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- HOMO SAPHIENS
- EARLIEST HUMANS TO THINK
- HUNTER/GATHERERS
- INTERRELATED GROUPS THAT SURVIVED BY FOLLOWING AND FINDING FOOD
- CULTURE
- THE WAY IN WHICH PEOPLE LIVED, INCLUDING ART, SCIENCE, AND GOVERNMENT
- NOMADIC
- WANDERING LIFESTYLE FOLLOWING FOOD AND WATER
- SIMPLE TOOLS
- ITEMS SUCH AS STICKS OR ROCKS USED TO ACCOMPLISH WORK
- CLANS
- INTERRELATED GROUPS OF PEOPLE
- ORAL LANGUAGE
- COMMUNICATION THAT DEVELOPED IN THE PALEOLITHIC ERA
- ARTIFACTS
- MAN-MADE OBJECTS USED BY ARCHEOLOGISTS TO DETERMINE HOW EARLIER PEOPLE LIVED
- ARCHEOLOGISTS
- PEOPLE WHO USE ARTIFACTS AND FOSSILS TO DETERMINE PAST HUMAN EVENTS
- FOSSIL
- ANIMAL AND PLANT MATTER WHICH HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN NATURE
- CARBON DATING
- A METHOD OF TELLING THE APPROXIMATE AGE OF AN ARTIFACT OR FOSSIL
- STONE HENGE
- GIANT CIRCLES OF STONE IN ENGLAND, PROBABLY USED FOR RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES
- MIGRATION
- THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER
- SETTLED AGRICULTURE
- LIVING IN ONE PLACE AND RAISING FOOD
- COMPLEX/ADVANCED TOOLS
- TOOLS THAT REQUIRE RESHAPING OR COMBINING PARTS TO COMPLETE WORK
- DOMESTICATION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
- THE TAMING OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
- SPECIALIZATION OF LABOR
- WORKING AT OR CREATING ONLY ONE ITEM OR GOOD IN ORDER TO MEET ONE'S NEEDS
- PICTOGRAPHS
- THE EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING BY MAN
- NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
- A SHIFT FROM HUNTER/GATHERER SOCIETIES TO SETTLED AGRICULTURE
- BRONZE AGE
- THE TOOL AGE FOLLOWING THE STONE AGE
- MESOPOTAMIA
- AN AREA IN BETWEEN AND AROUND THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVER VALLEYS
- SOUTH ASIA
- GEOGRAPHIC TERM FOR THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT
- EAST ASIA / FAR EAST
- GEOGRAPHIC TERM FOR CHINA
- NEAR EAST / MIDDLE EAST
- GEOGRAPHIC TERM FOR MESOPATAMIA AND PERSIAN EMPIRE AREA
- FERTILE CRESCENT
- "U" SHAPED AREA STRECTHING FROM THE EAST MEDITERRANEAN COAST THROUGH SYRIA INTO MESOPATAMIA
- CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION
- TERM DESCRIBING RIVERS AS THE BEGINNING OF CIVILIZATION
- EMPIRE
- A POLITICAL UNIT COMPOSED OF THE KINGDOM AND ALL OF THE CONQUERED LANDS
- HIEROGLYPHICS
- PICTOGRAPHS USE IN EGYPT
- CUNEIFORM
- PICTOGRAPHS/WRITINGS USED IN SUMERIA
- CITY-STATE
- INDEPENDENT CITIES AND THEIR SURROUNDING LANDS (SMALL KINGDOMS)
- POLYTHEISM
- BELIEF IN MORE THAN ONE GOD
- CODE OF HAMMURABI
- EARLY LAW CODE OF BABYLON
- BARTER
- THE EXCHANGE OF GOODS FOR GOODS
- MYTHOLOGY
- THE TALES AND LEGENDS OF A CIVILIZATION USUALLY CENTERED ON NATURE AND CREATION
- DYNASTY
- THE PASSING OF LEADERSHIP FROM FATHER TO SON
- GREAT WALL
- FORTIFIED BARRIER CONSTRUCTED TO PROTECT EAST ASIAN PEOPLE FROM ATTACK
- MANDATE OF HEAVEN
- APPROVAL NEEDED IN ORDER FOR CHINESE RULERS TO HOLD POWER
- SILK ROAD
- OVERLAND TRADE ROUTE THAT CONNECTED CHINA TO WESTERN EUROPE
- CIVIL SERVICE
- PROFESSIONAL GOVERMENT ORGANIZATION, WHICH REQUIRED TESTING IN ORDER TO WORK IN GOVERNMENT
- ANCESTOR WORSHIP
- BELIEF THAT DECEASED RELATIVES CONTINUED TO GUIDE THE FAMILY
- YIN / YANG
- REPRESENTATION OF GOOD AND EVIL IN CONFUCIANISM
- ARYAN
- RACE OF PEOPLE WHO CONTROLLED THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT WITH A CASTE SYSTEM
- KHYBER PASS
- MIGRATION/INVASION ROUTE INTO THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS TO THE NORTHWEST
