S.S midterm review
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| acropolis | fortified hilltop and meeting place of male citizen's of ancient greece
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| caste system | social system originated by the aryans who settled in india
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| what are the indian caste systems | in order from higest rank to lowest is priest warriors peasnats and non aryan laborers
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| cuneiform | early system of writing with wedge shapes pressed into clay used by the ancient summerians
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| code of hammurabi | law code developed under the babylonians:" an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth"
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| domestication | taming of animals for human use
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| fertile crescent | crescent moon shaped rich soil region of Mesopotamia located betwen the tigris and euphrates rivers; modern day iraq
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| feudalism | politicla system in which nobles or lords are granted land from the king in exchange for loyalty and military service
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| hellenistic | blending of eastern and western cultures as a result of alexander the great's conquest
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| hieroglyphics | system of writing of ancient egyptians used pictures
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| mandate of heaven | the divine right to rule wiht the possibilty of losting that right due to poor conditions part of the dynastic cycle of chinese history
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| middle kingdom | china's isolating geography created an ethocentric homogeneous society known as the middle kingdom or the center of the universe
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| monotheistic | belief in one god
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| neolithic | new stone age of 10,000 bce chracterized by the domestication of animals and farming settlements
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| paleolithic | old stone age (3 million bce) characterized by nomadic wandering hunting and gathering
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| patricians | aristocratic landowners of the early Roman republic
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| plebeians | commons of the early Roman republic made up of farmers and artisans
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| polis | city-state
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| polytheistic | belief in many gods
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| reincarnaton | belief that the soul is reborn again and again until reaching perfection belief in huinduism and buddhism
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| torah | sacred scriptures of judaism
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| vedas | collection of sacred writings of the aryans from when they first settled along the indus river
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| Ziggurat | sumerian tiered pyramid used as a temple
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