Began burying dead with care- maybe believed in afterlife
Who are nomads or Hunters and Gatherers?
100
Flat shelves of land, arranged like wide steps on a mountainside
What is terraced farmland?
100
A belief in a single god
What is monotheistic?
100
One of the worlds most powerful empire
What is Roman Empire?
200
A Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences
What is Hellenistic?
200
Period of Agricultural Revolution
What is Neolithic period?
200
A political system in which the people participate in the making of their own laws or elects representatives to make the laws
What is democracy?
200
Defined as union with the universe; it is also a release from the cycle of death and rebirth
What is Nirvana (Buddhist belief)?
200
Absolute ruler of the Roman Empire
Who is Julius Caesar?
300
A select group of people who have all the say in the government
What is direct democracy?
300
Lived by the Tigris and Euphrates
What is Sumerian Civilization?
300
Government headed by a king or queen
What is monarchy?
300
Belief in or worship of multiple gods
What is polytheistic?
300
The fundamental political unit of ancient Greece after about 750 B.C
What is Polis?
400
A trade route eventually linking China with lands as far west as Mesopotamia; established during Han Dynasty
What is Silk Road?
400
Early kingdom of China
What is Middle Kingdom (1650 B.C.)
400
A god or goddess
What is deity?
400
The guide to the nature of government and the structure to society
What is Confucianism?
400
Controlled vast amounts of land, so the government established the system known as Feudalism
What is Zhou Dynasty?
500
The belief that the right to rule is granted from Heaven; used by ancient Chinese Dynasties
What is Mandate of Heaven?
500
Refers to over 400 different ethnic groups in Africa, from Cameroon to South Africa, united by a common language family, the Bantu languages, and in many cases common customs.
What is Bantu?
500
A member of a group that moves from place to place to secure its food supply