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History Key Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Agon | Ancient greek word meaning a contest. |
| Agora | Central spot in greek city-states |
| Sexigesmal | of or relating to the number 60 |
| Ur | Ancient sumerian city, formerly on the Euphrates |
| Enkidu | Legendary friend of gilgamesh |
| Chattel Slavery | Slaver where people are the property of others |
| Divination | The process of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means |
| Old Kingdom | A period in ancient Egyptian history |
| Seth/Set | An evil god who murdered his brother, Osiris |
| Arete | means of excellence in any kind of Greek |
| Oligarchy | A small group of people with control of a country |
| Perikles | Athenian statesman and general |
| Demosthenes | Athenian orator, his works urged resistance agains Philip II of Macedon |
| Issus | A battle where Alexander the Great defeated Persia |
| Sumer | Ancient region in southwest asia |
| Akkad | Capitol of the Akkadian empire in southern mesopotamia |
| Ishtar | The Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and war |
| Assyria | Ancient country that is now Iraq |
| Pictographs | A pictorial symbol for a word or phrase |
| Aryans | Of or relating to the early Indo-European people |
| Middle Kingdom | A period in ancient Egyptian history |
| Menes | Egyptian pharaoh who founded the first dynasty |
| Guagamela | Battle that took place in 331 BCE between Alexander the Great and Darius III |
| Persepolis | A city in ancient Persia founded by Darius I |
| Akkadian | of or relating to Akkad in Babylon or it's people |
| Law Code | A type of legislation that purports to exhaustively cover laws |
| Semitic Language | A group of related languages |
| Utnapishtim | Favorit of the gods and grandfather of Gilgamesh |
| Uruk | One of the earliest major cities in ancient Sumer |
| Debt Slavery | An arrangement where a person must pay off debt by working as a slave |
| Ancestral Veneration | In chinese culture, it is the practice of living family members who try to provide a deceased family member with continuous happiness and well-being in the afterlife |
| New Kingdom | A period of time in ancient Egyptian history |
| Narmer | An ancient egyptian pharaoh in the early dynastic period |
| Areopagus | The highest of judicial council in ancient Athens |
| Delian League | An alliance of ancient Greek city-states, dominated by Athens |
| Doric Temple | Oldest and simplest of the three main orders of classical Greek architecture. |
| Chaeronea | A battle in which Philip II of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans |
| Diadachoi | The group of Alexander's successors who fought over his conquered land after his death. |
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