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| 10138447845 | Pastoralists | A member of a nomadic group that herds domesticated animals | 0 | |
| 10138447846 | Neolithic Revolution | The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution. | 1 | |
| 10138447847 | Mesopotamia | the land between the Tigris and Euphrates | 2 | |
| 10138447848 | Sub-Saharan Africa | Portion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara. | 3 | |
| 10138447849 | Yellow River (Huang He) | A river that runs through northern China, "River of Sorrow" becuase of frequent flooding. | 4 | |
| 10138447850 | Mesoamerica | "Middle America" the region extending from modern-day Mexico through Central America | 5 | |
| 10138447851 | Andes | A large system of mountain ranges located along the Pacific coast of Central and South America | 6 | |
| 10138447852 | Papa New Guinea | An island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean | 7 | |
| 10138447853 | Metallurgy | The science and technology of metals | 8 | |
| 10138447854 | Tigris and Euphrates | Two major rivers of Mesopotamia | 9 | |
| 10138447855 | Shang | the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC | 10 | |
| 10138447856 | Chavin | A culture that thrived in the Andean region from 900 B.C. to 200 B.C. | 11 | |
| 10138447857 | Hittites | an Indo-European people who settled in Anatolia around 2000 B.C. And worked with iron | 12 | |
| 10138447858 | Code of Ur-nammu | First law code of the world composed by the sumerians | 13 | |
| 10138447859 | Sumer | A group of ancient city-states in southern Mesopotamia; the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia. | 14 | |
| 10138447860 | Hebrew Monotheism | Origins of the early Jewish religion with the state of Israel and the Israelites | 15 | |
| 10138447861 | Zoroastrianism | a Persian religion based on the belief of one god and the balance between good and evil | 16 | |
| 10138447862 | Vedic religion | Codified in Sanskrit by 500 BC; basis for the caste system and reincarnation | 17 | |
| 10138447863 | Ziggurats | temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped | 18 | |
| 10138447864 | Pyramids | Huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that meet at a top point | 19 | |
| 10138447865 | Temples | Place of worship for something sacred or a deity | 20 | |
| 10138447866 | Quipu | An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information. | 21 | |
| 10138447867 | Pictographs | Picture symbols used by ancient chinese | 22 | |
| 10138447868 | Interregional trade | Trade between regions | 23 | |
| 10138447869 | Jewish diaspora | Spread of Jews out of their homeland after being exiled and settlement into other areas | 24 | |
| 10138447870 | Sanskrit | (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism) | 25 | |
| 10138447871 | Brahma | A single spiritual power that Hindus believe lives in everything ( the creator ) | 26 | |
| 10138447872 | Babylonians | A group of people who conquered the Sumerians. They had a very famous king named Hammurabi. | 27 | |
| 10138447873 | Assyrians | Semitic-speaking people who exploited the use of iron weapons to establish an empire | 28 | |
| 10138447874 | universal truth | the idea that some things are true for everybody | 29 | |
| 10138447875 | Buddha | Means "Enlightened One." He is said to have found a path for overcoming suffering. | 30 | |
| 10138447876 | Ashoka | a ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism and built stuppas | 31 | |
| 10138447877 | Missionaries | people who work to spread their religious beliefs | 32 | |
| 10138447878 | Mauryan | (321-185 BCE) This was the first centralized empire of India whose founder was Chandragupta Maurya. | 33 | |
| 10138447879 | Gupta | an empire located in northern India that lasted from 320-550 c.e. Had a golden age | 34 | |
| 10138447880 | Phoenicians | A maritime people who spread their alphabet to others including the Hebrews, Romans, and Greeks. | 35 | |
| 10138447881 | Teotihuacan | The most significant pre-Columbian Mesoamerican city. | 36 | |
| 10138447882 | Moche | a culture that thrived in the Andean region from about 400 B.C. to A.D. 600 | 37 | |
| 10138447883 | Hellenism | Blending of Egyptian, Persian and Greek culture; emphasis on philosophy and sciences. | 38 | |
| 10138447884 | Afro Eurasia | The giant combined continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia | 39 | |
| 10138447885 | Constantine | Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337) | 40 | |
| 10138447886 | Monastic life | Living as a monk or nun in a religious community | 41 | |
| 10138447887 | filial piety | the responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents | 42 | |
| 10138447888 | Shamanism | An ancient religion that focuses on connection with the natural world and healing powers | 43 | |
| 10138447889 | Animism | The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits | 44 | |
| 10138447890 | Ancestor veneration | The practice of praying to your ancestors. Found especially in China. | 45 | |
| 10138447891 | Sassanid Empire | Persian empire located to the east of the Byzantine Empire, political threat to the Byzantines. Caliphates invaded as it was weakening | 46 | |
| 10138447892 | Parthians | Persian state that followed the Achaemenids and rivaled the Seleucids in greatness | 47 | |
| 10138447893 | Achaemenids | Persia's first great dynasty. Founded by Cyrus and peaked under Darius. | 48 | |
| 10138447894 | Persepolis (per-SEP-oh-lis) | The capital and greatest palace-city of the Persian Empire, destroyed by Alexander the Great | 49 | |
| 10138447895 | Chang'an | Capital of Zhou-tang dynasties which was a great center of trading and commerce | 50 | |
