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Akbar
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Mughal ruler in India
made Divine faith religious freedom |
India
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Animisn
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an african religion in which spirits play an important role
spirits in animals, plants etc. |
Africa
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Arthasastra
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A rulers handbook. directions on how to hold an empire together.
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Aryans
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Indus river valley people
no writing system Indo european |
Indo european
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Ascetic
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someone who withdraws from all pleasures of the senses
self denial |
India
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Asoka
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brought mauryan empire to its g reatest heights
non violent buddhist tolerant |
Mauryan
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Assyria
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Ninevah
strong military mass deportation empire city crushers |
City crushers
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Aurangzeb
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had good military strategy
made mughal empire biggest ever enforced islamic laws dismissed hindues from gov. |
STRICT GUY THAT AURANGZEB, I MEAN REALLY
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Axial Age
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chaos -> order
new philosiphies age centered around one idea |
CENTERED.
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Aztec Empire
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divine king
fierce warriors sacrifices polytheistic tenochtitlan |
tenochtitlan
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Babylonians
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had land between persian gulf and med sea
capital babylon hammurabis code cuneiform |
hammurabis code
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Bantu Migration
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west african herders and farmers migrated to the south and east.
spread bantu language hundreds of ethnic groups develop |
Africa
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Beringia
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theory that first people got to america by land bridge
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First people in america
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Brahminism
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prestigious group in northern india
performed wasteful rituals slaughtered many animals in public |
wasteful
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Buddhism
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founded by Siddartha
follow the middle way reach enlightenment nirvana follow four noble truths |
India
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Bushido
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strict behavioral code for samurai warriors in japan
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japan
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Caste System
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social class system
no social mobility |
Class
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Chaldeans
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founded Neo babylonian empire
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Neo
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Chariots
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Chariot revolution
invention of spoked wheel, harness, and 2 passenger chariot growth of nomadic people increase in military advantage |
chariot rev.
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Confucianism
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founder - Confucius
texts - Analects 5 basic relationships filial piety social mobility attracted scholars |
China
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Crusades
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Midieval christian warriors set out to recover control of the holy land from the muslims
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Jerusalem
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Cultural diffusion
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spreading of ideas from one culture to another
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Cuneiform
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system of writing from sumer civilization
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Sumer
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Cyrus
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Persian Emperor
tolerant towards captured peoples allowed jews to return to jerusalem |
Persia
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Darius
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Persian leader
put down revolts established organized administration failed to capture greece |
Persia
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Desertification
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transformation of fertile land to desert
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Devshirme
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Ottoman empire
policy of taking children from captured christian people to be trained as muslim soldiers |
ottoman
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Dome of the rock
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in jerusalem
where Muslims say Muhammad ascended into heaven to learn of Allah’s will. |
Muslim
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Dynastic cycle
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pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties
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Empire building
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A pattern of nomadic invasion and interaction in which they move into areas near cities, then build up their base and from the base, take over empires.
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Nomads
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Era of warring states
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Lords feuding
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Ethnocentrism
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Belief that ones own ethnic group or religion is superior
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superiority
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Feudalism
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political system
lords are lent land from king in exchange for military, loyalty, and protection |
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5 pillars
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basic belief of muslims
• Shahada – declaration of faith • Salah – pray 5 times a day facing Mecca • Zakat – almsgiving=giving to the poor • Sawm – fasting during Ramadan • Hajj – pilgrimage to Mecca |
Muslim
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Genghis Khan
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Ruler of mongols
conquered much of asia believed in terrifying enemies into surrender cruel |
CAHHRUEL
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Ghana
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west african kingdom
grew rich from controlling trade |
africa
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Golden Ages
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great artistic and scientific achievement in culture during this time
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europe
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Great Wall
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made by forced labor
protected china from nomads |
china
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Gupta
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second empire in india
numerals zero hindu synthesis |
india
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Hammurabi
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great leader
hammurabis code first set of laws very strict laws |
law
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Han synthesis
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blend of daoism, legalism and confucianism
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Hajj
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The pilgrimage to Mecca, every Muslim should try to go at least once in their life.
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Muslim
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Heian age
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empire of japan. mainly focused on recreation
elaborate court life the arts |
court life
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Hieroglyphics
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An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds.
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