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4730409616Neolithic Era"New Stone Age", discovery and cultivation of agriculture0
4730409620Neolithic "Revolution"The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution.1
4730409621Mesopotamia(land between the rivers) The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; birthplace of the Sumerian and Babylonian Civilizations.2
4730409622Tigris RiverMesopotamian River, above Euphrates3
4730409623Euphrates RiverMesopotamian river, below Tigris4
4730409624Mediterranean SeaSea connecting Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and N.Africa5
4730409627BabylonThe largest and most important city in Mesopotamia.6
4730409631IrrigationManmade canals and reservoirs for easier access to water, developed by Sumerians7
4730409633City-statePolitical organization: urban king rules surrounding agricultural regions8
4730409635PolytheismBelief in more than one god9
4730409636Hammurabi's CodeExtensive law code est. by Babylonian King Hammurabi10
4730409637CuneiformWorld's 1st written language, invented by Sumerians11
4730409644MonotheismBelief in only one god12
4730409645PhoeniciansMaritime civilization in Mediterranean that developed extensive trade, communication networks, early alphabetical script13
4730409646Arabian DesertDesert on Arabian Peninsula14
4730409647Sahara DesertDesert in N.Africa15
4730409648SavannahA grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions.16
4730409653PharaohA king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.17
4730409654Nile RiverPrincipal water source of water flowing through North Africa (site of sophisticated cultural development)18
4730409655CairoEgyptian city along lower Nile19
4730409658HieroglyphicsEgyptian writing (pictographs & symbols representing sounds+ideas)20
4730409666Rosetta StoneA huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics. It provided historians with Greek text that matched early Egyptian writing. This helped historians to decode and decipher the languages.21
4730409671Brahmana member of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood22
4730409672KarmaHindu concept that the sum of good and bad in a person's life will determine his or her status in the next life23
4730409673AsceticHindu concept of a simple, non-materialistic lifestyle24
4730409674DharmaHindu concept of obedience to religious and moral laws and order25
4730409684DynastyA series of rulers from the same family26
4730409685"Mandate of Heaven"Chinese belief : heavenly powers' approval chooses emperor. A political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source27
4730409689Ancestor VenerationChinese belief : ancestors influence one's fortunes in life. Rituals and worship to ancestors conducted to ensure good fortune.28
4730409703Latitude & LongitudeMeasures north-south position & Measures east-west position29
4730409704Continents (7)North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa. Australia, Antarctica30
4730409705Oceans (4)Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic31
4730409713River Valley Civilizations - Mesopotamia- Tigris & Euphrates rivers - Cuneiform -Est. government for order & stability - Job specialization -> Social classes32
4730409714River Valley Civilization - Nile River-Pharaoh -Religious traditions (mummification,Amon-Re) -Industries, Transportation, Trade networks -Writing systems (hieroglyphic, hieratic, demotic,Coptic)33
4730426467BuddhismA belief system based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, which stress freeing oneself from worldly desires.34
4730426960HinduismTerm for a wide variety of beliefs and ritual practices that have developed in the Indian subcontinent since antiquity. It has roots in ancient Vedic, Buddhist, and south Indian religious concepts and practices.35
4730428326ZoroastrianismFounded by Zoroaster; taught that humans had the freedom to choose between right and wrong, and that goodness would triumph in the end. Was one of the first monotheistic religions.36
4730431117JudaismFounded by Abraham it was the first of the three Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.37
4730450408ConfucianismThe system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct.38

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