4786723937 | Agricultural Revolution or Neolithic Revolution | period of transition from the pre-agricultural period characterized by a Paleolithic diet, into an agricultural period characterized by a diet of cultivated foods; or a further transition from a living a more advanced and more productive form of agriculture, resulting in further social changes | 0 | |
4786725010 | Bantu | a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa | 1 | |
4786725011 | Buddhism | a religion of eastern and central Asia that is based on the teachings of Gautama Buddha | 2 | |
4786726389 | Carthage | ancient city on the coast of North Africa near present-day Tunis | 3 | |
4786726390 | Chavin | pre-Incan civilization that flourished in northern and central Peru from about 900 to 200 bc, known for its carved stone sculptures and boldly designed ceramics | 4 | |
4786727605 | Christianity | religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices | 5 | |
4786727606 | City-state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state | 6 | |
4786729476 | Confucianism | system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius | 7 | |
4786729477 | Cuneiform | wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets | 8 | |
4786730680 | Daoism or Taiosm | philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events | 9 | |
4786732086 | Diaspora | Jews living outside Israel | 10 | |
4786732087 | Foragers | gathering food by hunting, fishing, or the gathering of plant matter | 11 | |
4786732657 | Hieroglyphics | writing consisting of hieroglyphs | 12 | |
4786732658 | Isreal | country between Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea | 13 | |
4786733497 | Linear B | syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of Greek | 14 | |
4786733498 | Legalism | excessive adherence to law or formula | 15 | |
4786734587 | Mandate in Heaven | ancient Chinese belief/theory and philosophical idea that tiān (heaven) granted emperors the right to rule based on their ability to govern well, appropriately and fairly | 16 | |
4786734588 | Mesoamerica | region in the Americas, extending approximately from central Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica, within which pre-Columbian societies flourished before the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries | 17 | |
4786735868 | Mesopotamia | ancient name for the land that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers | 18 | |
4786736685 | Minoans | language associated with the Minoans | 19 | |
4786738343 | Monotheism | belief that there is only one God | 20 | |
4786738943 | Mycenae | characteristic of the Bronze Age Mycenaean culture of the eastern Mediterranean area | 21 | |
4786740936 | Neo-Assyrian Empire | Iron Age Mesopotamian empire, in existence between 911 and 612 B.C.E. | 22 | |
4786742055 | Neolithic | later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed | 23 | |
4786742056 | Olmec | people living in the same general area as the prehistoric Olmec during the 15th and 16th centuries | 24 | |
4786742962 | Papyrus | material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats | 25 | |
4786743990 | Pluralists | sheep or cattle farmer | 26 | |
4786743991 | Pharaoh | ruler in ancient Egypt | 27 | |
4786745340 | Phoenicians | member of a Semitic people inhabiting ancient Phoenicia and its colonies | 28 | |
4786745341 | Polytheism | worship of more than one god | 29 | |
4786746506 | Darius I | King of Persia (521-486) who expanded the empire, organized a highly efficient administrative system, and invaded Greece, only to be defeated at the Battle of Marathon in 490 | 30 | |
4786747227 | Zoroastrianism | monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century BC | 31 | |
4786747228 | Hoplite | heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece | 32 | |
4786747229 | Democracy | system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives | 33 | |
4786748754 | Herodotus | Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey) and lived in the fifth century BC ( c. 484-c. 425 BC), a contemporary of Socrates | 34 | |
4786748755 | Persian Wars | wars fought between Greece and Persia in the 5th century bc, in which the Persians sought to extend their territory over the Greek world | 35 | |
4786749910 | Socrates | (469-399 B.C.E.) Greek philosopher | 36 | |
4786749911 | Hellenistic Age | Greek history, language, and culture from the death of Alexander the Great to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian in 31 B.C.E. | 37 | |
4786750757 | Alexandria | port city of northern Egypt, located where the Nile River empties into the Mediterranean Sea | 38 | |
4786750758 | Alexander | 356-323 B.C.E., king of Macedonia: conqueror of Greek city-states and of the Persian empire from Asia Minor and Egypt to India | 39 |
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