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30 Cards in this Set
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Canaan |
Refers to all of ancient Palestine |
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Torah |
Jewish book/bible. They were considered the most sacred writings. |
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Covenant |
Gove to get |
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Moses |
Man who led the hebrews |
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Hammurabi's code |
First set of laws |
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Filial piety |
Respect for your elders |
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Analects |
Rules of Confucianism in a book |
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Bureaucracy |
Trained civil crevice or those who run with a government |
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Autocracy |
Government where the ruler has unlimited power and can act without reason or consequences |
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Troy |
An independent trading city in Anatolia |
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Trojan war |
10 year war fought between troy and mycenae |
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Neolithic revolution |
Agricultural revolution. Shift from hunting and gathering to producing their own food. Cause for population growth. |
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Slash and burn |
Cut trees and other plants and burned what was left for farmland. Civilizations would grown for a few years and then move on. |
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MRLIP |
M-MOVEMENT ; find food, trade, learn R-REGION?? L-LOCATION ; longitude and latitude I- INTERACTION ; adaption P-PLACE ; man made |
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5 characteristics of a civilization |
Advanced cities Specialized workers Complex institutions Record keeping Improved technology |
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City-State |
A city and its surrounding area. Has its own ruler and government |
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Theocracy |
Government where the rulers power is based on religious authority |
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Mandate of heaven |
Diving gods approval to rule. A ruler could lose this power by sinning or if they act badly. But if they are a strong good ruler they have must have gods approval. |
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Why would people live by water? |
Has alot of their natural resources. |
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Minoans |
Live on Crete and the economy was based on trade. They were peaceful individuals and didnt need a government. Polytheistic. End of the civilization by an abundance of natural disasters. |
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Phoenicians |
Based on trade and they traded rare red/purple cloth. They were a city-state. Sail all around Africa. They came up with the writing system and alphabet that we use. |
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Legalism |
Powerful government punishment very important |
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Daoism |
Natural order universal force. Humans live in harmony. |
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Confucianism |
Based on social order harmony education and respect for elders |
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Monarchy |
King ruled in a government |
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Aristocracy |
A government ruled by a small group of noble landowning families |
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Oligarchy |
Government ruled by a few powerful people |
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Direct democracy |
Government ruled by a few powerful people. |
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Fertile crescent |
Land between Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Good for farming |
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Ziggurat |
Temple for prayer built by Babylonians |
