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Term | Definition |
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What are the historical sources | primary- diary written by someone during the time seconday- book written about the time |
An item has to be how old or less for radiocarbon dating to be effective | ten thousand |
thermoluminescene | method used to date artifacts that are 200,000 years olf or less |
What ended the Neolithic Era | bronze age |
What three crops are grown in southern India | ginger pepper cinnamon |
what three crops are grown in northern India | Wheat MIlley Barley |
filial piety | duty of members of the family to subordinate their needs and desires to those of the male head of the family. |
What did the Legalists believe | humans are evil by nature only stiff laws and harsh punishment would cause common people to the interest of ruler |
List the names of the first 4 chines dynasty's | Xia Shang Zhou Qin |
ostracism | practice of banning a person from the city of Athens for 10 years if their name was written on a piece of pottery by 6,000 members it was used to protect Athens from ambitious politicians |
Who was Eratosthenes and what was he famous for | ancient Greek astronomer who was famous for figuring out that the Earth was round and for computing the Earth's circumference |
Who was Archimedes and what was he known for | ancient Greek scientist who was known for working on the geometry of spheres and cylinders and established the value of pi |
How long did the Egyptian Old Kingdom last | 2700 to 2200 B.C.E. |
How long did the Egyptian Middle Kingdom last? | 2055 to 1650 B.C.E. |
How long did the Egyptian New Kingdom last? | 1550 to 1070 B.C.E. |
Indo-Europeans | a group of people who spoke a language derived from a single "parent-tongue". This includes languages such as Persian and Sanskrit. |
Pax Romana | Peace of Rome |