- ANIMISM
- A RELIGION THAT BELIEVES SPIRITS ARE PRESENT IN ANIMALS, PLANTS, AND OTHER NATURAL FORCES, INCLUDING SOULS OF DEAD ANCESTORS
- CASTE
- A RIGID SYSTEM ON THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT WHICH PLACED PEOPLE IN A PARTICULAR SOCIAL CLASS FROM WHICH THEY COULD NOT MOVE
- REINCARNATION
- BELIEF THAT A PERSON WILL RETURN IN ANOTHER FORM AFTER THEIR DEATH
- KARMA
- THE BELIEF THAT ONES ACTIONS IN LIFE DETERMINES ONE'S DESTINY AND FUTURE
- VEDAS
- RELIGIOUS SCRIPTURES FROM HINDUISM
- NOBLE TRUTHS
- MAIN IDEAS OF THE RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY OF BUDDHSIM
- PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT
- THE COURSE IN BUDDHISM THAT WOULD LEAD TO FREEDOM FROM THE CYCLE OF REBIRTH
- TEN COMMANDMENTS
- MORAL LAW CODE OF BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY
- TORAH
- THE HOLY SCRIPTURES OF JUDAISM
- MONOTHEISM
- BELIEF IN ONE GOD
- HEBREWS
- JEWISH PEOPLE
- EXILE
- BANISHED FROM A LAND
- DIASPORA
- THE SCATTERING OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES
- ALPHABET
- SYMBOLS USED TO REPRESENT SOUNDS CREATED BY THE PHONECIANS
- MONEY ECONOMY
- THE EXCHANGE OF GOODS FOR COINS
- BUREAUCRACY
- AN ORGANIZATION OF PEOPLE WHO COMPLETE THE DAY-TO-DAY TASKS OF GOVERMENT
- ZOROASTRIANISM
- EARLY PERSIAN RELIGION WITH A BELIEF IN THE FORCES OF GOOD AND EVIL
- ILIAD AND ODYSSEY
- EPIC POEM BY HOMER ABOUT THE TROGAN WARS
- GOLDEN AGE
- PERIOD OF TIME WHEN A CIVILIZATION ENJOYS A RAPID ADVANCEMENT IN CULTURE
- COLONIZATION
- THE SETTLING OF FOREIGN LANDS TO PRODUCE MATERIALS FOR THE HOME COUNTRY
- DEMOCRACY
- FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH ALL THE CITIZENS HOLD POWER
- OLIGARCHY
- FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH A FEW PEOPLE HOLD POWER
- ASEMBLY
- A GROUP OF GREEK CITIZENS WHO MET IN THE AGORA TO GOVERN
- AGORA
- OUTDOORS CENTER OF GOVERNMENT IN ANCIENT GREECE
- CITIZEN
- A PERSON WHO CAN TAKE PART IN THE GOVERNING OF A SOCIETY
- TYRANNY
- FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH ONE PERSON SEIZED POWER AND ESTABLISHED ONE-MAN RULE
- CODE OF DRACO
- CODIFIED LAW OF ANCIENT GREECE
- ARISTOCRACY
- FORM OF GOVERNMENT WHERE THE UPPER CLASS NOBILITY RULES
- DIRECT DEMOCRACY
- FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH EACH CITIZEN HAS INPUT INTO DECISION MAKING
- PERSIAN WARS
- WARS FOUGHT BETWEEN THE PERSIANS AND THE GREEKS
- PELOPONNESIAN WARS
- WARS FOUGHT BETWEEN SPARTANS AND ATHENIANS
- CIVIL WAR
- INTERNAL WAR OF A KINGDOM OR EMPIRE
- DELIAN LEAGUE
- ALLIANCE CREATED UNDER PERICLES TO FREE IONIA AND PROTECT GREEKS FROM PERSIA
- PARTHENON
- TEMPLE TO ATHENA
- GOLDEN AGE OF PERICLES / CLASSICAL AGE
- PERIOD WHERE GREECE REACHED IT'S CULTURAL HEIGHT
- HELLENISTIC
- THE MIXTURE OF GREEK AND PERSIAN CULTURES UNDER ALEXANDER
- PATRICIAN
- THE UPPER CLASS OF ROMAN SOCIETY
- PLEBEIANS
- THE LOWER CLASS OF ROMAN SOCIETY, THE MAJORITY OF FREE ROMANS
- REPUBLIC / REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
- A FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHIC POWER IS GIVEN TO REPRESENTATIVE LEADERS THROUGH ELECTIONS BY THE PEOPLE
- SENATE
- GOVERNING BODY IN ROME COMPOSED OF THE PATRICIAN CLASS
- CONSULS
- TWO ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ADMINISTERED THE GOVERNMENT IN ROME
- TWELVE TABLE
- THE CODIFIED LAW OF ROME
- PUNIC WARS
- WARS FOUGHT BETWEEN ROME AND CARTHAGE
- GAUL
- MODERN DAY ERA OF FRANCE DURING THE ROMAN EMPIRE PERIOD
