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286182234Axumtrading center, and powerful ancient kingdom in northern present-day Ethiopia0
286182235Animismthe belief that spirits are present in animals, plants, and other natural objects1
286182236Shintoisma religion based in Japan, marked by worship of nature and reverence for ancestors2
286182237Byzantine Empire(330-1453) The eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century C.E. Its capital was Constantinople, named after the Emperor Constantine.3
286182238IncaLargest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco.4
286182239Saharathe world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa5
286182240Popethe head of the Roman Catholic Church6
286182241MayaMesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar.7
286182242JustinianByzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians8
286182243Polynesianthese people had reached the islands of Fiji and Samoa by 1000 BCE9
286182244Islamthe monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran10
286182245Yellow TurbansChinese Daoists who launched a revolt in China promising a Golden Age to be brought by divine magic11

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