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49 Cards in this Set
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akbar
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the great
religious freedom stopped tax |
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animism
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spirts play role in everyday life
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arthasastra
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book that taught how to run a empire
writen by kautilya |
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aryans
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indo-european
only left sacred literature |
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ascetics
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practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons
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Asoka
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king of mauryan empire
spred power through war then ruled through buddhism |
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Assyrians
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aurangzeb
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third son of shah jahan
killed brother expand empire-weaken |
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axial age
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aztec empire
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sierra madre valley
chinumpas sacrifice obsidian |
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babar
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11 year old king
great general strong and sensitive |
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babylonian
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bantu migration
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south of sahara(africa)
spread and passed knowledge |
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beringia
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land bridge connecting asia to NA
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brahminism
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highest in the aryan class
priests |
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buddhism
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follow eightfold path
reach nirvana |
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bushido
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way of the warrior
dying is honarable courage |
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caste system
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chaldeans
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army that destroyed nineveh
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chinese writing system
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chinese dynasties
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confucianism
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5 relationships
foundations of chinese gov and social order respect elders |
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crusades
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holy war to gain control over holy land
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cultural diffusion
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new ideas spreading from culture to culture
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cuneiform
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form of writing
wedge shaped |
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cyrus
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persian king
empire grew military genius |
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darius
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first a body guard
empire extended |
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devshirme
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catholic boys taken
converted to islam trained to soilders |
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dome of the rock
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location where muhammad asended to heaven
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dynastic cycle
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different rulers
rise and decline |
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empire building
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era of warring states
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enthnocentrism
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five pilllars
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muslim:
faith prayer alms fasting pilgrimage |
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genghis khan
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unify clans
goal to control china |
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ghana
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first nation governed by black africans
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gupta
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india second empire
small villages |
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hammurabi
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hammurabi code
laws unify diverse groups |
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hajj
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pilgrimage to mecca
journey |
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hijrah
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muhammad travel to yathrib
attracted many devoted followers |
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hinduism
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collection of ascetics, mahaviera jainism, buddhism
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hitittes
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control anatolia (turkey)
war people |
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ibn battuta
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travel for 27 years
visiting most of the islamic countries |
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islam
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submission to the will of allah
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jainism
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ther is a spirit in everything
never hurt anything |
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jannissaries
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sultan slaves
christian devshirme |
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kamikase
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suicide
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kublai khan
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yuan dynasty
united china short |
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loess
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fertile soil in the yellow river
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