| A | B |
|---|
| homo habilis | ability to use tools |
| Paleolithic Age | the end of this age led to the development of agriculture |
| city | comes from the Latin word "civilization" |
| scribe | a person who has the ability to write in order to keep records |
| culture | a perople's way of life, including their customs, traditions, and family life |
| nomad | a person without a permanent home, who moves from place to place |
| moksha | the state of perfect understanding is a goal for all Hindus |
| covenant | an agreement between God and man |
| five basic relationships | Confucius belief that social order, harmony, and good government could be restored if society were organized around this |
| Draco | law-maker who created Athens first written code of laws |
| polis | another name for a city-state |
| Homer | Wrote such plays as The Iliad and the The Odyssey |
| phalanx | military formation used by Greeks and Macedonians |
| aristocracy | type of government that is ruled by a small bgroup of noble families |
| Alexandria | the center of the Hellenistic world |
| Pax Romana | a period of peace and prosperity |
| Arthasastra | a guide to ruling a vast empire |
| Brahma | the creator of the world according to Hinduism |
| Vishnu | the preserver of the world according the Hinduism |
| Wudi | the Han emperor who ruled the longest |
| savannas | grassy plains in Africa and most Africans live here |
| griot | historian in West African society |
| Mexico | the modern-day country that the Olmec people lived in |
| Monte Alban | the first real urban center in the Americas |
| Islam | in Arabic it means "submission to the will of Allah" |
| Five Pillars | they are known as the five duties of all Muslims |
| House of Wisdom | the Abbasids built this combination libray, academy, and translation center |
| Muhammad | is considered by Muslims to be the last and greatest prophet |
| Mecca | the city that all Muslims turn to face as they pray each day |
| caliph | a supreme and religous leader in a Muslim government |
| Cyrillic alphabet | developed to make it possible for the Salvs to read the Bible in their own language |
| Bushido | outlined behavior that was expected from Japanese samurai |
| Shinto religion | is native to Japan |
| Mongols | people who originated from the eastern Steppe |
| Treaty of Verdun | divided Charlemagne's empire into three parts |
| Concordat of Worms | resolved a major power struggle between the Church and the Holy Roman Emperor |
| Charlemagne | means Charles the Great |
| Reconquista | the Muslims were driven out of Spain |
| Magna Carta | the Great Charter drawn up by English nobles that guaranteed certain basic political rights |
| parliament | the legislative body of law in medieval England |
| lineage groups | ones that governed African stateless societies |
| potlatch ceremony | a way to display personal wealth for the peoples of the Northwest |
| Iroquois League | members of this group included Oneida, Seneca, Cayuga |