- INFLATION
- SITUATION WHERE THE PRICES RISE AND THE VALUE OF MONEY DECREASES
- TRIUMVIRATE
- A THREE PERSON RULING GROUP
- PAX ROMANUS
- 200-YEAR PERIOD OF ROMAN PEACE
- OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS
- THE HOLY SCRIPTURES OF CHRISTIANITY
- DOCTRINE
- THE TEACHINGS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
- PANTHEON
- TEMPLE TO ALL DEITIES
- COLISEUM
- ARENA FOR GLADIATOR BATTLES
- FORUM
- CENTER OF GOVERNMENT IN ANCIENT ROME
- ROMANCE LANGUAGES
- GROUP OF LANGUAGES THAT WERE DERIVED FROM LATIN INCLUDING FRENCH AND ITALIAN
- AENEID
- EPIC POEM BY VIRGIL ABOUT THE FOUDING OF ROME
- ECONOMY
- THE MANNER IN WHICH PEOPLE MEET THEIR NEEDS
- GRECO-ROMAN
- THE MIX OF GREEK AND ROMAN CULTURE
- CODE OF JUSTINIAN
- CODIFIED LAW OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
- ICONS
- RELIGIOUS IMAGES USED IN CHRISTIANITY
- MOSAIC
- FORM OF ARTWORK USING PIECES OF TILE AND GLASS TO CREATE IMAGES
- HAGIA SOPHIA
- EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH INCORPORATING THE DOME ON A RECTANGULAR BUILDING
- EASTERN / GREEK ORTHODOX
- THE EASTERN CHURCH OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY
- ROMAN CATHOLIC
- THE WESTERN CHURCH OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY
- CYRILLIC
- ALPHABET ADOPTED FROM THE GREEK ALPHABET TO REPRESENT THE SLAVIC LANGUAGES
- KORAN / QU'RAN
- THE HOLY SCRIPTURES OF ISLAM
- FIVE PILLARS
- THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF ISLAM
- SUNNI
- ISLAMIC SECT BELIEVING THE CALIPHATE SHOULD BE HELD BY ANY MUSLIM
- SHI'A / SHITTE
- ISLAMIC SECT BELIEVING THE CALIPHATE SHOULD BE HELD BY A DESCENDENT OF MUHAMMAD
- BATTLE OF TOURS
- ENDED THE EXSPANSION OF ISLAM INTO WESTERN EUROPE
- DOME OF THE ROCK
- HOLY MOSQUE BUILT ON THE SITE WHERE MUHAMMAD ASCENDED TO HEAVEN
- MONESTARY
- A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY OF MEN WHO HAVE TAKEN RELIGIOUS VOWS
- MISSIONARIES
- PEOPLE WHO SPREAD A RELIGIOUS MESSAGE
- PARISH
- THE LOCAL CONGREGATION OF CATHOLOCISM WITH A PRIEST AT THE HEAD
- MANOR
- AN ESTATE WITH PEASANT WORKERS GRANTED TO A NOBLE IN EXCHANGE FOR LOYALTY AND MILITARY HELP
- VASSAL
- A NOBLE WHO HELD LAND FROM AND SERVED A HIGHER-RANKING LORD
- FRANKS
- MEDIEVAL PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF PRESENT DAY FRANCE
- COMMON LAW
- LAW BASE ON JUDICIAL OPINION
- MAGNA CARTA
- DOCUMENT RESTRICTING THE POWERS OF THE ENGLISH KING AND LISTING INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS FOR ENGLISH PEOPLE
- MOORS
- MUSLIMS OF SPAIN
- CZAR / TSAR
- EMPEROR OF RUSSIA
- CRUSADES
- RELIGIOUS WARS TO CONQUER MIDDLE EASTERN HOLY SITES BY CHRISTIANITY
- SECULAR
- REFERS TO NON-RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
- CASTLE
- MEDIEVAL BUILDING DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE MANOR / FIEF FROM INVASION
- BUBONIC PLAGUE / BLACK DEATH
- EPIDEMIC THAT KILLED UP TO 1/3 OF EUROPEANS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES
- OTTOMAN TURKS
- ISLAMIC GROUP THAT CONQUERED CONSTANTINOPLE AROUND 1300 A.D.
- RENAISSANCE
- PERIOD OF RENEWED INTEREST IN CLASSICAL CULTURE DURING THE LATE MEDIEVAL PERIOD IN EUROPE
- GUTENBURG BIBLE
- THE FIRST FULL SIZED BOOK PRINTED WITH MOVABLE TYPE AND THE PRINTING PRESS
- USURY
- THE PRATICE OF LENDING MONEY AND CHARGING INTEREST, WHICH WA OPPOSED MY THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH
- ARCHIPELAGO
- A GROUP OR CHAIN OF ISLANDS
- SHINTO
- ETHNIC RELIGION OF JAPAN