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10453829522PharohAn Egyptian monarch0
10453830288artifactan object made by human hands1
10453831384Oracle BonesAnimal bones or shells used by the Chinese priests to receive messages from the God.2
10453833913BudkisattuesBuddhist holy men who accumulated spiritual merits during their lifetime; Buddhists prayed to them in order to receive some of their holiness.3
10453835728Silk roadCaravan routes and sea lanes between China and the middle East4
10453837061AnalectsCollection of teachings and sayings made by Confucius5
10453838429JariComplicated system of subcastes in the Hindu caste system6
10453840399SteppeDry grassland7
10453845009Mystery of ReligonDuring the Hellenistic age, religions that promised their faithful followers eternity a state of bliss8
10453845835YahwehGod of the monotheistic religion of Judaism that influenced later religions of Christianity and Islam9
10453849206AristotleGreek philosopher who rejected the theory of forms and ideas, he believed that people could depend on their senses and reason to answer the mysteries of the world10
10453852168Yin and YangIn ancient Chinese belief, the opposing forces that bring balance to nature and life11
10453853871MirvaneIn Buddhism, a state of perfect peace that is goal of reincarnation12
10453855287Filiel PietyIn China, respect for one's parents and other elders13
10453855876MokslaIn Hindu belief, the spirit's liberation from the cycle of reincarnation14
10453856919KarmaIn the Hindu tradition, the good or evil deed done by a person15
10453858533LatifndiaLarge landholdings in the Roman Empire16
10453859211Alexander the GreatMacedonian king who led an army Eastward an conquered land from Greece to India. He was known as a brilliant military leader and his death marked the beginning of the Hellenistic Era17
10453866696Vedas"Wisdom," early collections of prayers and humans that provide information about the Indo-European Aryans who migrated to India around 1500 B.C.E18
10453869257TheocrayA government ruled by God or by church leaders19
10453869903Aristocrata class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility20
10453871695Artisana craftsman21
10453872448Civilizationa cultural group with advanced cities, complex institutions, skilled workers, advanced technology and a system of recordkeeping22
10453877159Edict of MuvanA document that made Christianity one of the religions allowed in the Roman Empire23
10453879375PolisA greek city-state24
10453881401Indo-EuropeansA group of semi-nomadic people who, around 2000 BCE began to migrate from central Asia to India, Europe, and the Middle East25
10453884749Brahmina member of the social class of priests in Aryan society26
10453888049QuetzalcaahA mesomaerica legend of a God who would someday return to rule his people in peace27
10453889978HunsA nomadic group, believed to be from Central Asia, who invaded into Europe near the end of Rome28
10453890801Democracya political system in which the people rule29
10453892140Monsoona seasonal wind30
10453892141Dysantya series of rulers from the same family31
10453894978hieroglyphicA system of picture writing used in Egypt32
10453896411cuneiforma system of writing originating in Mesopotamia in which a wedge-shaped stylus was sued to press symbols into classy33
10453898953forgoinga term for hunting and gathering34
10453901173Covenantagreement; in the Judeo-Christian heritage, an agreement between God and humankind35
10453903968Slash-n-burnan agricultural method in which farmers clear fields by cutting and burning trees, then use the ashes as fertilizer36
10453910115PopeHead of the Roman Catholic Church37
10453911488VarnaThe Hindu word for caste38
10453913009independent inventionThe idea that ancient civilizations were able to achieve characteristics of civilization without contact with others39
10453929391Neolithic RevolutionThe introduction of agriculture, domestication of animals, and a more sedentary life during the Neolithic Age40
10453932950Climatethe pattern of temperature and precipitation typical of an area over a long period of time41
10453944879Ten CommandmentsThe most popular Hellenistic philosophy; it involved strict discipline and an emphasis on helping others42
10453953179PharaThe New Stone Age that was marked by the discovery and mastery of agriculture43
10453955172New TestamentThe portion of the Christian Bible that contains the Gospels that relate the account of the life of Jesus; letters from the followers of Jesus to the early Christian churches and the Book of Revelation, a prophetic text44
10453963605DharmaThe position in the Hindu caste system that was determined by one's birth45
10453964891PasteralismThe practice of herding46
10453966371MessiahThe religious term for "any expected deliverer"47
10453968402Pax RomunaThe Roman Peace; the period of prosperity and stability throughout the Roman Empire in the first two centuries C.E.48
10453970270untouchableThe social division in Hindu society that fell in rank below the caste system; it was occupied by those who carried out undesirable occupations such as undertaking, butchering, and waste collection49
10453975591agricultureThe transition from foraging to the cultivation of food occurring about 8000-2000 BC; also known as the Neolithic revolution50
10453977025Cultural diffusionThe transmission of ideas and products form one culture to another51
10453978857ziggurtMesopotamian Temples52
10453982044disciplesOne of the 12 followers of Christ, or any of the professed followers of Christ in his lifetime53
10453984849ZorastumiunPersian religion based on the teaching of the 6th century BCE prophet Zarathustra; its emphasis on the duality of good an evil and on the role individuals in determining their own fate would influence later religions54
10453987850Patriarch-adPertaining to a social system in which the father is the head of the family55
10453988515ReincarnationRebirth; a belief of both Buddhism and Hinduism56
10453989851Twelve TablesReferring to a social system in which descent and inheritance are traced through the mother57
10453990846Mardate of Herumthe codification of Roman law during the republic58
10453992895right of kingsThe "will of the gods" that granted a ruler the right to rule59
10453995245heliocentricthe belief held by many before the Scientific Revolution that the earth is the center of the universe60
10453997973PloytheisticThe belief in many gods61
10453999145MonotheisticThe belief in one god62
10454000624reincarnationThe belief that spirits inhabit the features of nature63
10454001214Hsiang-noThe Central Nomadic people who invaded into China in the ancient world64
10454002176SatuThe custom among the higher castes of Hinduism of a widow throwing herself on the burning funeral pyre of her husband65
10454004375Specialization of LaborThe division of labor that aids the development of skills in a particular type of work66
10454004915Hellensitc ageThe era in which Greek culture blended with Persian an other Eastern influences and spread throughout the former empire of Alexander the Great67
10454010798Diasporathe exile of an ethnic or racial group from their homeland68
10454012429Torahthe first five books of the Jewish scripture69

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