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| 10464025944 | Assyria | Powerful empire in northern Mesopotamia |  | 0 |
| 10464028215 | Babylonians | A group of people who conquered the Sumerians. They had a very famous king named Hammurabi. | 1 | |
| 10464030386 | Bronze | Some people call the later part of the Neolithic Age the ______ Age because of the advancements in metalurgy and tools. - | 2 | |
| 10464032859 | Carthage | an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis |  | 3 |
| 10464035169 | Celts | - Peoples sharing a common language - culture that originated in Central Europe in the first half of the first millennium B.C.E.. - Spread to Greece, Rome and Antolia - Conqured by the Romans and Germans - Now in British isles | 4 | |
| 10464038871 | Chavin | the first major South American civilization, which flourished in the highlands of what is now Peru from about 900 to 200 B.C. - Domesticated the llama | 5 | |
| 10464043182 | City state | a city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit | 6 | |
| 10464051670 | Civilization | A complex society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes | 7 | |
| 10464053393 | Confucianism | - Conservitive (wanted everything to stay the same) - Filial piety - If everyone follows there distinct job in society, there will be peace | 8 | |
| 10464056242 | Filial piety | In Confucianism, love and respect from children to parents, in exchange for parents providing care and shealter. Applied to the emporor and his subjects as well | 9 | |
| 10464060030 | Confucius | His doctrine of duty and public service had a great influence on subsequent Chinese thought and served as a code of conduct for government officials. Although his real name was Kongzi (551-479 B.C.E.). | 10 | |
| 10464071306 | Cuneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets. | 11 | |
| 10464071880 | daoism | philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events | 12 | |
| 10465002178 | Diaspora | any group migration or flight from a country or region; dispersion. Particularly used in relation to Jews scattered by Romans in 70 CE or to Africans spread to new places during the Atlantic Slave Trade. | 13 | |
| 10465003191 | Domestication | the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food | 14 | |
| 10465003584 | Dynasty cycle | rise and fall of Chinese dynasties according to the Mandate of Heaven | 15 | |
| 10465009962 | Fudalism | The King gives land to rule subjects to various Lords, in exchange for loyalty and protection - Used in ancient china | 16 | |
| 10465049499 | Great Wall | a vast Chinese defensive fortification begun in the 3rd century B.C. and running along the northern border of the country for 2,400 km | 17 | |
| 10465050040 | Hammurabi's code | A legal code developed by King Hammurabi of Mesopotamia. The code was influential in the establishment of Hebrew and Islamic law and in the U.S. judiciary system. It specified crimes and punishments to help judges impose penalties. | 18 | |
| 10465052465 | Han Dynasty | (202 BC - 220 AD) dynasty started by Lui Bang; a great and long-lasting rule, it discarded the harsh policies of the Qin dynasty and adopted Confucian principles; Han rulers chose officials who passed the civil service exams rather than birth; it was a time of prosperity | 19 | |
| 10465055047 | Hittites | A people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. With wealth from the trade in metals and military power based on chariot forces, they vied with New Kingdom Egypt over Syria. |  | 20 |
| 10465147824 | Hunting and gathering | The killing of wild animals and fish as well as the gathering of fruits, roots, nuts, and other plants for sustenance. | 21 | |
| 10465152700 | Iron Age | Historians' term for the period during which iron was the primary metal for tools and weapons. The advent of iron technology began at different times in different parts of the world. | 22 | |
| 10465153776 | Jews | The term for people who lived or were born in ancient Judea. | 23 | |
| 10465154831 | Kush | a society along the Nile River, south of Egypt, from about 2000 B.C.E. to 350 B.C.E. | 24 | |
| 10465155742 | Legalism | - From the Xian Dynasty - Aginst Daoism and confucianism - The leader has absoulet power of citizens at the expense of individual rights. | 25 | |
| 10465163684 | 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. | 26 | |
| 10465164532 | Meroe | center of the kush (Nubian) dynasty from about 250 B.C. to A.D. 150; known for its manufacture of iron weapons and tools. | 27 | |
| 10465164944 | Mohenjo-Daro | A major city of the Indus valley civilization; flourished around 2000 BCE | 28 | |
| 10465168105 | Monotheism | Belief in one God | 29 | |
| 10465168909 | Mycenae | Sea-faring Greek kingdom. A major center of Greek Civilization in the 1000s BCE, centuries before Greek's "Golden Age" of Athenian influence. It's center was located about 90 km southwest of Athens. | 30 | |
| 10465170992 | Neolithic revolution | The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution. | 31 | |
| 10465182092 | Nomads | people who wander from place to place | 32 | |
| 10465221171 | Olmec | The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E., these people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture, wide-ranging trade, ceremonial centers, and monumental construction. | 33 | |
| 10465223107 | Paleolithic age | (750,000 BCE - 10,000 B.C.E.) Old Stone Age. A period of time in human history characterized by the use of stone tools and the use of hunting and gathering as a food source. | 34 | |
| 10465223814 | River valleys | first civilizations are all located here (Nile, Tigris & Euphrates, Indus and Hwang He) Centers of early civilization because they contained rich soils from annual floods. | 35 | |
| 10465224821 | Sumerians | The people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the third millennium B.C.E. They were responsible for the creation of many fundamental elements of Mesopotamian culture-such as irrigation technology, cuneiform, and religious conceptions. | 36 | |
| 10465227375 | Wu Ti | Han "Warrior Emperor" who greatly expanded the empire, (140-87 BCE); promoted peace; supported Confucianism; Conducted trade with the Parthian Empire in the Middle East. He also conducted the FIRST Civil service examinations in the world. | 37 | |
| 10465230149 | Zhou dynasty | A decentralized Chinese dynasty in China because of the massive size, and whose emperor was the first to claim to be a link between heaven and earth. Iron metallurgy increased in this dynasty. | 38 | |
| 10465232346 | Ziggurats | temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped |  | 39 |
