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| 5723340603 | alexander the great | young macedonian conqueror who ruled areas in europe africa and asia; died of malaria at 33 | 0 | |
| 5723340604 | allah | an islamic term for God | 1 | |
| 5723340605 | anatolia | the southwest asian peninsula now occupied by turkey- also called asia minor | 2 | |
| 5723340606 | artisans | a skilled worker such as a weaver or a potter who makes goods by hand | 3 | |
| 5723340607 | aryans | indo-european people who began to migrate into the indian subcontinent in 1500 B.C.E | 4 | |
| 5723340608 | ashoka | considered the greatest mauryan ruler gained all but the southern tip of india through conquest. converted to and greatly promoted buddhism | 5 | |
| 5723340609 | autocracy | a government in which the ruler has unlimited power and used it in an arbitrary manner | 6 | |
| 5723340610 | babylon | a city in ancient mesopotamia on the euphrates river | 7 | |
| 5723340611 | barter | a form of trade in which people exchange goods and services without the use of money | 8 | |
| 5723340612 | bedouins | nomads of the arabian peninsula w w culture based on herding camels and goats | 9 | |
| 5723340613 | brahma | the hindu creator god | 10 | |
| 5723340614 | brahmin | in aryan society, a member of th highest social caste; made up of priest | 11 | |
| 5723340615 | bronze age | a period in human history during which people began using bronze | 12 | |
| 5723340616 | buddhism | an ethical system, philosophy and religion based on the teachings of buddha l | 13 | |
| 5723340617 | bureaucracy | a system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of the government | 14 | |
| 5723340618 | carthage | phoenician city state in north africa founded by the rome and destroyed by rome in the punic war | 15 | |
| 5723340619 | chandragupta mauryan | ruler of the small ganges valley state who defeated the greeks in area and made himself king in 332 B.C.E. he then created and enlarged the mauryan empire | 16 | |
| 5723340620 | chavin | the first major south american civilization which flourished in the highlands of what is now peru from about 900 to 200 B.C.E | 17 | |
| 5723340621 | city state | a city and its surrounding land functioning as an independent political unit | 18 | |
| 5723340622 | civilization | a form of culture characterized by cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology. | 19 | |
| 5723340623 | confucianism | the Chinese system of ethics, education, and statesmanship stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, filial piety, and harmony in thought and conduct. | 20 | |
| 5723340624 | Confucius | Chinese philosopher who wrote an elaborate political philosophy that became the core of china's cultural and political thinking for centuries. Those who adopted his teachings saw him not as a deity but as a master of ethics. | 21 | |
| 5723340625 | consul | in the roman republic, one of the two powerful officials elected each year to command the army and direct the government. | 22 | |
| 5723340626 | cultural diffusion | the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another. | 23 | |
| 5723340627 | cuneiform | a system of writing with wedge-shaped symbols, inverted by the Sumerians around 300 B.C.E | 24 | |
| 5723340628 | daoism | philosophy based on the ideas of the chinese thinkers laozi, who taught that people should be guided by a universal force called the dao (way) | 25 | |
| 5723340629 | dictator | in ancient rome a political leader given the absolute power to make laws and comment the army for a limited time | 26 | |
| 5723340630 | dynastic cycle | the rise, decline, and replacement of families of rulers | 27 | |
| 5723340631 | dynasty | a series of rulers from a single family | 28 | |
| 5723340632 | empire | an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, especially an emperor or empress | 29 | |
| 5723340633 | etruscans | skilled metal workers and engineers native to northern italy in the classical period | 30 | |
| 5723340634 | fertile crescent | an arm of rich farmland in southwest asia between the persian gulf and the mediterranean sea | 31 | |
| 5723340635 | filial piety | the confucian idea that respect should be shown by children for their parents and elders | 32 | |
| 5723340636 | five pillars | the obligatory religious duties for all muslims : •profession of faith • prayer • fasting during ramadan • zakat • hajj | 33 | |
| 5723340637 | gupta empire | the second empire in india founded by the chandra gupta I in 320 C.E. | 34 | |
| 5723340638 | hajj | pilgrimage to the holy city of mecca; one of the five pillars of islam | 35 | |
| 5723340639 | hammurabi | the first code of crime and punishment based on the concept of "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" | 36 | |
| 5723340640 | hannibal | carthaginian general who led troops into italy during the second punic war; he was defeated by the roman general scipio | 37 | |
| 5723340641 | hijarah | muhammads migration from mecca to yathrib (medina) | 38 | |
| 5723340642 | hinduism | polytheistic religion of indias majority, brought first by aryan conquerors during the vedic and epic ages | 39 | |
| 5723340643 | hittities | an indo european people who settled in anatolia around 2000 B.C.E | 40 | |
| 5723340644 | hyssops | a group of nomadic invaders from southwest asia who ruled egypt from 1640 to 1570 | 41 | |
| 5723340645 | indo europeans | a group of semi nomadic peoples will began to migrate c.1700 B.C.E from what is now southern russia to the indian subcontinent, europe, and southwest asia | 42 | |
| 5723340646 | inflation | a steady rise in the price of goods related to an increase volume of money, resulting in a loss of value of currency | 43 | |
| 5723340647 | institutions | a long lasting pattern of organization in a community | 44 | |
| 5723340648 | irrigation | the bringing of water to crop fields by means of canals and ditches | 45 | |
