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| What does “c” mean? |
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| prehistory | the time before writing
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| “the land between the rivers”
was located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Iraq
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| people who regularly move from place to place
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| historian | people who study and write about the human past
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| cuneiform | Sumerian writing system
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| dynasty | a line of rulers that passes power from father to son
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| Re | chief god of the Egyptians, son god
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| embalming | the Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh’s body from decomposing
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| describe the Nile’s flooding | gentle and dependable
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| monotheism | the belief in one god
the basis of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity
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| the Ten Commandments-what are they responsible for forming today? | the moral laws of many nations
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| Israel-what does it mean, who uses the name, where is it? | “one who struggles with god”
a name given to the descendants of Jacob
it’s a modern-day country where Canaan once was
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| diaspora |
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| the faith of the Israelites
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| rule of law | the idea that the law should apply to everybody equally
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| direct democracy | everyone decides government matters
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| men in the Spartan army-ages/responsibilities | 7-boys live in barracks, learning to be in the army
20-enter the regular army
30-allowed to return to their homes but remain in the army
60-retire from the army
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| began as an alliance to protect the Greeks from the Persians
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| Dark Ages (600 BC) | called the “dark ages” because people forgot how to read and write
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| citizens of Greek city-states | free
native-born
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men
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| Alexander the Great and the Iliad |
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| Peloponnesian War | Sparta .vs. Athens
left Greeks divided
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| Aristotle | taught his student to follow the Golden Mean
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| myths (Greece) | religious stories of ancient Greece
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| Homer-the Iliad and the Odyssey | two epics written by Homer that are still studied today
Iliad is about the Trojan War
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| Alexandria |
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| philosophers |
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| Plato |
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| Buddhism-why did it become so popular? |
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| Which two religions can trace their beginning to India? |
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| caste system |
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| Krishna |
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| Asoka |
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| Hinduism |
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| Buddhism |
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| monsoons |
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| warlords |
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| tenant farmers |
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| the Period of the Warring States |
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| Marco Polo |
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| Mongols |
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| When preparing for civil service exams... |
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| Forbidden City |
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| Confucian officials and Chinese voyages... |
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| census-what is it? why did the Ming do it? |
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| Italy is... |
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| Hannibal |
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| Octavian became _______________________ |
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| Twelve Tables |
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| when was Rome founded? |
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| Huang He valley |
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| Grand Canal |
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