| 10138447896 | Pataliputra | The captial of both Muryan and Gupta empires | 51 | |
| 10138447897 | Athens | the capital and largest city of Greece. First democracy in the world. Rivaled Sparta | 52 | |
| 10138447898 | Carthage | An ancient city on the north coast of Africa and fought Rome many times. | 53 | |
| 10138447899 | Rome | Capital of Italy. Had a republic | 54 | |
| 10138447900 | Alexandria | Port city located on the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great | 55 | |
| 10138447901 | Constantinople | Capital of the Byzantine Empire. City of great trade and commerce | 56 | |
| 10138447902 | corvee labor | unpaid forced labor usually by lower classes, forced upon them by the government | 57 | |
| 10138447903 | Xiongnu | Nomads who lived in the Gobi Desert; invaded China; Wall of China was constructed to keep them out | 58 | |
| 10138447904 | White huns | nomadic invaders from central Asia; invaded India; disrupted Gupta administration | 59 | |
| 10138447905 | Trans Saharan caravan routes | trading routes linking north Africa with sub-Saharan Africa across the Saharan. | 60 | |
| 10138447906 | Qanat system | Irrigation system of Persia | 61 | |
| 10138447907 | Byzantine Empire | empire that grew from the eastern part of the former Roman Empire; lasted until around 1400 and survived the fall of Rome | 62 | |
| 10138447908 | Caliphates | a Muslim spiritual community led by a supreme religious leader known as a caliph("deputes") | 63 | |
| 10138447909 | Novgorod | Rurik founded city; first important Russian city; city of trade | 64 | |
| 10138447910 | Timbuktu | Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning | 65 | |
| 10138447911 | Swahili city-states | local chiefs gain power through taxing trade on ports, ports --> city-states governed by kings | 66 | |
| 10138447912 | Hangzhou | China's capital during the Song dynasty, with a population of more than a million people. | 67 | |
| 10138447913 | Calicut | Great spice port of India where da Gama landed and traded | 68 | |
| 10138447914 | Baghdad | Capital of Abbasid dynasty. House of wisdom, center of learning | 69 | |
| 10138447915 | Melaka | Powerful Islamic state of the fifteenth century in southeast Asia. | 70 | |
| 10138447916 | Venice | An Italian city that by 1000 C.E. emerged as a major center of Mediterranean trade. Start of the Italian renaissance because of its trade | 71 | |
| 10138447917 | Tenochtitlan | The captial city of the Aztecs. | 72 | |
| 10138447918 | Cahokia | An important agricultural chiefdom of North America that flourished around 1100 C.E. | 73 | |
| 10138447919 | Mongols | People from Central Asia when united ended up creating the largest single land empire in history. Led by Genghis Khan | 74 | |
| 10138447920 | Polynesian | anything dealing with island in pacific-- language,culture,people | 75 | |
| 10138447921 | Berbers | nomadic people who used camel herding for trade from Northern Africa | 76 | |
| 10138447922 | Bantu | The people who spread throughout Africa spreading agriculture, language, and iron. | 77 | |
| 10138447923 | Ibn battuta | Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records | 78 | |
| 10138447924 | Xuanzang | Chinese-Buddhist monk who traveled to India to learn Indian Buddhism | 79 | |
| 10138447925 | Toltec | Central American society (950-1150) that was centered around the city of Tula. | 80 | |
| 10138447926 | Dar al islam | House of islam | 81 | |
| 10138447927 | Sui | dynasty succeeding the Han; grew from strong rulers in northern China; reunited China. | 82 | |
| 10138447928 | Song | a dynasty that ruled China after the Tang. Smaller military but still had lots of inventions | 83 | |
| 10138447929 | Khanates | Four regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Chinggis Khan. Lead by a khan | 84 | |
| 10138447930 | Feudalism | political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals | 85 | |
| 10138447931 | Abbasids | Muslim dynasty that succeeded the Umayyads in 750; their capital was at Baghdad | 86 | |
| 10138447932 | Delhi Sultanate | centralized Indian empire of varying extent, created by Muslim invaders. Oppressive | 87 | |
| 10138447933 | Aztecs | A warrior people who dominated the Valley of Mexico from 1100 to 1521. Practiced sacrifice | 88 | |
| 10138447934 | Incas | Ancient civilization (1200-1500AD) that was located in the Andes in Peru. Built major road systems | 89 | |
| 10138447935 | Zheng He | A Chinese admiral and diplomat who voyaged overseas to promote trade and collect tribute | 90 | |
| 10138447936 | Neo-Confucianism | A philosophy that blended Confucianism with Buddhism and Daoism | 91 | |
| 10138447937 | Chinampa | Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields. | 92 | |
| 10138447938 | horse collars | agricultural innovation that enabled horses to pull heavy plows | 93 | |
| 10138447939 | Mita system | Incan system for payment of taxes with labor | 94 | |
| 10138447940 | Caravel | A small, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in their explorations | 95 | |
| 10138447941 | Hanseatic League | a group of Northern German cities and towns that worked together to promote and protect trade | 96 | |
| 10138447942 | Grand Canal | A canal linking northern and southern China built during the Sui Dynasty | 97 | |
| 10138447943 | Mercantilism - | was the economic system of measuring a nation's wealth by the amount of gold had | 98 | |
| 10138447944 | Sikhism | religion founded by Nanak that blended Islamic and Hindu beliefs (mono) | 99 | |
| 10138448348 | Safavids | rivals of the Ottomans who practiced Shia Islam and was active in military conquest. | 100 | |
| 10138448349 | Sufis | Muslim mystics who seek communion with God through meditation, fasting, and other rituals | 101 |
