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26 Cards in this Set
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kush
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regional kingdom along the nile river
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axum
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defeated the kush kingdom
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ethiopian christianity
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brought through merchants, cut off from main stream christianity and flourished in isloation
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shintoism
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worship of political rulers and spirits of nature
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teutonic or celtic
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loosly organized regional kingdom
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olmecs
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indian group, lacked writting but produced massive pyramid shaped religious monuments
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polynesian
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develpoed isolated in fiji
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asiatic huns
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invaders
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yellow turbans
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daoist leaders, promised golden ages
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sui dynasty
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ruled briefly and was followed by the tang dynasty
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rajput
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regioal princes who controlled states and emphasized military
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germanic invasionsthe
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invasions by germans into rome, ultimatly causing their decline
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diocletian
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tried to tighten up the administration of the empire and improve tax collection
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constantine
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set up constantinople to regulate eastern half of the empire
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christianity
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the belief in Jesus monotheism
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sassanid empire
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created by parthians, directly revived the glories of the persian empire
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coptic church
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church in ethiopia
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piety
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the importance of spiritual concerns beyond the daily cares of earthly life
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bodhisattavas
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poeple who could reach nirvana through their own meditation. they choose to remain part of the world as sains to help people
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mahayana
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east asian form of buddhism
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Jesus
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son of God sent to earth and lived a perfect human life then died to save all human kind out of love.
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new testament
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the writtings of several diciples in the later ages that were put together in the bible
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pope
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bishop of rome, from the word papa, controlled western churches
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trinity
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father, spirit, son
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benedictine rule
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urged a diciplined life with regular and spiritual fulfillment alturnating with hardwork and study
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islam
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the last major religion to come and sweep the world, worshiped the god muhammad
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