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| 7073989627 | Aryans | Indo-European migrants who came into South Asia after the Indus Valley civilization; developed the culture that would form the basis for Indian civilizations afterwards. | 0 | |
| 7073994096 | Book of the Dead | An Egyptian book of spells and chants to be completed by a dead person in order that his soul might be rejoined with his body in paradise after death. | 1 | |
| 7073996330 | Characters | Chinese writing system; originally a pictographic system that evolved into ideograms, in which symbols represent ideas regardless of the pronunciation. | 2 | |
| 7074005729 | City-States | A political system in which an urban-based king rules his city and its surrounding area with a centralized government; each city-state thought of itself as an independent unity. | 3 | |
| 7074009644 | Cuneiform | "Wedge-shaped"; the writing system invented by the Sumerians and used by all Mesopotamian civilizations afterwards. | 4 | |
| 7074011608 | Cylinder Seal | A tool used to create a standard imprint when rolled on clay; used for record-keeping in the Indus Valley. | 5 | |
| 7074017711 | Dravidian | The original inhabitants of South Asia, possibly descended from the first group of humans to leave Africa; while they created the Indus Valley civilization, they were later replaced by the Aryans. | 6 | |
| 7074033959 | Dynasties | A family line of rulers, in which a father passed his political authority down to his son. | 7 | |
| 7074038868 | Epiglyphs | "Almost writing"; a systems developed by the Olmecs that served as the basis for the later writing known as Mayan glyphs. | 8 | |
| 7074043360 | Epic of Gilgamesh | Earliest known written epic poem, which tells the legendary deeds of Gilgamesh, a historical king of Uruk; later became the model for all Mesopotamian kings. | 9 | |
| 7074050869 | Hammurabi's Code | Earliest known written laws, established by the King of Babylon. | 10 | |
| 7074052153 | Social Hierarchy | A system of class distinctions in which some people have higher status than others. | 11 | |
| 7074054039 | Hieroglyphs | "Sacred writing"; the writing system developed by the ancient Egyptians; also included a kind of "cursive" script known as Demotic. | 12 | |
| 7074060164 | Indo-Europeans | A very large linguistic group that originated near the Caucasus mountains; eventually migrated to most of Eurasia, bringing the idea of civilization with them. | 13 | |
| 7074072392 | Loess | Silt that was blown from the Himalayas and deposited in East Asia, turning the Huang He yellow and providing nutrients to the soil as it flooded. | 14 | |
| 7074078126 | Monsoons | a very regular pattern of winds that provided most of the rainfall for a whole year. | 15 | |
| 7074081881 | Monumental Architecture | Large buildings that were designed to glorify the ruler and to strengthen the authority of the state and the elite. | 16 | |
| 7074085373 | Oracle Bones | A technique used to tell the future in Shang China; included an early form of characters (Chinese writing). | 17 | |
| 7074090757 | Patriarchy | A system of gender distinctions in which men were superior to women. | 18 | |
| 7074093766 | Public Works | Construction projects that were required for the good of the general public; examples include defensive walls, flood control and irrigation, places of public worship, and plumbing. | 19 | |
| 7074096203 | Quipu | Record-keeping system using string and knots to make and record calculation; used by all of the civilizations in the Andes. | 20 | |
| 7074098412 | Semites | A very large linguistic group that originated in the fertile crescent; eventually migrated into most of the Middle East, Mediterranean, and North Africa, spreading the idea of civilization with them. | 21 | |
| 7074104404 | Sumerians | The original inhabitants of Mesopotamia; invented civilization without any previous model; would be replaced by other peoples but their civilization was copied. | 22 | |
| 7074117042 | Urbanization | The process of living in large cities; a key feature of civilizations. | 23 | |
| 7074118492 | Ziggurat | A large pyramid-like structure constructed in Mesopotamia and used as a temple for the public displays of ritual. | 24 |
