| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Pharaoh | "Great House"; Egyptian King |
| Silt | Fine bits of rocks and soil carried in water |
| Shi Huangdi | Literally "First Emperor" in Chinese |
| Mythology | Exaggerated stories about people, institutions or situations |
| Shaduf | Long pole balanced over a forked stick; water-bucket |
| Aryans | "Noble People" who invaded India around 1500 BC |
| Middle Kingdom | "Zhongguo" in Chinese |
| Canaan | Literally "Land of the Purple" |
| Dynasty | A set of rulers from the same family |
| Upanishads | Long poems written by Hindu Priests; "Meditations" |
| Papyrus | Egyptian paper-like material |
| Abraham | "Father of Multitudes" |
| Herodotus | The Greek author of "The Histories" |
| Vedas | Set of Aryan laws; "Knowledge" |
| Delta | Triangle-Shaped area of islands and marshes at the mouth of a river |
| Amytis of Media | The Persian wife of Nebuchadnezzar II |
| Strabo | Wrote "Geographies" which included a list of the 7 Wonders of the World |
| Joseph | Sold into slavery by his older brothers; became Pharaoh's right hand man |
| Solomon | Vast wisdom; Built Temple; many, many wives |
| Ashurnasirpal | Cruelest Assyrian conqueror; built Nimrud |
| Liu Bang | First emperor of the Han Dynasty |
| Shi Huangdi | Terra Cotta Army, Qin Dynasty, Great Wall, "First Emperor" |
| Confucius | Philosopher; Born in the Warring States Period |
| Akbar | Greatest of the Mughal Rulers in India |
| Chandragupta Maurya | First emperor of India; violent and cruel; paranoid |
| Ay | King Tut's vizier (and murderer?) |
| Osiris | God of the Underworld; killed by Seth |
| Menes | First Pharaoh of both Upper and Lower Egypt |
| Tutankhamen | The "Golden Boy" king of Egypt; Tomb discovered in-tact |
| Akhenaten | Amarna; Nefertiti's husband |
| Pepi II | Ruled Egypt for 94 years; Old man; Nomarchs started a Civil War |
| Empress Wu | Killed Step-Son (also Second Husband) in order to become Empress of China; brought Buddhism |
| Siddhartha Gautama | Founder of Buddhism; "The Enlightened One" |
| Joshua | Marched around Jericho; led the Hebrews into Canaan |
| Hammurabi | First set of laws; First king of Babylon |
| Nebuchadnezzar II | Chaldean Emperor; built Hanging Gardens |
| Vardhamana | Founder of Jainism; Don't kill any bugs! |
| Hatshepsut | First woman Pharaoh; took power when Tutmose III was just a little boy. |
| 220 ad | The Han Dynasty Ended |
| 1447 bc | One possible year for the Exodus (Tutmose III) |
| 1792 bc | Hammurabi begins his reign in Babylon |
| 1368 ad | Prince Wu overthrows the Mongol invaders, beginning the Ming Dynasty |
| 1631 ad | Shah Jahan begins work on the Taj Mahal |
| 586 bc | Beginning of the Babylonian Captivity |
| 2250 bc | Civil war breaks out, ending the Old Kingdom in Egypt |
| 690 ad | Empress Wu takes power of China |
| 1570 bc | The Egyptians overthrew the Hyskos Warriors |
| 689 bc | Sennacherib destroys Babylon |
| 274 bc | Asoka becomes India's emperor |
| 2040 bc | Civil War in Egypt ends; beginning the Middle Kingdom |
| 1922 ad | The tomb of Tutankhamen is discovered |
| 1270 bc | One possible year for the Exodus (Ramses II) |
| 3100 bc | Upper and Lower Egypt is first united under one king |
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