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| 272763415 | First migration from Africa | 100,000 years ago | 0 | |
| 272763416 | Paleolithic Art | cave paintings in the Lascaux and the Venus figurine in Austria | 1 | |
| 272763417 | Paleolithic Era | The old stone age | 2 | |
| 272763418 | Egalitarian | everyone is seen as equal, pretty much ceased to exist after patriarchy began | 3 | |
| 272763419 | Animism | The aboriginal Australian belief that everything has a soul | 4 | |
| 272763420 | Neolithic | Between 16,000 and 10,000 years ago, the agricultural revolution led to the beginning of the neolithic era | 5 | |
| 272763421 | Ice Age | As the Ice Age ended, the ice melted, making way for the beginning of the Agricultural Revolution, as well as the neolithic era | 6 | |
| 272763422 | Diffusion | The gradual moving or spread of something over a period of time. Plants or animals. | 7 | |
| 272763423 | Domestication | The taming of animals or plants for the use of humans. Plants or animals. | 8 | |
| 272763424 | Intensification of Living | Instead of depending on a large amount of land for a hunter-gatherer lifestyle, people were able to get enough food on a small amount of land by farming. | 9 | |
| 272763425 | Domestication of Teosinte | relative of maize that was domesticated in Mesoamerica | 10 | |
| 272763426 | Domestication of Llamas | Llamas were the only domesticated animals in the Americas. They weren't really good for much. | 11 | |
| 272763427 | Domestication of Horses | First domesticated in the steppes, which were wide open fields of grass that weren't really suitable for farming | 12 | |
| 272763428 | Domestication of Camels | First domesticated in Saudi Arabia, but they eventually move to Africa. | 13 | |
| 272763429 | Pastoral Societies in the Americas | There were none because the only large animal were the llamas. And they suck. | 14 | |
| 272763430 | Pastoral Societies | Societies based on the domestication of animals because they can't farm. They are egalitarian (usually). Pastoral = Herders | 15 | |
| 272763431 | River Valley Civilizations | - Egypt - Mesopotamia - Mohenjo Daro and Harappa - Olmec - China (Shang and Zhou) - Norte Chico | 16 | |
| 272763432 | Egypt (RVC) | - By the Nile River - Farming? | 17 | |
| 272763433 | Mesopotamia (RVC) | - By the Tigris and Euphrates (Sumer) - Oldest civilization - Invented cuneiform writing | 18 | |
| 272763434 | Norte Chico (RVC) | - Pacific Ocean (coastal Peru) - No writing language, they had quipus | 19 | |
| 272763435 | Mohenjo Daro and Harappa (RVC) | - Indus River (present-day Pakistan) - Well planned city with clearly defined streets, buildings, and walls | 20 | |
| 272763436 | Shang and Zhou (RVC) | - Yellow River - Written language called oracle bones, carved on turtle shell - Bronze Tiger (Shang Dynasty): for the emperor to communicate with the heavens | 21 | |
| 272763437 | Mandate of Heaven | In China, the emperor was called the Son of Heaven and had to posses the Mandate of Heaven which could be lost, leading to a change in power. | 22 | |
| 272763438 | Olmecs | - Gulf of Mexico - Influenced the Mayans - Olmec Heads: carvings of the heads of rulers | 23 | |
| 272763439 | Patriarchy | Men and women are no longer equal after chiefdoms (which are then followed by civilizations). Social classes form when a chief is put in charge. | 24 | |
| 272763440 | Patriarchy in Mesopotamia | Patriarchy originates in Mesopotamia. Women were not strong enough to plow fields, therefore men were superior and took over. There are no Mesopotamian queens. | 25 | |
| 272763441 | Divine Right Theory | The belief that the ruler was chosen by God. Used in Egypt. | 26 | |
| 272763442 | Classical Civilizations | - Persia - Greece - Rome - China (Qin and Han) - India (Mauryan and Gupta) | 27 | |
