2852326006 | City-States | sovereign state consisting of an autonomous with its dependencies | 0 | |
2852328352 | Empires | Supreme power in governing; imperial power; sovereignty | 1 | |
2852329220 | Aristocracy | a class of a person holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility | 2 | |
2852330821 | Hammurabi's code | Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia | 3 | |
2852332246 | Ziggurats | place of worship for ancient Babylonians | 4 | |
2852334046 | Social stratification | the hierarchical or vertical division of society according to rank, caste, or class | 5 | |
2852334977 | Partriachal | a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc. | 6 | |
2852418217 | Civilization | An advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached | 7 | |
2852420187 | Mesopotamia | an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers | 8 | |
2852421275 | Cuneiform | Earliest form of writing using shapes | 9 | |
2853554459 | Monotheism | Worships and believes that there is one and only god | 10 | |
2853555351 | Persia | Series of Imperial dynasties centered in Persia | 11 | |
2853556104 | Sparta | Situated on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia. Prominent City-State | 12 | |
2853557501 | Athens | Center of Greece for about 4,000 years. Capital of modern Greece | 13 | |
2853558563 | Parthenon | The temple of Athena Parthenos on Acropolis at Athens, Completed in 438 b.c. | 14 | |
2853559888 | Socrates | Athenian Philosopher | 15 | |
2853561153 | Aristotle | Greek Philosopher | 16 | |
2853562249 | Alexander the Great | King of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. Taught by great philosophers such as Aristotle. | 17 | |
2853563128 | Eratosthenes | Greek mathematician and astronomer | 18 | |
2853565282 | Archimedes | Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor. | 19 | |
2853567181 | Plebeians | A member of common people | 20 | |
2853569507 | Patricians | A person of noble or high rank | 21 | |
2853571475 | Rule of Law | Law governs the nation | 22 | |
2853572839 | Twelve Tablets | Old Roman Laws that didn't work out. | 23 | |
2853575384 | Pax Romana | the terms of peace imposed by ancient Rome on its dominions | 24 | |
2853576363 | Aryans | Indo-Europiean | 25 | |
2853577512 | Emperor Ashoka | an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent | 26 | |
2853579515 | Muaryan empire | Extensive Iron age historical power in ancient India | 27 | |
2853581319 | Gupta empire | Ancient Indian empire founded by Maharaja | 28 | |
2853582082 | Zhou dynasty | Longest lasting Chinese dynasties. Followed the Shang dynasty and finished when the army of the state of Qin took over | 29 | |
2853597984 | Qin dynasty | Shortest of Chinese dynasties. lasted 15 years before falling apart | 30 | |
2853597985 | Han dynasty | Divided into area directly controlled by the central government. This lead into a rebellion due to lack of independence | 31 | |
2853597986 | Neolithic Revolution | Introduction of agriculture, domestication, and tools. the first civilizations were formed during this time period | 32 | |
2853597987 | Pharaoh | Ancient Egyptian king | 33 | |
2853597988 | Hieroglyphics | designating or pertaining to a pictographic script | 34 | |
2860298644 | Pyramids | Burial sites for pharaohs. Monumental Structures | 35 | |
2860304492 | Kush | An African state that developed along the Nile. Conquered by Egypt | 36 | |
2860310678 | Indus river | mouth of the Arabian Sea; Location of Harappan Civilization | 37 | |
2860311663 | Harappa | Major urban complex | 38 | |
2860319154 | Vedas | Aryan hymns originally transmitted orally now written down since the 6th century | 39 | |
2860322650 | Mahabharata | Indian epic of war | 40 | |
2860326153 | Ramayana | One of the great epic tales from classical India | 41 | |
2860327415 | Upanishads | Later books of the Vedas | 42 | |
2860331024 | Ideographic | pictographic characters grouped together to create new concepts | 43 | |
2860331041 | Shang | First Chinese dynasty. | 44 | |
2860334203 | Yellow river | Also known as Huanghe; site of development of sedentary agriculture in China | 45 | |
2860336585 | Olmecs | People of a culture tradition, featured irrigated agriculture, urbanism, elaborate religion, beginning of calendrical and writing systems. | 46 | |
2860338719 | Chavin de Huantar | This culture appeared in highlands of Andes. Typified by ceremonial centers with large stone buildings. | 47 | |
2860345924 | Phoenicians | Seafaring civilization located on the shore of eastern Mediterranean | 48 |
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