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| 11000003194 | Shang | The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which there are written records. Ancestor worship, divination by means of oracle bones and the use of bronze vessels for ritual purposes were major elements of this culture. | 0 | |
| 11000046344 | Zhou | The people and dynasty that took over the dominant position in North China from the previous power and created the concept of the Mandate of Heaven. | 1 | |
| 11000071191 | Mandate of Heaven | Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou. This granted power to the ruler of China and in case he failed he would have this taken away. | 2 | |
| 11000109469 | Confucius | Name for the philosopher Kongzi. His doctrine of duty and public service had a great influence on subsequent Chinese thought and served as a code of conduct for government. | 3 | |
| 11000140281 | Yin/Yang | In Chinese belief, complementary factors that help to maintain the equilibrium of the world. A balance of masculine, light, and active qualities and feminine, dark, and passive qualities. | 4 | |
| 11000183229 | Daoism | A thought process in which there is emphasis on hierarchy and duty. A way of this belief set was to live life like it is a river, and live it as if it is natural. | 5 | |
| 11000231287 | Warring States Period | A period in which conflict, rivalry and warfare increased between states in China. | 6 | |
| 11000291525 | Mass deportation | The forcible removal and relocation of large numbers of people or entire populations. Practiced by the Assyrian and Persian empires to shut down any possibilities of rebellion over the states in which they gained control of. | 7 | |
| 11000323854 | Israel | In antiquity, the land between the eastern shore of the Mediterranean and the Jordan River, occupied by the Israelite's from the early second millennium. The people of this land have been moved and the land has been in conflict for hundreds of years. | 8 | |
| 11000370704 | Hebrew Bible | A collection of sacred books containing diverse materials concerning the origins, experiences, beliefs, and the practices of the Israelite. Was the material that kept the Jewish population together throughout times of need. | 9 | |
| 11000408275 | First Temple | A monumental sanctuary built in Jerusalem by King Solomon to be the religious center for the Israelite god Yahweh. Was destroyed by the Babylonians yet was rebuilt many years later. | 10 | |
| 11000441338 | Monotheism | The belief in only one God or major deity. | 11 | |
| 11000460185 | Diaspora | A Greek word meaning dispersal, which is used to describe the communities of a given ethnic group living outside their homeland. The Jews are an example of this as they were ran out of their homeland Israel and enslaved by the Egyptians. | 12 | |
| 11000498858 | Phoenicians | Canaanites living on the coast of modern day Lebanon and Syria. Had major cities such as Tyre and Sidon. A civilization that spread it's power within it's land and had an extremely good trading system for their time. | 13 | |
| 11000543001 | Carthage | A major commercial center and naval power in western Mediterranean until defeated by Rome. | 14 | |
| 11000567660 | Iron Age | The period in which iron was the primary metal for tools and weapons. This would come at different times in different places in the world. | 15 |
