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40 Cards in this Set
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human-made object, such as a tool, weapon or piece of jewelry
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artifact
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Old Stone Age
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Paleolithic Age
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member of a group that has no permanent home; wanders from place to place
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nomad
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period in human history during which people began using bronze rather than copper or stone
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Bronze Age
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a city and its surrounding lands
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city-state
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belief in many gods
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polytheism
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divine approval; thought to be the basis of royal authority
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Mandate of Heaven
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wind that shifts in direction at certain times of each year
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monsoon
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a belief in a single god
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monotheism
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first 5 books of Hebrew Bible--most sacred writing in Jewish tradition
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Torah
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process by which a soul is reborn again and again until it achieves perfect understanding
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reincarnation
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seafaring and trading people that lived on the island of Crete
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Minoans
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a road in the Persian empire sretching over 1600 mi. from Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatolia
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Royal Road
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scholar--made a religion
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Confucius
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a Greek city-state--fundamental political unit of ancient Greece after about 750 B.C.
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polis
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military formation of foot soliders--fighting formation
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phalanx
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great emperor--empire builder
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Alexander the Great
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traditonal stories told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society
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myth
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in Rome, political leader given absolute power to make laws
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dictator
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professional fighters
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gladiators
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a period of peace and prosperity
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Pax Romana
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dispersal of the Jews from their homeland in Palenstine
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Diaspora
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a decline in the value of money, accomplished by a rise in the prices of goods and services
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inflation
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city that took place of Rome--named after Constantine
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Constantinople
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the followers of Jesus who preached and spread his teachings
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apostles
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system of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia along which traders carried silk and other trade goods
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Silk Road
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land bridge on which the earlier Americans area believed to have migrated from Asia into the Americas
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Beringia
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cold period
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Ice Age
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area extending from Central Mexico to Honduras where several of the ancient complex societies of the Americas developed
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Mesoamerica
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Arabic God
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Allah
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prophet and founder of Islam
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Muhammad
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holy book of Islam
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Qur'an
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supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government
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caliph
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principal bishop in the eastern branch of Christianity
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patriarch
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Cathedral of Holy Wisdom
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Hagia Sophia
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religious image used by eastern Christians
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icon
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a Russian emperor
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czar
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member of a nomadic group that herds domesticated animals
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pastoralist
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group of people descended from a common ancestor
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clan
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professional warrior who served as Jap feudal lords
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samurai
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