4730409616 | Neolithic Era | "New Stone Age", discovery and cultivation of agriculture | ![]() | 0 |
4730409620 | Neolithic "Revolution" | The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution. | 1 | |
4730409621 | Mesopotamia | (land between the rivers) The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; birthplace of the Sumerian and Babylonian Civilizations. | ![]() | 2 |
4730409622 | Tigris River | Mesopotamian River, above Euphrates | ![]() | 3 |
4730409623 | Euphrates River | Mesopotamian river, below Tigris | ![]() | 4 |
4730409624 | Mediterranean Sea | Sea connecting Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and N.Africa | ![]() | 5 |
4730409627 | Babylon | The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. | ![]() | 6 |
4730409631 | Irrigation | Manmade canals and reservoirs for easier access to water, developed by Sumerians | ![]() | 7 |
4730409633 | City-state | Political organization: urban king rules surrounding agricultural regions | ![]() | 8 |
4730409635 | Polytheism | Belief in more than one god | 9 | |
4730409636 | Hammurabi's Code | Extensive law code est. by Babylonian King Hammurabi | ![]() | 10 |
4730409637 | Cuneiform | World's 1st written language, invented by Sumerians | ![]() | 11 |
4730409644 | Monotheism | Belief in only one god | 12 | |
4730409645 | Phoenicians | Maritime civilization in Mediterranean that developed extensive trade, communication networks, early alphabetical script | ![]() | 13 |
4730409646 | Arabian Desert | Desert on Arabian Peninsula | ![]() | 14 |
4730409647 | Sahara Desert | Desert in N.Africa | ![]() | 15 |
4730409648 | Savannah | A grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions. | ![]() | 16 |
4730409653 | Pharaoh | A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader. | ![]() | 17 |
4730409654 | Nile River | Principal water source of water flowing through North Africa (site of sophisticated cultural development) | ![]() | 18 |
4730409655 | Cairo | Egyptian city along lower Nile | 19 | |
4730409658 | Hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing (pictographs & symbols representing sounds+ideas) | ![]() | 20 |
4730409666 | Rosetta Stone | A 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 |
4730409671 | Brahman | a member of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood | 22 | |
4730409672 | Karma | Hindu concept that the sum of good and bad in a person's life will determine his or her status in the next life | 23 | |
4730409673 | Ascetic | Hindu concept of a simple, non-materialistic lifestyle | 24 | |
4730409674 | Dharma | Hindu concept of obedience to religious and moral laws and order | ![]() | 25 |
4730409684 | Dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family | 26 | |
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 source | 27 | |
4730409689 | Ancestor Veneration | Chinese belief : ancestors influence one's fortunes in life. Rituals and worship to ancestors conducted to ensure good fortune. | 28 | |
4730409703 | Latitude & Longitude | Measures north-south position & Measures east-west position | ![]() | 29 |
4730409704 | Continents (7) | North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa. Australia, Antarctica | 30 | |
4730409705 | Oceans (4) | Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic | 31 | |
4730409713 | River Valley Civilizations - Mesopotamia | - Tigris & Euphrates rivers - Cuneiform -Est. government for order & stability - Job specialization -> Social classes | 32 | |
4730409714 | River Valley Civilization - Nile River | -Pharaoh -Religious traditions (mummification,Amon-Re) -Industries, Transportation, Trade networks -Writing systems (hieroglyphic, hieratic, demotic,Coptic) | 33 | |
4730426467 | Buddhism | A belief system based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, which stress freeing oneself from worldly desires. | ![]() | 34 |
4730426960 | Hinduism | Term 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 |
4730428326 | Zoroastrianism | Founded 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 |
4730431117 | Judaism | Founded by Abraham it was the first of the three Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. | ![]() | 37 |
4730450408 | Confucianism | The 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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