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| 8571711633 | Axum | a state in the Ethiopian highlands; received influences from the Arabian peninsula; converted to Christianity. | 0 | |
| 8571711634 | Ethiopia | kingdom located in Ethiopian highlands; replaced Meroë in first century C.E.; received strong influence from Arabian peninsula; eventually converted to Christianity. | 1 | |
| 8571711635 | Sahara | desert running across northern Africa; separates the Mediterranean coast from southern Africa. | 2 | |
| 8571711636 | Shintoism | religion of the early Japanese court; included the worship of numerous gods and spirits associated with the natural world. | 3 | |
| 8571711637 | Teotihuacan | site of classic culture in central Mexico; urban center with important religious functions; supported by intensive agriculture in surrounding regions; population of as many as 200,000. | 4 | |
| 8571711638 | Maya | classic culture emerging in southern Mexico and Central America contemporary with Teotihuacan; extended over broad region; featured monumental architecture, written language, calendrical and mathematical systems, highly developed religion. | 5 | |
| 8571711639 | Inca | group of clans centered at Cuzco that were able to create an empire incorporating various Andean cultures; term also used for leader of empire. | 6 | |
| 8571711640 | Polynesia | islands contained in a rough triangle with its points at Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island. | 7 | |
| 8571711641 | Yellow Turbans | Chinese Daoists who launched a revolt in 184 C.E., promising a golden age to be brought about by divine magic. | 8 | |
| 8571711642 | Sui | dynasty succeeding the Han; grew from strong rulers in northern China; reunited China. | 9 | |
| 8571711643 | Tang | dynasty succeeding the Sui in 618 C.E. | 10 | |
| 8571711644 | Harsha | ruler who followed Guptas in India; briefly constructed a loose empire in northern India between 616 and 657 C.E. | 11 | |
| 8571711645 | Rajput | regional military princes in India following the collapse of the Gupta Empire. | 12 | |
| 8571711646 | Devi | mother goddess within Hinduism; devotion to her spread widely after the collapse of the Gupta and encouraged new emotionalism in religious ritual. | 13 | |
| 8571711647 | Islam | major world religion having its origins in 610 C.E. in the Arabian peninsula; meaning literally "submission"; based on prophecy of Muhammad. | 14 | |
| 8571711648 | Diocletian | Roman emperor (284-305 C.E.); restored later empire by improved administration and tax collection. | 15 | |
| 8571711649 | Constantine | Roman emperor (321-337 C.E.); established his capital at Constantinople; used Christianity to unify the empire. | 16 | |
| 8571711650 | Byzantine Empire | eastern half of the Roman Empire; survived until 1453; retained Mediterranean, especially Hellenistic, culture. | 17 | |
| 8571711651 | Augustine (Saint) | North African Christian theologian; made major contributions in incorporating elements of classical philosophy into Christianity. | 18 | |
| 8571711652 | Coptic | Christian sect in Egypt, later tolerated after Islamic takeover. | 19 | |
| 8571711653 | Mahayana | version of Buddhism popular in China; emphasized Buddha's role as a savior. | 20 | |
| 8571711654 | Bodhisattvas | Buddhist holy men who refused advance toward nirvana to receive prayers of the living to help them reach holiness. | 21 | |
| 8571711655 | Jesus of Nazareth | prophet and teacher among the Jews; believed by Christians to be the Messiah; executed c. 30 C.E. | 22 | |
| 8571711656 | Paul | one of the first Christian missionaries; moved away from insistence that adherents of the new religion follow Jewish law; use of Greek as language of Church. | 23 | |
| 8571711657 | Pope | Bishop of Rome; head of the Catholic church in western Europe. | 24 | |
| 8571711658 | Council of Nicaea | Christian council that met in 325 C.E. to determine orthodoxy with respect to the Trinity; insisted on divinity of all persons of the Trinity. | 25 | |
| 8571711659 | Benedict of Nursia | founder of monasticism in the former western half of the Roman Empire; established the Benedictine rule in the 6th century. | 26 |
