Time: Prehistory - Classical Period (1000 BCE-500 CE)
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| 131099748 | Catal Huyuk | a Neolithic village in southern Turkey, founded in 7000BC | 0 | |
| 131099749 | Civilization | a society in an advanced state of social development | 1 | |
| 131099750 | Jericho | oldest Neolithic community between Israel and Jordan | 2 | |
| 131099751 | Matrilocal | moving in with the wife's family | 3 | |
| 131099752 | Paleolithic Age | 2.5million-15,000 years ago, larger brains and size, wooden tools, speech, culture | 4 | |
| 131099753 | Mesolithic Age | 10,000-6,000BC, control fire, develop language, improved tools, domestication of animals | 5 | |
| 131099754 | Neolithic Age | 8,000-3,000BC, stone tools, beginning of agriculture | 6 | |
| 131099755 | Pastoralism | domestication of animals | 7 | |
| 131099756 | Sumerians | dominated Mesopotamia, created irrigation, alphabet, religion, creators of civilization | 8 | |
| 131116336 | Ziggurat | a huge mud-brick temple built by the ancient Sumerians, first monumental architecture | 9 | |
| 131099757 | Tigris-Euphrates Civilization | 3500BC, first civilization, city-states, influenced by Sumerians | 10 | |
| 131102621 | Southwest Asia | wheat, peas, olives, sheep, goats (independent) | 11 | |
| 131102622 | China | rice, millet, pig (independent) | 12 | |
| 131102623 | Americas | corn, beans, potato, llama (independent) | 13 | |
| 131102624 | Indus River Valley | rice (diffusion), traded with Mesopotamia, Harappan writing, not much information after Indo-European invasions | 14 | |
| 131116337 | Phoenicians | simplified alphabet in 1300BC, improved number systems | 15 | |
| 131116338 | Zhou Dynasty | displaced Shang Dynasty; alliances with regional princes and families (feudal system); overtook Yangtze River Valley (Middle Kingdom); invoked the "Mandate of Heaven"; Mandarin Chinese language; Confucious (philosopher) | 16 | |
| 131116339 | Qin Dynasty | legalism; Great Wall; took power from feudal lords and placed it in the state bureaucracy; anti-Confucian, standardized weights and measures | 17 | |
| 131116340 | Han Dynasty | expanded bureaucracy, discarded policies of the Qin dynasty and adopted Confucian principles; officials chosen by civil service exams; it was a time of prosperity (Wu Ti) | 18 | |
| 131116341 | Era of the Warring States | 402-201BC, breakdown of the central government and feudal war | 19 | |
| 131116342 | Formative Period | Vedic & Epic ages, agriculture extended, revival of civilization | 20 | |
| 131116343 | Aryans | influenced caste system (by color of skin), Sanskrit | 21 | |
| 131116344 | Mauryan Empire | first state to unify most of the India, founded by Chandragupta, Ashoka supported Buddhism, roads connected to Silk Road, grew wealthy from taxes | 22 | |
| 131116345 | Gupta Empire | Golden Age of India; ruled through central government but allowed village power; restored Hinduism, Arabic numerals, medical/astronomical advances | 23 | |
| 131116347 | Hinduism | during Vedic & Epic ages, from Aryan religion, adapted with other religions | 24 | |
| 131116348 | Buddhism | after Epic age, against Hinduism, adopted by Mauryan emperor Ashoka | 25 | |
| 131116349 | Democracy | government that people hold ruling power | 26 | |
| 131116350 | Republic | representatives chosen by the people | 27 | |
| 131116351 | Rule of Law | authority follows laws adopted through a procedure | 28 | |
| 131116352 | Mycenaeans | first Greek-speaking people; invaded Minoans; dominated Greek world 1400 B.C. to 1200 B.C.; sea traders; lived in separate city-states; invovled in Trojan War against Troy | 29 | |
| 131116353 | Persian Wars | A series of wars between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire (5th century B.C.). | 30 | |
| 131116354 | Delian League | an alliance headed by Athens that says that all Greek city-states will come together and help fight the Persians for future attacks | 31 | |
| 131116355 | Peloponnesian War | A war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta | 32 | |
| 131116356 | Hellenistic | characteristic of the classical Greek civilization, spread after Alexander's death | 33 | |
| 131116357 | Punic Wars | A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage (264-146 B.C.); resulted in the destruction of Carthage and Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean. | 34 | |
| 131116359 | Twelve Tables | the earliest written collection of Roman laws, drawn up by patricians about 450B.C., that became the foundation of Roman law | 35 | |
| 131116360 | Socrates | philosopher who believed in an absolute right or wrong; asked students pointed questions to make them use their reason, later became Socratic method | 36 | |
| 131116361 | Plato | Student of Socrates, wrote The Republic about the perfectly governed society where philosophers ruled | 37 | |
| 131116362 | Senate | In ancient Rome, the supreme governing body, originally made up only of aristocrats. | 38 |
