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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chronological: | order of events which they occurred . |
| primary source: | first hand account of event/topic from someone who experience it. |
| secondary source: | interpretation of an event from someone who was not there. |
| BC or BCE | before christ/before common era, before year one. |
| AD or CE | anno domini/ common era, after year one. |
| moksha vs nirvana | both end reincarnation hindus achieve moksha=by following dharma=good karma buddhist follow eightfold path to achieve nirvana moksha |
| monsoon winds cause and effect | on time summer monsoon winds=rain so crops grow/people could eat if late/did not come crops die/people starve. |
| reincarnation | rebirth of new soul into new body |
| egypts social structure vs india's caste system | pharaohs at top of egypt |
| caste | fixed social classes into which a person is born |
| jewish day of rest/ place pf worship | jewish day at rest=sabbath, friday night to saturday night place to worship=synagogue |
| monotheism | belief in only one god |
| what/where is the promised land | land of canaan promised to abraham/descendentes by god |
| torah | first five books of hebrew bible |
| rabbis | teachers of judaism |
| hunter-gatherers | people who lived by hunting animals /gathering |
| paleolithic tools | paleolithic tools were made out of stone |
| domesticate | tame change plants/animals to make useful to humans |
| neolithic agricultu | shift from hunting/gathering to farming domesticating animals as human main source of food. |
| hunter-gatherers to farmers cause/effect | from switching produced food surpluses humans focused on other things led to job specialization |
| egypts river | nile river |
| egyptian mummification | practiced mummification religion taught needed their body in the after life |
| sumerian vs egyptian religion | both polytheist many gods with different roles |
| great pyramid of giza | built for pharaoh khufu 2560 BC tallest manmade structure for 3800 years |
| papyrus: | writing material made from papyrus reed |