| 272763443 | Persia (CC) | - Capital: Persepolis - Included present-day Iran and present-day Turkey - Empire of 35 million - Zoroastrianism | 28 | |
| 272763444 | Greece (CC) | - Athens and Sparta were two of the most important city-states - Alexander the Great ruled during the Hellenistic Age - Population: 2 - 3 million - Made up of competitive city-states rather than cohesive empire like Persia | 29 | |
| 272763445 | Politics in Greece (CC) | - All citizens were equal under the law (but only the wealthy/well-born really had rights) - Eventually rights went to the middle and lower class MEN | 30 | |
| 272763446 | Hoplite | a person who buys armor and fights for city-states | 31 | |
| 272763447 | Sparta | - one of the first city-states to get rid of tyranny - ruled by a council of elders | 32 | |
| 272763448 | Athens | - ruled by direct democracy - they directly elect representatives to participate in government - Golden Age of Pericles: built the parthenon | 33 | |
| 272763449 | Helots | Prisoners of war who were enslaved in Sparta | 34 | |
| 272763450 | Peloponnesian War | Sparta vs. Athens - Sparta circles Athens and lets no one in or out for many years - they are hit by the plague (30,000 die including Pericles) - Athens loses MACEDONIA takes over both | 35 | |
| 272763451 | Alexander the Great | - starts a massive takeover of everything because he can... - Destroys Persepolis as payback for the Persian wars - Takes over Egypt (is appointed pharoah and called Son of the Gods) - Everything from Greece to India is part of his empire | 36 | |
| 273056552 | Hellenistic Syncretism | Several different elements form something, but retain the original characteristics. Alexander the Great's empire combines Greek, Indian, and Persian cultures but they still remain their own | 37 | |
| 273056553 | Greco-Buddha | Statue where Buddha was depicted wearing Greek robes | 38 | |
| 273056554 | Ashoka | - Leader of India during the Mauryan - State support of Buddhism | 39 | |
| 273056555 | Caste | Brahmin: priests Kshatriya: rulers and warriors Vaisya: peasants Sudra: dark-skinned natives Untouchables: below the caste | 40 | |
| 273056556 | Bhakti | Gods and Goddesses - Shiva: the destroyer - Vishnu: the protector and preserver - Ganesh: the elephant child, mover of obstacles | 41 | |
| 273056557 | Brahman | The world's soul | 42 | |
| 273056558 | Atman | A person's soul | 43 | |
| 273056559 | Moksha | The joining of Brahman and atman | 44 | |
| 273056560 | Samsara | life and death cycling (life, death, rebirth) | 45 | |
| 273056561 | Confucianism | Founded in China by Confucius about good leadership used by Han | 46 | |
| 273056562 | Buddhism | Founded in India by Siddhartha Guatama Mahayana = the kind that spreads | 47 | |
| 273056563 | Daoism | All about nature founded by Lao Zi (rode of on a water buffalo) | 48 | |
| 273056564 | Greek Rationalism | Not about the gods anymore Socrates is the first rational philosopher Aristotle is a mixture of Socrates and Plato Hippocrates: father of medicine Herodotus: father of history | 49 | |
| 273056565 | Legalism | Used by Qin Shihuandi | 50 | |
| 273056566 | Qin Dynasty (CC) | Qin Shihuandi and Legalism | 51 | |
| 273056567 | Han Dynasty (CC) | Confucianism | 52 | |
| 273056568 | Athens vs Spartan Patriarchy | Athens had a more male dominated society than Sparta. Women in Sparta had to take care of their homes when the men went off to battle, which meant they had to take over leadership positions. | 53 | |
| 273056569 | Zoroastrianism | Persia Prophet: Zorothustra Monotheistic (Ahura Mazda) | 54 | |
| 273056570 | Judaism | Israel During the Babylonian Captivity, they are exposed to Zoroastrianism which influenced them. (Noah's Arc is similar to the Epic of Gilgamesh, their laws are similar to the Law of Hammurabi) | 55 | |
| 273056571 | Hinduism | A collection of Indian religious traditions | 56 | |
| 273056572 | Three Obediences | ... | 57 |
