Terms : Hide Images
| 7231458699 | Hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing system |  | 0 |
| 7231458700 | ziggurat | a massive pyramidal steeped tower made of mud-bricks associated with religion |  | 1 |
| 7231458701 | cuneiform | Sumerian writing system |  | 2 |
| 7231458702 | polytheistic | a belief in many gods |  | 3 |
| 7231458703 | monotheistic | a belief in one God |  | 4 |
| 7231458704 | theocracy | a government controlled by religious leaders |  | 5 |
| 7231458705 | Nile River | the longest river in the world. It is 4,000 miles long |  | 6 |
| 7231458706 | Fertile Crescent | a geographical area of fertile land that stretches from the Nile River to the Tigris and Euphrates |  | 7 |
| 7231458707 | Indus River Valley | chronologically, the 3rd urban hearth, dating 2200 BCE |  | 8 |
| 7231458708 | Mesopotamia | a region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the 1st urban societies |  | 9 |
| 7231458709 | Nile River Valley | chronologically, the second urban hearth, dating 3200 BCE |  | 10 |
| 7231458710 | Huang He River Valley | known as the yellow river valley located in the earliest Chinese settlement |  | 11 |
| 7231458711 | patriarchal | male dominance |  | 12 |
| 7231458712 | matriarchal | female dominance |  | 13 |
| 7231458713 | Sanskrit | an Indo-European, Indic language, since 1200 bc |  | 14 |
| 7231458714 | prehistory | a period before writing |  | 15 |
| 7231458715 | fossils | rock-like remains of biological organisms |  | 16 |
| 7231458716 | Archaeology | study of artifacts and relics of early mankind |  | 17 |
| 7231458717 | Anthropology | study of human life and culture |  | 18 |
| 7231458718 | artifacts | objects made by humans |  | 19 |
| 7231458719 | hominid | human |  | 20 |
| 7231458720 | Homo sapiens sapiens | early modern humans means wise, wise human |  | 21 |
| 7231458721 | Zoroaster | The founder of Persia's classical pre-Islamic religion, Zoroastrianism. |  | 22 |
| 7231458722 | Paleolithic Age | Old Stone Age. Humans used simple stone tools |  | 23 |
| 7231458723 | nomads | hunters and gatherers |  | 24 |
| 7231458724 | Catalhuyuk | an important neolithic site what is now Turkey |  | 25 |
| 7231458725 | Jericho | Oldest Neolithic community |  | 26 |
| 7231458726 | Neolithic Age | The beginning of systematic agriculture |  | 27 |
| 7231458727 | systematic agriculture | the organized growing of food on a regular basis |  | 28 |
| 7231458728 | domestication | the taming of plants and animals for human use |  | 29 |
| 7231458729 | artisans | skilled workers |  | 30 |
| 7231458730 | monarchs | kings or queens |  | 31 |
| 7231458731 | civilization | a complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a number of common elements |  | 32 |
| 7231458732 | culture | way of life |  | 33 |
| 7231458733 | city-states | a city that has political and economic control over the surrounding countryside |  | 34 |
| 7231458734 | Sargon | Leader of the Akkadians |  | 35 |
| 7231458735 | Hammurabi Law Code | a strict ancient law code that enforced an eye for an eye and a tooth for a toothph |  | 36 |
| 7231458736 | pharaoh | Egyptian monarch meaning great house or palace |  | 37 |
| 7231458737 | mummification | a process of slowly drying a dead body |  | 38 |
| 7231458738 | Himalaya | the highest mountains in the world |  | 39 |
| 7280993729 | Cultural Hearth | A center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward. |  | 40 |
| 7280997952 | Judaism | the monotheistic religion of the Jews. |  | 41 |
| 7281004625 | Mesopotamia | Birthplace of the Sumerian civilization among many others. |  | 42 |
| 7281006581 | Persians | developed laws, built roads, and made money systems |  | 43 |
| 7281008224 | Sumerian civilization | Created the wheel and first written symbol. | 44 | |
| 7281017667 | The epic of Gilgamesh | First Book ever written | 45 | |
| 7281026103 | Phoenicians | Created the first written alphabet. | 46 | |
| 7288511980 | The holy book of Judaism | Torah | 47 | |
| 7288513877 | Created the first wheel | Sumerians | 48 | |
| 7288573297 | the spread of ideas and technology | cultural diffusion | 49 |
