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IDs for the West Before 1300

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Alexander the Great   Ruled Macedonia. Taught by Aristotle. Conquered Persian Empire. Created Hellenistic culture.   r.336-323 BCE  
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Aristotle   Pupil of Plato. Founded the Lyceym. Analyzed human knowledge and used empirical evidence. Believed in moderation and common sense.   384-322 BCE  
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Bourgeoisie   Merchant class that gained power during the rise of towns. French word associated with the middle class.   1000+ CE  
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Charlemagne   Ruled the Frankish Kingdom. Part of Carolingian dynasty. Crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III in 800. Monitored empire with missi dominici.Created Carolingian miniscule.   r.786-814 CE  
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Cicero   Orator. Father of Latin prose. Used rhetoric.Wrote on rhetoric, ethics, and politics. Wrote On the Laws.   104-34 BCE  
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Constasntine   Temporarily reunited Roman empire. Moved capital to Byzantium. Converted to Christianity.   r.306-337 CE  
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Diocletian   Divided Roman empire into four different political administrative units.   r.284-305 CE  
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Goths   Germanic tribes. Invaded/pushed into western Europe by the Huns. Visigoths settled in Spain, Ostrogoths in Italy.   476+ CE  
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Guilds   Came to power during rise of towns. Two types: merchant and craft. Similar to modern labor unions.   1000+ CE  
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Hammurabi   Babylonian king (in Mesopotamia). Conquered other city states. Code of Hammurabi.   r.1792-1750 BCE  
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Hanseatic League   Formed from northern Germany. Controlled trade in Baltic and North seas.   1200+ CE  
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Huns   Invasions into Europe pushed Germanic tribes westward.   Pre-476 CE  
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Julius Caeser   Defeated Pompey and the Senate in a civil war to become dictator of Rome in 46 BCE. Assassinated in 44 BCE.   100-44 BCE  
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Octavian   Defeated Anthony to become emperor of Rome at the age of 32. Given title of Augustus. Began Pax Romana.   63-14 BCE  
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Plato   Socrates' pupil. Founded the Academy. Wrote the dialogue The Republic. The Allegory of the Cave. Divine essences.   429-347 BCE  
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Serf   Peasants bound to the land on which they worked which was owned by feudal lords.   Middle Ages  
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Socrates   Questioned/cross-examined people in the Athenian marketplace. Remained a loyal citizen despite criticism. Condemned to death (by taking hemlock).   469-399 BCE  
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Fief   Land granted to a vassal in exchange for services, usually military.   Middle Ages  
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Lower Egypt   Egyptian land in the north.   3100 BCE onwards  
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Manor   Village farms owned by a lord.   Middle Ages  
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Mesopotamia   Area between Tigris and Euphrates that contained ancient civilizations like Sumer, Assyria, Akkad, and Babylon.   3500 BCE onwards  
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Polis   The basic Greek political unit. Oftentimes translated as "city-state". A community of citizens theoretically descended from a common ancestor.   In full power between 750-700 BCE  
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Upper Egypt   Egyptian land in the south. Contained capital at Memphis.   3100 BCE  
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Crusades   Pope urged wars to recapture the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims.   1095-1291 CE  
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Early Middle Ages   Period of disorder and decline. Also known as the Dark Ages.   5th-10th century CE  
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High Middle Ages   Advanced toward higher level of civilization.   11th-14th century CE  
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Middle Kingdom   Followed the disorder/decentralization of the First intermediate Period when the nomarchs of Thebes gained control of the country.   2052-1630 BCE  
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New Kingdom   When Egyptian nationalism reasserted itself after a dynasty from Thebes drove out the Hykos and reunited Egypt.   1550-1075 BCE  
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Old Kingdom   Royal power (the pharaoh) is absolute. Peasants were heavily regulated/taxed.   2700-2200 BCE  
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Punic Wars   Conflicts between the expanding Rome and the naval power of the Mediterranean, Carthage. Includes First and Second wars. Rome victorious.   First: 264-241 BCE Second: 218-202 BCE  
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Civilization   A form of human culture marked by urbanism, metallurgy, and writing.    
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Excommunication   Denial by the church of the right to receive sacraments.    
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Feudalism   Lords own land, give fiefs to vassals in return for loyalty/military service, serfs work land.   Middle Ages  
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Magna Carta   The "Great Charter" limiting royal power that the English nobility forced King John to sign.   1215 CE  
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Rosetta Stone   Stone including the same repeated parts translated in Egyptian hieroglyphics, demonic, and Greek.    
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Scholastism   Method of study based on logic and dialectic that dominated the medieval schools.Students had only to organize, elucidate and defend knowledge learned from authorititive texts, especially those of Aristotle and the Church Fathers.   Middle Ages  
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Tariff   A tax on imports or exports.    
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Akhenaton   Egyptian pharaoh whom some scholars believe a form of monotheism originated with.   r. 1367-1350 BCE  
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