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Chinese state, created at the partition of Jin in 403 BC - W
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Wei
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250 year period of ancient China, immediately preceding the Qin Dynasty - W
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Warring States
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Alternative name for the Shang Dynasty, ruled the Yellow River region in the 2nd Millenium BC - Y
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Yin
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Stepped pyramid temples common in ancient Mesopotamian cities - Z
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Ziggurat
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UNESCO World Heritage Site in Lycia (southern Turkey) dating back to the 8th Century BC - X
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Xanthos
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Chinese state formed around the mouth of the Yangtze River in the 12th Century BC - W
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Wu
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Bronze Age Semitic kingdom centred on Aleppo, formed around 1800 BC - Y
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Yamhad
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Transformational information technology, first developed as cuneiform in Sumer around 3000 BC - W
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Writing
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Neolithic Chinese culture of the 3rd and 4th Millenia BC, named for the town where it was first excavated - Y
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Yangshao
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Originally a Warring State, this kingdom flourished under the Han Dynasty - Z
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Zhao
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Ancient Imperial Chinese capital, location of the Terracotta Warriors - X
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Xi’an
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Confederation of nomads, possibly precursors to the Huns, dominated the East Eurasian steppe - X
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Xiongnu
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Royal Chinese dynasty of the first millenium BC, divided into Western and Eastern periods - Z
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Zhou
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Considered the first orthodox dynasty in Chinese history, ruled in the early 2nd Millenium BC - X
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Xia
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Revolutionary technology dating back to the late Neolithic, possibly developed in several independent locations - W
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Wheel
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Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, famous for creating paradoxes - Z
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Zeno
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Late Chalcolithic culture of the Pontic-Caspian steppe - Y
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Yamnaya
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Early Iranian prophet, founded the world’s first monotheistic religion - Z
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Zoroaster
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Region of ancient Britain, occupied by tribes including the Silures and the Ordovicians - W
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Wales
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Athenian general philosopher and historian, led an expedition of 10,000 men into Persia - X
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Xenophon
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“Great” Achaemenid King, invaded Greece in 480 BC - X
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Xerxes
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Chinese river, one of the original cradles of civilisation - Y
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Yellow
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Chinese leader who formed the first dynasty, known for his dam building and flood control measures - Y
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Yu The Great
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Mesoamerican culture which arose in the Oaxaca Valley - Z
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Zapotec
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