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latitude   distance north or south of the equator  
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longitude   distance east or west of the prime meridian  
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prehistory   period of time before writing was invented  
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archeology   study of the lives of early people through examination of their remains  
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technology   tools and skills people used to meet their basic needs  
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artifact   object made by a human being  
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historian   person who studies how people lived in the past through written records  
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geography   study of the people their enviroments and their recources  
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equator   an invisible line that separates the Northern and southern hemisphere  
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prime meridian   line that separates the eastern and western hemispheres  
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nomad   person who moves from place to placein search of food  
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pharaoh   titles of rulers in ancient egypt  
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tyrant   in ancient Greece, a ruler who gained power by force  
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artisan   skilled craftsworker  
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scribe   in ancient civilizations, specially trained person who knew how to read and write  
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Democracy   government in which the people hold ruling power  
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Direct Democracy   system of government in which citizens participate directly rather then through elected representatives  
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Bureacracy   system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials  
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Feudalism   closely organized system of government in which local lords own the land and the people work it  
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Patriarchy   the highest church official in a major city  
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Oligarchy   system of government in which ruling power belongs to business class  
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dynasty   ruling family in China  
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hierarchy   government with a system of ranks  
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aristocracy   government headed by a priviledged minority or upper class  
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Code of Hammurabi   a code of harsh laws set down by Hammurabi  
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The Ten Commandments   a christian code of guidelines  
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Bhagavad-Gita   a story from India about detaching yourself from personal desire  
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Four Noble Truths   -life has suffering,pain and sorrow-cause is materialistic things-overcome desire-follow eightfold path  
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monarchy   government in which a king or queen holds ruling power  
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Polis   city-state in ancient Greece  
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Acropolis   hilltop fortress of an ancient Greek city state  
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city-state   political unit made up of a city and the surrounding land  
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empire   groups of states or territories controlled by one ruler  
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ziggurat   pyramid temple dedicated to the cheif god or goddess of an ancient Sumarian city-state  
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rajah   elected chief of an Ayran tribe in Ancient India  
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dharma   in Hinduisim individuals religiousand moral duties  
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shiva   Hindu god the destroyer  
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caste   unchangable social group into which a person is born  
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brahman   Aryan belief-the single spiritual power that resides in all things  
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Dynastic cycle   rise and fallof Chinese dynasties accordingto the Mandate of Heaven  
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Mummification   practice of preservingthe bodies of the dead  
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reincarnation   in Hinduism, belief in the rebirth of the soul in another bodily form  
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Circus Maximus   Rome's largest racecourse where chariots raced  
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breads and circuses   a program where grain and circuses made up for government taxes  
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nirvana   in Buddism, union with the universe and release from rebirth  
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karma   in Hindu belief all the actions that affect a person's next life  
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yin & yang   a balance of two forces - one light , one dark  
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covenant   binding agreement  
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subcontinent   a large landmass that juts out from a continent  
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monsoon   seasonal wind  
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glacier   thick sheet of ice that covers part of the earths surface during the ice age  
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Hellenistic Culture   Elaborate art and schools of philosophy  
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strait   narrow water passage connecting two bodies of water  
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cultural diffusion   the spread of ideas customs, and technologies from one people to another  
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New/Neolithic Age   the period of time when nomads settled down  
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Old/Paleolithic Stone age   the time period where people were nomads  
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sanscrit   language of writing developed by the Indians  
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legislature   lawmaking body  
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senate   a group of senators who represent the people  
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Hierogyphics   Form of picture writings that was developed by the ancient Egyptians  
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cuneiform   wedged shaped writing of the Sumarians  
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Alphabet   letters developed by the Phoenicians  
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Monotheism   belief in only one god  
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Polytheism   belief in two or more gods  
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Skara Brae   5,000 year old village (neolithic age)  
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Knossos   a city in Crete  
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Sumarians   first civilization on the fertile cresent  
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Phoenicians   the first civilization to invent the alphabet  
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Hitties   first to use ironmaking  
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Babylonians   They pushed the fontiers of learning through Neb.  
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Parthenon   most famous temple in Greece  
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Minoans   Small civilization on Crete  
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Myceneans   First civilization in Greece  
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Lydians   They made the coin  
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Mohammad   Founder of the Islamic Religion  
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Abraham   The founder of the Christian Religion  
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Confucius   influential philosopher in China  
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Zeus   the most powerful Greek God  
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Dorians   conquered Greece  
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Aristotle   Greek philosopher who taught Plato - studied best government  
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Plato   emphasized importance of reason and divided society into 3 classes  
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Hippocrates   a scientist who started the study of medicine  
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Pythagoras   Mathematian who invented the Pythagory Theorm  
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King Philip   conquered Greece single handedly  
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Alexander the Great   a great conquerer in Greece and invented the Hellenistic  
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Pericles   a ruler in Greece who brought an artistic age  
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Hammurabi   a strict ruler who published a code of laws  
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Archimedes   the most famous Hellenistic scientist who made practical inventions  
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Homer   Blind poet credited with writing the Illiad and the Odessey  
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Salon   informal gathering where writers artists philosophers exange ideas  
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Trojan War   a war between Greece and Troy  
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Peloponnesian War   a war between Athens & the allies Sparta and Persia  
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Persian War   a war between Athens & Persia  
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Punic War   a series of 3 wars between Rome & Carthage  
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Buddism   a religion based on trying to find enlightenment  
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Christianity   a monotheistic, religion who believes in eternal life  
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Judaism   a monotheistic, religion that is like christianty but only believes in the first testament  
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Hinduism   polytheistic religion, center of teachings non-violence  
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Islam   they believed in the 5 pillers  
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Daoism   a religion that focuses on harmony with nature  
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