A is for artifacts, objects made long ago.
B is for barter, which is the exchange of one good or service for another.
C is for capital, which is wealth that is earned, saved, and invested to make profits.
D is for Donald Johanson, who found the remains of a hominid skeleton.
E is for Exodus, which was the escape of the Hebrews from Egypt.
F is for factory systems, which is the production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and workers.
G is for gladiators, which were trained fighters who fought for entertainment.
H is for Hyksos, which means foreigners who arrived in Egypt from Asia.
I is for import, which is a good or service bought from another country.
J is for Jesuits, a religion founded by Ignatius de Loyola.
K is for kami, Japanese gods or nature spirits.
L is for liberalism, a political movement protecting individual rights and the rule of the law.
M is for Menes, a king who united all of Egypt.
N is for Nebuchadnezzer, who defeated most of the Fertile Crescent.
O is for Odyssey, which was an epic written by Homer.
P is for patricians, landowners who controlled Roman government and society.
Q is for Qur'an, the holy book of Islam.
R is for Ramses II, who was a strong Pharoah who ruled Egypt.
S is for Sargon, who was the most powerful Akkadian king.
T is for Torah, which was the first five books of the Old Testament.
U is for unions, which were workers that combined forces and demands for different workers.
V is for Vedic Age, a period of India's history dating from 1500 B.C. to 1000 B.C.
W is for World Trade Center, which was an office complex destroyed in NYC in 2001.
X is for Xia, a line of kings ruling over the Neolithic people.
Y is for yang, which is a force that is bright and active.
Z is for Zhou, people who overthrew the Shang dynasty in China.
