism; placed considerable emphasis on Buddha as god or savior | 16 | |
| 5003238580 | Jesus | -prophetand teacher among the Jews; believed by Christians to be the messiah; executed c. 30 C.E. | 17 | |
| 5003238581 | Paul | -One of the first Christian missionaries; moved away from insistence that adherents of the new religion follow Jewish law; use of Greek as language of Church | 18 | |
| 5003238582 | Benedict | -Founder of manasticism in what had been the western half o the Roman Empire; established Benedictine Rule in the 6th century; paralleled development of Basil's rules in Byzantine Empire | 19 | |
| 5003238583 | Pope | -Bishop of Rome and head of Christian Church in Western Europe | 20 | |
| 5003238584 | Byzantine | -Eastern half of Roman Empire following collapse of western half of old empire; retained Mediterranean culture, particularly Greek; later lost Palestine, Syria, and Egypt to Islam; capital at Constantinople | 21 | |
| 5003238585 | Polynesian | -islands contained in a rough triangle whose points lie in Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island | 22 | |
| 5003238586 | Sui | -Dynasty that succeeded the Hand in China; emerged from strong rulers in northern China; united all of northern China and reconquered southern China | 23 | |
| 5003238587 | Coptic | -religion of Egypt that originated in Alexandria; acknowledge John Mark as first bishop and founder; The Coptic church was actually the very first major split in the Church | 24 | |
| 5003238588 | Shintoism | Religion of early Japanese culture; devotees worshipped numberous gods and spirits associated with the natural world; offers of food and prayers made to gods and nature spirits | 25 | |
| 5003238589 | Olmec | Cultural tradition that arose at San Lorenzo and La Venta in Mexico c 1200 B.C.E.; featured irrigate agriculture, urbanism, elaborate religion, beginnings of calendrical and writing systems | 26 | |
| 5003238590 | Yellow turbans | Chinese daoist that launched a revolt in 184 CE promising a golden age to be brought about by divine magic | 27 | |
| 5003238591 | Germanic tribes | tribes settled on their northern borders; from 476 CE these tribes invaded Rome with little success; only one Germanic tribe, the Franks, succeeded in occupying any Roman territory | 28 | |
| 5003238592 | Huns | warlike people who migrated from Eastern Europe into territory controlled by Germanic tribes, forcing them to move into areas controlled by Rome | 29 | |
| 5003238593 | Sassanid | the name of the last pre-Islamic Iranian empire. It was one of the two main powers in Western Asia for a period of more than 400 years. | 30 | |
| 5003238594 | World Religions | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny | 31 |
