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AWH final terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Neolithic Revolution | began around 12,000 years ago, humans began to domesticate plants and animals, settle down in one place and raise plants and animals through farming |
| Moses | the person who lead the Jews out of Egypt |
| Monotheism | a religion with the belief of only one god |
| Jesus of Nazareth | was born a jew, a teacher that spread his ideas to many, and was the creator of Christianity |
| Muhammad | a merchant born in the Arabian city of Mecca, the final prophet sent by God to mankind |
| Germanic | having characteristics of or attributed to Germans or Germany |
| Lay investiture | conflict between the pope and the Roman emperor about who should control the state |
| Christopher Columbus | Italian explorer, arrived at the Americas thinking it was Asia, searched for people to convert to christianity |
| Cuneiform | system of writing designed to be pressed into clay tablets with a stylus, first developed in ancient Sumer |
| Siddartha | the founder of buddhism |
| Arete | greek word for “excellence” |
| Warring states period | seven or more small feuding Chinese kingdoms whose careers collectively constitute an era in Chinese history |
| Cleopatra | Egyptian queen known for bringing prosperity to Egypt and her relationship with Caesar and Antony |
| Qu’ran | the holy book of Islam |
| Charlemagne | ruler of the franks |
| Crusades | series of military expeditions from parts of Europe to the eastern coast of the mediterranean |
| Moctezuma | Aztec emperor, cortes encountered him |
| Pyramid | monumental four-sided, triangular Egyptian structure used as a tomb |
| Hammurabi | Babylonian king famous for creating one of the world’s first and most comprehensive codes of law |
| Polis | Greek word for “city state” |
| Patrician | higher social class in ancient Rome, very wealthy, favored by the government |
| Plebeian | lower class in ancient Rome, pressed charges against the government due to the unfair treatment |
| Julius Caesar | a Roman general and politician who named himself dictator of the Roman Empire, a rule that lasted less than one year before he was famously assassinated by political rivals in 44 B.C |
| Mansa Musa | African emperor, he controlled about 80 percent of the world’s gold during his reign |
| Feudalism | a social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return |
| Guild | a medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power |
| Zheng He | Chinese Muslim admiral, he led all seven voyages which came to a sudden stop |
| Reincarnation | rebirth |
| Darius the Great | an excellent leader and brilliant administrator who strengthened Persia by letting those he conquered live on in peace |
| Socrates | Greek philosopher executed by the Athenians for corrupting the youth, among other charges |
| Constantine | Roman emperor who legalized Christianity |
| Ibn Battuta | a Moroccan explorer who made extensive travels throughout the Middle east, Africa, and Asia, he wrote a travel account when he returned home in 1355 |
| Scholasticism | system of theology and philosophy taught in ancient medieval Europe universities, used to resolve contradictions between different authorities |
| Three-field system | method of agricultural organization introduced in Europe in the middle ages and representing a decisive advance in production techniques |
| Genghis Khan | a clan leader who unified the Mongols |
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