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10 Cards in this Set
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heiroglyphs
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ancient egyptian picture writing--based on syllables
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pictographs
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chinese picture writing based on ideas
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cuneiform
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Babylonian writing on clay tablets made with reeds--looks like notches cut into the clay
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demotic
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more fluid heiroglyphs
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Why did Oedipus kill his father?
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They got into a fight because Oedipus wouldn't show his respects for the king
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Metempsychosis
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reincarnation
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Why are the storytellers of The Heptameron gathered together?
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Various natural disasters--by chance
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In the Miller's Tale what is Nicholas doing as his role in life?
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STUDENT
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Why do the 3 young men in The Pardonner's Tale set off together?
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Setting off on a quest to find death and kill it
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Who was Boccaccio?
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An italian poet
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