World History
World History
World History
World History
World History
100
An ancient region of SW Asia in present-day Iraq, lying between the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates. Its alluvial plains were the site of the civilizations of Akkad, Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria
What is Mesopotamia?
100
The centre of the Neolithic development of agriculture (from 7000 bc), and the cradle of the Assyrian, Sumerian, and Babylonian civilizations.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
100
An ancient region of SW Asia in present-day Iraq, comprising the southern part of Mesopotamia. From the 4th millennium bc it was the site of city states which became part of ancient Babylonia
What is Sumer?
100
Former country of SW Asia, now called Iran
What is Persia?
100
A strip of land, on both sides of the Nile Valley, that extends between Nubia and downriver to Lower Egypt
What is Upper Egypt?
200
Northernmost region of Egypt; the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea
What is Lower Egypt?
200
Region along the Nile river and located in southern Sudan and southern Egypt
What is Nubia?
200
The belief in or worship of more than one god
What is Polytheism?
200
The doctrine or belief that there is only one God
What is Monotheism?
200
The monotheistic religion of the Jews.
What is Judaism?
300
A monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century bc
What is Zoroastrianism?
300
A major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, which developed from Vedic religion. Practised primarily in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. It is a diverse family of devotional and ascetic cults and philosophical schools, all sharing a belief in reincarnation and involving the worship of one or more of a large pantheon of gods and goddesses
What is Hinduism?
300
A non-theistic religion founded in India in the 6th century bc; teaches salvation by perfection through successive lives, and non-injury to living creatures, and is noted for its ascetics
What is Jainism?
300
A widespread Asian religion or philosophy, founded by Siddartha Gautama in NE India in the 5th
What is Buddhism?
300
The customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
What is Culture?
400
The wide-scale transition of many human cultures from a nomadic lifestyle to an agricultural lifestyle
What is The Neolithic Revolution?
400
The process of taming an animal to keep as a pet or on a farm
What is Domestication?
400
Sheep or cattle farmers
What is Pastoralists?
400
The amount left over; Excess
What is Surplus?
400
The assignment of different parts of a task to different people in order to improve efficiency
What is Division of Labor?
500
The stage of human social development and organization which is considered most advanced
What is Civilization?
500
A worker in a skilled trade.
What is an Artisan?
500
The mass departure of the Israelites from Egypt
What is Exodus?
500
The state of being divided
What is Dualism?
500
A sudden rush of water; a downpour
What is Cataract?
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