| 5723340649 | islam | a monotheistic religion that developed arabia in the seventh century C.E | 46 | |
| 5723340650 | julius caesar | dictator of the roman republic who effectively ended the republic and with his successor augustus transformed it into an empire | 47 | |
| 5723340651 | kautilya | the chief minister of chandragupta mauryan who wrote the book arthashastra | 48 | |
| 5723340652 | khadijah | the first wife of muhammad who was the widow of s wealthy merchant | 49 | |
| 5723340653 | kush | an scientific nubian kingdom who's rulers controlled egypt from 751 to 671 B.C.E | 50 | |
| 5723340654 | laozi | chinese thinker and founder of daoism who wrote the Dao De Jing (the way or virtue) | 51 | |
| 5723340655 | latins | one of the earliest people's to settle into alina peninsula | 52 | |
| 5723340656 | legalism | a chinese political philosophy based on the idea that a huffy efficient and powerful government in the key to social order | 53 | |
| 5723340657 | legion | a military unit of te ancient roman army made up of about 5,000 foot soldiers and a group of soldiers in horseback | 54 | |
| 5723340658 | mahabharata | a great indian epic poem, reflecting the struggles of the aryans as the moved south into asia | 55 | |
| 5723340659 | matriarchal | relation to a social system in which the mother is head of the family | 56 | |
| 5723340660 | mauryan empire | the first empire in india found by the chandragupta mauryan in 321 B.CE. | 57 | |
| 5723340661 | mecca | Arabian commercial center and center of islam; home of the prophet for Muhammad | 58 | |
| 5723340662 | medina | town northeast of mecca; asked Muhammad to resolve its intergroup differences | 59 | |
| 5723340663 | Mesopotamia | an ancient civilization founded in the valley of tigris and euphrates rivers in a part of the middle east that is modern day iraq | 60 | |
| 5723340664 | migration | the act of moving from one place to settle in another | 61 | |
| 5723340665 | minos | the legendary ruler of the minoan civilization in the island of crete who according to legend ordered daedalus to build a labyrinth to house minotaur | 62 | |
| 5723340666 | moche | a civilization that flourished on what is now the northern coast of peru from about 100 to 700 C.E | 63 | |
| 5723340667 | monarchy | a government in which power is in the hands of a single person | 64 | |
| 5723340668 | mosque | an islamic place of worship | 65 | |
| 5723340669 | muslim | a follower of islam | 66 | |
| 5723340670 | nazca | a civilization that flourished on what is now the southern coast of peru from c.200 B.C.E to 600 C.E | 67 | |
| 5723340671 | olmec | the earliest known mesoamerican civilization which flourished around 1200 B.C.E and influenced later societies throughout the region | 68 | |
| 5723340672 | patriarchal | relating to a social system in which the father is head of the family | 69 | |
| 5723340673 | patricians | in ancient rome a member of the wealthy privileged upper class | 70 | |
| 5723340674 | peloponnesian war | a wast which involved athen vs sparta; sparta won the war | 71 | |
| 5723340675 | phillip II | kind of macedonia and father of alexander the great who conquered the reel city states | 72 | |
| 5723340676 | plebeians | in ancient rome the common farmers, artisans and merchants who made up most the population | 73 | |
| 5723340677 | polytheism | a belief in many gods | 74 | |
| 5723340678 | province | an administrative district or division of s country or empire | 75 | |
| 5723340679 | qin | a short lived chinese dynasty that replaced the zhou dynasty in the third century of B.C.E | 76 | |
| 5723340680 | qur'an | the holy book of islam | 77 | |
| 5723340681 | republic | a form of government in which power is in the hands of representatives and leaders are elected citizens who have the right to vote | 78 | |
| 5723340682 | scopio | roman general who defeated the carthaginian general hannibal in the third punic war | 79 | |
| 5723340683 | scribes | one of the professional record keepers in the early civilizations | 80 | |
| 5723340684 | senator | patrician who served as a lawmaker in the roman debate during the roman republic | 81 | |
| 5723340685 | shari'a | a body of law governing the lives of muslims | 82 | |
| 5723340686 | shi huangdi | emperor of the chinese tate of qin | 83 | |
| 5723340687 | shiva | hindu destroyer god | 84 | |
| 5723340688 | specialization | the development of skills in a particular kind of work such as trading or record keeping | 85 | |
| 5723340689 | steppes | dry temperate grass covered plains | 86 | |
| 5723340690 | sumer | civilization in ancient Mesopotamia characterized by the first development of agriculture | 87 | |
| 5723340691 | sunna | an islamic model for living, based on the life and teachings of muhammad | 88 | |
| 5723340692 | sunni | the branch of islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of muhammad | 89 | |
| 5723340693 | torah | the first 5 books of the hebrew bible; most sacred writings in the in the jewish traditions | 90 | |
| 5723340694 | tribune | in ancient rome an official elected by the plebeians to protect their rights | 91 | |
| 5723340695 | twelve tables | roman law code developed for in response to the democratization of the roman republic | 92 | |
| 5723340696 | untouchables | outcasts of the caste system | 93 | |
| 5723340697 | vedas | four collections of sacred writings produced by the aryans during an early stage of their settlement in india | 94 | |
| 5723340698 | vishnu | hindu preserver god | 95 | |
| 5723340699 | yin and yang | in chinese thought, two powers that govern the natural rhythms of life | 96 | |
| 5723340700 | zapotec | and early mesoamerican circulation that was centered in the oaxaca valley of what is now mexico | 97 | |
| 5723340701 | zhou dynasty | first of the chinese classical civilization | 98 | |
| 5723340702 | ziggurat | a tiered pyramid shaped structure that formed part of sumerian temple | 99 |
