2808723931 | Civilization | A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes | 0 | |
2821078287 | Monumental Agriculture | Characteristics of First Civilizations | 1 | |
2821078954 | Ziggurat | massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities, but its function is unknown. | 2 | |
2821082046 | Cuneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets. | 3 | |
2821082047 | Hieroglyphics | An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds | 4 | |
2821082568 | Vedic Tradition | Brought into the Indus River Valley and South Asia by the Aryans (Indo-Europeans) | 5 | |
2821082569 | Zoroastrianism | One of the first monotheistic religions, particularly one with a wide following. It was central to the political and religious culture of ancient Persia. | 6 | |
2821083199 | Polytheism | Belief in many gods | 7 | |
2821083200 | Monotheism | Belief in one God | 8 | |
2821083647 | Environmental Determinism | the idea that human behavior is controlled by the physical environment | 9 | |
2821083648 | Mandate of Heaven | Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou, was the prerogative of Heaven, the chief deity, to grant power to the ruler of China. | 10 | |
2821084120 | Pictographic Writing | a type of written speech in which small pictures are used for words | 11 | |
2821084121 | Oracle Bones | one of the animal bones or tortoise shells used by ancient Chinese priests to communicate with the gods | 12 | |
2821084122 | Pharoah | a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political leader | 13 | |
2821084773 | Ur | Ancient city on Mesoptamia | 14 | |
2821084774 | Centralized | One ruler controls entire civilization | 15 | |
2821085018 | Decentralized | governmental power is spread among more than one person or group | 16 | |
2821085338 | City States | Mesopotamia was split into 12 city-states. Each city-state had their own government. . | 17 | |
2821092046 | Ancestor Veneration | Veneration of the dead or ancestor reverence is based on the beliefs that the dead have a continued existence, and may possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living, the worship of deceased ancestors | 18 | |
2821092047 | Aryans | nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste system | 19 | |
2821092048 | Hierachy | a ranking system in which each thing is placed above or below others | 20 | |
2821092403 | Divine | (adj.) godly, exceedingly wonderful (Terribly fond of desserts, she found the rich chocolate cake to be divine.) | 21 | |
2821092404 | Bartering | Exchanging products or services with others by agreeing on their values without using money. | 22 | |
2821092405 | Irrigation | A way of supplying water to an area of land | 23 | |
2821092792 | Hammarabi's code | Eye for an eye | 24 | |
2821092793 | Iron Metallurgy | Extraction of iron from its ores. allowed for cheaper stronger production of weapons and tools. More abundant than tin and copper | 25 | |
2821092794 | Chariots | A military advance created and used by the Assyrians and Hittites that used a two-wheeled cart pulled by horses | 26 |
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