A is for......

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.