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212073887Agrarian RevolutionOccured between 8,000 and 5,000 BCE; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture.0
212073888AnimismA Nomadic agricultural life-style based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies.1
212073889Babylonian EmpireEarly walled urban culture based on sedntary agriculture; located in modern Israel-occupied the west bank of the Jordan River.2
212073890Catal HuyukEarly urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification.3
212073891CivilizationsA level of social organization normally consisting of between 20 and 30 people; nomadic hunters and gatherers; labor divided on a gender basis.4
212073892CultureCombination of Ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction.5
212073893CuneiformSumerian writing made by pressing a wedge-shaped tool into clay tablets.6
212073894Epic of GilgameshThe Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Ancient Mesopotamia and is among the earliest known works of literary fiction.7
212073895HammurabiKing of the Babylonian empire; creator of the Code of Hammurabi, one of the world's oldest codes of law.8
212073896HittitesAn indo-European people who entered Mesopotamia ca. 1750 B.C.E.; destroyed by Babylonian Empire; swept away ca. 1200 B.C.E.9
212073897KushAn African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 100 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries.10
212073898Matrilinealbased on or tracing descent through the female line.11
212073899Monotheismthe belief in only one god;introduced by the Jews into Middle Eastern civilation.12
212073900NeolithicThe period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution. It follows the Paleolithic period.13
212073901Paleolithicthe name given to the Old Stone Age and the time period where most of human pre-history took place. Evolving rock tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence.14
212073902PatoralistsA religious outlook that recognizes gods in many aspects of nature propitiates them to help control and explain nature; typical of Mesopotamian Religions.15
212073903PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranian; established colonies throughout the Mediterranian16
212073904Sumerianspeople who migrated to Mesopotamia in ca. 4000 B.C.E.;cretaed the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states.17
212073905ZigguratMassive towers usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections.18
212073906ZoroastrianismPersian religion founded by Zoroaster; taught that humans had the freedom to choose between right and wrong, and that goodness would triumph in the end19
212073907ConfuciusMajor Chinese Philosopher born in 6th cenury B.C.E.; sayings collected in the Analects; philosophy based on the need for restoration of social order through the role of superior men20
212073908Daoisma philosophy based on the ideas of the Chinese thinker Laozi; individuals should seek alignment with Dao or cosmic force.21
212073909DharmaThe caste position determined by an individuals birth; the hindu system required that one accept one's caste and perform to the best of one's ability in orde to advance to i a better position in the next life.22
212073910Feudalisma political and social system that developed during the Middle Ages; nobles offered protection and land in return for service23
212073911Forbidden CityImperial precinct within the capital cities of China; only imperial family, advisors, and household were permitted to enter.24
212073912Gupta Dynasty-25
212073913Gurus-26
212073914Harappan-27
212073915Karma-28
212073916Laozi-29
212073917Legalists-30
212073918Liu Bang-31
212073919Loess-32
212073920Mandate of Heaven-33
212073921Monsoons-34
212073922Nirvana-35
212073923Oracles-36
212073924Patriltneal-37
212073925Polyandry-38
212073926Reincarnation-39
212073927Sanskrit-40
212073928Scholar Gentry-41
212073929Secret Societies-42
212073930Shang-43
212073931Shi Huangdi-44
212073932Transmigration-45
212073933Untouchables-46
212073934Varnas-47
212073935Vedas-48
212073936Warring States Period-49
212073937Alexander the Great-50
212073938Aristotle-51
212073939Julius Ceaser-52
212073940Clientage-53
212073941Consuls-54
212073942Cyrus the Great-55
212073943Delian League-56
212073944Direct Democracy-57
212073945Doric, Ionic, Corinthian-58
212073946Hannibal-59
212073947Hellenism-60
212073948Legion-61
212073949Natural Law-62
212073950Octavian-63
212073951Patricians-64
212073952Pericles-65
212073953Plato-66
212073954Plebians-67
212073955Polis-68
212073956Republic-69
212073957Socrates-70
212073958Stoics-71
212073959Trajan-72
212073960Tribunes-73
212073961Virgil-74
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