87761147 | Amenhotep | Pharoah of Egypt who adopted a new monotheistic religion | 0 | |
87761148 | Amon-re | The most popular and influential religious figure/god through out Egyptians history | 1 | |
87761149 | Andes Mountains | Home to the early Incan Civilization | 2 | |
87761150 | Archaeology | The study of cultures through their material remains. | 3 | |
87761151 | Aryans | A group of nomadic and pastoral people who spread to south Asia. They reached the Ganges Valley in 1000 BCE and became the successors of the Harappan civilization of India. | 4 | |
87761152 | Bantu | Early language of Africa | 5 | |
87765793 | Chavin | An early civilization that preceded The Incas in Northern Peru. | 6 | |
87765794 | Chinampa | Floating gardens that were farmed on by meso-american civilizations. | 7 | |
87765795 | Citadels | A strong building to protect form attacks. | 8 | |
87765796 | CIty-State/Polis | Self-governing city surrounded by its territory. | 9 | |
87765797 | Cosmo-magical City | A city deemed to be sacred or has a mythological association. Uruck of Mesopotamia is said to have been ruled by the great her/king Gilgamesh. | 10 | |
87765798 | Cuneiform | The first written language characterized by its slim, triangular elements. | 11 | |
87792025 | Erlitou | The center or The Xia Dynasty in China during the bronze age. | 12 | |
87792026 | Fertile Crescent | Geographical area of fertile land stretching from the Nile to the Tigris/Euphrates | 13 | |
87792027 | Giza | Home of the most famous pyramids and tombs including the Sphinx which looks like a lion but is said to depict King Kafre. Located near the modern city of Ciaro. | 14 | |
87792028 | Hammurabi | King who connected Sumer and Akkad into one large superpower under the Code of Hammurabi. | 15 | |
87792029 | Harappa | One of the largest urban settlements in the Indus Valley. | 16 | |
87792030 | Hieroglyphs | A system of writing derived from pictograms and ideograms which is responsible for giving archaeologists insight to the culture of the Egyptians. | 17 | |
87792031 | Historiography | The study of history and the writing of history. | 18 | |
87792032 | Ideogram | A character in a writing system that represents the idea of a thing rather than its name. | 19 | |
87792033 | Indus River | One of the 7 first sites of primary urbanization located in West India. | 20 | |
87792034 | Innovation | The independent development of ideas. | 21 | |
87792035 | Diffusion | The spread of techniques or ideas. | 22 | |
87814768 | Jenne Jeno | The first well known indigenous city in sub saharan Africa where inhabitants lived in neighboring independent clusters rather than a single urban center | 23 | |
87814769 | Jericho | An ancient city of Palestine, north of the dead sea | 24 | |
87814770 | Longshan Culture | A more sophisticated modern improvement of the neolithic culture | 25 | |
87814771 | Maya | A meso-American civilization characterized by its developed cities, monumental architecture and numerous amounts of sacrifice | 26 | |
87814772 | Mesopotamia | A civilization located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The oldest of seven locations that innovated primary urbanization | 27 | |
87814773 | Mohenjo-daro | One of the largest cities of the indus valley civilization of ancient India | 28 | |
87817460 | Niger River | First urbanized by the nomadic Bantu people | 29 | |
87817461 | Nile River | Provided natural irrigation and fertile land to the early Egyptians | 30 | |
87817462 | Nomes | The administrative units of upper Egypt | 31 | |
87817463 | Old Kingdom | Period from 2700 to 2200 BCE that fell due to weakened central government. | 32 | |
87817464 | New Kingdom | Period from 1550 to 1050 BCE when irrigation improved and kings became known as Pharohs | 33 | |
87817465 | Olmecs | A southern Mexican civilization that was the predecessor of Maya and Aztec | 34 | |
87817466 | Oracle Bones | Pieces of animal bones used by Shang dynasty priests to predict the future of their dynasty. | 35 | |
87821015 | Osiris and Horus | Two of the most important god in Eqyptian Civilizations. | 36 | |
87821017 | Patriarchy | A system of society where the male is the head of the family. | 37 | |
87821018 | Pictogram | A pictoral representation of an object or thought. | 38 | |
87821020 | Popul Vah | Mayan collection of creation myths. | 39 | |
87821022 | Rosetta Stone | A rock that is covered in inscriptions of hieroglyphs, Egyptian Demotic and Greek. | 40 | |
87821023 | Semites | Arabs, Armenians, Jews and Ethiopians | 41 | |
87821024 | Shang Dynasty | This Dynasty came after the Xia Dynasty and before the Zhou Dynasty. Oracle bones were used during this dynasty. | 42 | |
87821025 | Specialization | Devoting oneself to a particular occupation. | 43 | |
87821027 | Sumerians | Lived in modern day Iran and Iraq. | 44 | |
87821028 | Teotihuacan | One of the first areas of urbanization in the new world. | 45 | |
87821030 | The Book of the Dead | A compilation of many ancient Egyptian texts about the security of eternal happiness after death. | 46 | |
87821031 | The Epic of Gilgamesh | A series of tales about the hero Gilgamesh. | 47 | |
87821032 | The Great Pyramids of Khufu | A monument in Egypt showing that the Pharoah was seen as a god | 48 | |
87821034 | Tikal | ONe of the largest, most elaborate Mayan cities. It was a religious and political city. | 49 | |
87821035 | Toltecs | A central AMerican Civilization in the Valley of Mexico. It was widespread from the Yucatan to Northern Mexico. | 50 | |
87821037 | Xia Dynasty | Dynasty during CHina's bronze age from 2700 BC to 2600 | 51 | |
87821038 | Yangshao Culture | Among the first people to settle around the Huang He river. | 52 | |
87821040 | Zapotecs | Small Meso American society in the Oaxaca Valley. | 53 | |
87821041 | Zhou dynasty | Dynasty with many advancements in religion and administration from 1122 to 480. | 54 | |
87821042 | Ziggurats | rectangular tiered temple constructed by ancient mesopotamians. | 55 | |
87821043 | Zimbabewes | Local rulers lived in these for protection in modern Zimbabwe and Mozambique. | 56 |
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