Chapter 1
Civilization
Culture
History
Stone Age/Paleolithic
Neolithic
Agricultural Revolution
Foragers
Holocene
Megalith
Babylon
Swidden Agriculture
Fertile Crescent
Animism
Matriarch
Patriarch
Patrilineal
Matrilineal
Pastoral
Chiefdom
Lugal
Sumerians
Semitic
City-state
Hammurabi
Ziggurat
Amulet
Cuneiform
Pharaoh
Ma’at
Pyramid
Hieroglyphics
Papyrus
Mummification
Harappa
Mohenjo-daro
Chapter 2
Shang
Divination
Zhou
Mandate of Heaven
Legalism
Confucianism
Daoism
Yin/yang
Meroe
Olmec
Olmec Head
Chavin
Llama
Propaganda
Power-vacuum
Chapter 3
Iron Age
Metallurgy
Hittites
Hatshepsut
Akhenaten
Monopoly
Cosmopolitan
Nubia
Ramesses II
Minoan
Mycenae
Shaft graves
Linear B
Neo-AssyrianEmpire
Mass deportation
Israel
Hebrew bible
First temple
Monotheism
Diaspora
Phoenicians
Carthage
Neo-Babylonian
Chapter 4
Cyrus
Darius I
Satrap
Persepolis
Zoroastrianism
Bureaucracy
Polis
Agora
Acropolis
Hoplite
Tyrant
Urbanization
Democracy
Humanism
Oligarchy
Aristocracy
Persian wars
Trireme
Socrates
Peloponnesian war
Alexander the Great
Hellenistic
Alexandria
Chapter 5
Roman republic
Roman senate
Patron/client relationship
Roman principate
Augustus
Equites
Pax romana
Romanization
Jesus
Paul
Aqueduct
Third-century crisis
Constantine
Byzantine Empire
Qin
Shi huangdi
Han
Chang’an
Gentry
Slavery
Primogeniture
Chapter 6
Monsoon
Vedas
Varna
Jati
Karma
Moksha
Buddha
Mahayana Buddhism
Theravada Buddhism
Hinduism
Mauryan
Ashoka
Bhagavad-gita
Gupta
Theater-state
Malay peoples
Funan
Chapter 7
Silk Road
Parthians
Sasanid Empire
Stirrup
Indian Ocean Maritime
Trans-Saharan caravan
Sahel
Timbuktu
Sub-Saharan Africa
Steppes
Savanna
“great traditions”
“small traditions”
Bantu Migrations
Armenia
Ethiopia
Africanity
Missionaries
Chapter 8
Shi’ites
Sunnis
Muhammad
Muslim
Islam
Mecca
Medina
Umma
Caliphate
Quran
Umayyad caliphate
Abbasid caliphate
Mamluks
Ghana
Ulama
Hadith
Madrasa
Shari’a
Sufism
Chapter 9
Charlemagne
Medieval
Byzantine Empire
Kievan Russia
Schism
Feudalism
Manor
Serf
Fief
Vassal/Lord
Papacy
Holy Roman Empire
Investiture controversy
Monasticism
Horse collar
Crusades
Pilgrimage
Chapter 10
Li shimin
Tang
Grand canal
Tributary system
Tribute system
Bubonic plague
Uighurs
Tibet
Song
Junk
Gunpowder
“flying money”
Chapter 11
Teotihuacan
Chinampas
Maya
Toltecs
Aztecs
Tenochtitlan
Tribute system
Anasazi
Chiefdom
Khipu
Ayllu
Mit’a
Inca
Vertical Integration
Chapter 12
Mongols
Genghis khan
Yuan empire
Il-khan
Golden horde
Tsar
Ottoman Empire
Khubilai khan
Lama
Ming Empire
Yongle
Zheng he
Yi
Kamikaze
Ashikaga shogunate
Infanticide
Cash Crop