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10633976970Foraging societiessmall groups of people who traveled from point to point as the climate and availability of plants and animals dictated0
10634011236Pastoral societiescharacterized by the domestication of animals1
10634016043Neolithic RevolutionA span of several thousand years (10,000 - 8,000 BCE) when groups moved from nomadic lifestyles to agricultural lifestyles and town/city life2
10634029279Polytheisticbelieving in more than one god3
10634035308BabylonThe largest and most important city in Mesopotamia4
10634044415The Code of Hammurabia written code of rules that guided the ancient society of Babylon and made significant steps towards modern legal codes5
10634050747Zigguratsterraced pyramids built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped6
10634054068CuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians7
10634058704Mesopotamia"Land between the rivers." A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies8
10634064429Bronze Agethe period in ancient human culture when people began to make and use bronze9
10634078553Cultural diffusionThe spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another10
10634085033City-statea city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state11
10634085034Phoeniciansinvented the alphabet which used sounds rather than symbols like cuneiform12
10634095619Hebrewsearly group of people who lived in lands between Mesopotamia and Egypt. They developed the religion Judaism13
10634112123Pharaohswealthy, powerful Egyptian rulers14
10634117065Queen HatshepsutThe first female ruler known in history, who ruled for 22 years15
10634128079King MenesEgyptian king who united Upper and Lower Egypt into a single kingdom16
10634132251Rosetta Stonea huge, stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics17
10634139405Heiroglyphicsancient Egyptian writing system using picture symbols for ideas or sounds18
10634141373Bantua group of Niger-Congo languages spoken in central and southern Africa19
10634149815Aryansnomadic tribes from north of the caucasus mountains20
10634154593BrahminsPriests, at the top of the caste system which the Aryans made21
10634156677Varnaeach of the four Hindu castes, Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra22
10634162784Verdasmost ancient hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit and containing hams, philosophy and ritual guidance23
10634172875Harappalarge ancient city of the Indus civilization, located in present-day Pakistan24
10634181353Mohejo-Daroone of the largest cities of the Indus River Vally Civilization and one of the earliest urban settlements in the world25
10634195343Hinduisma major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, developed from Vedic religion26
10634199402Khyber PassA mountain pass connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan27
10634203304Caste Systema social structure in which classes are determined by heredity28
10634214058UpanishadsA series of Hindu sacred treaties written in Sanskrit29
10634221732Dravidians30
10634228227XiaA legendary Chinese dynasty that was not believed to exist until relatively recently31
10634231207ZhouA Chinese dynasty characterized by great intellectual achievements, including the rise of Confucianism and Taoism and the writing of the oldest known Chinese literature32
10634239732Oracle Bonesone of the animal bones or tortoise shells used by ancient Chinese priests to communicate with the gods33
10634245927Patriarchalrelating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority34
10634251486Shanga Chinese dynasty known especially for bronze work35
10634256543Dynastya line of hereditary rulers of a country36
10634261206Loess soilan aeolian sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown silt37
10634264105"Mandate of Heaven"the Chinese philosophical concept of the circumstances under which a ruler is allowed to rule38
10634272886Bering Land Bridgea strip of land connecting Alaska with Russia that was exposed during the most recent Ice Age39
10634276692Tikalthe ruins of an ancient city found in a rainforest in Guatemala40
10634283600Olmecsa group of prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico, who established what was probably the first Meso-American civilization41
10634300823Chichen Itzaa world-famous complex of Mayan ruins on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula42

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