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63 Cards in this Set
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a member of a group that has no permanent home, wandering from place to place in search of food and water
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nomads
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an arc of rich farmland in southwest asia, between the persian gulf and the mediterranean sea
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fertile crescent
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a waterfall or stretch of rapids in a river
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cataract
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a marshy region formed by deposits of silts at the mouth of a river
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delta
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the major change in human life caused by the beginnings of farming-that is, by people's shift from gathering to food producting
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neolthic revolution
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a massive structure with a rectangular base and four triangular sides, like those that were build in Egypt as burial places for old kingdom pharaohs
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pyramids
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a member of a biological group including human beings and related species that walk upright
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hominids
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a cold period in which huge ice sheets spread outward from teh polar regions the last one of which lastedd from about 1,600,000 to 10,000 BC.
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ice age
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a member of a nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collectin plant foods
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hunter-gatherers
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any natural landforms that keeps peopl out
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natural barriers
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oldest hominid ever found
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Lucy
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historical pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties
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dynastic cycle
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human-made object, such as tools weapon, or piece of jewelry
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artifacts
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king of acient egypt considered a god as well as a political and military leader
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pharaoh
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man who led hebrews political and military leader
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moses
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a political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on teh land
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feudalism
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a wind that shifts in directions at certain times of each year.
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monsoons
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belief in one god
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monotheism
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the first five books of the Hebrew bible- most sacred writings in JEwish tradition
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torah
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relating to civilization, lang., arts, science, and literature of the Greek world from the reigh of Alexandra the Great to the late second century
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hellenistic
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period of peace and prosperity throughout Roman Empire, lasting from 27 BC to AD 180
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pax romana
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a war lasting from 431 to 404 BC in which Athens and its allies were defeated by sparta and its allies
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Peloponnesian war
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five pillars of Isam
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faith, prayer, alms, fasting, pilgrimage
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one of the professional warriors who served Japanese feudal lords
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samuri
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medieval poet and musician who travled from place to place entertaining people with songs of courtly love.
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troubadour
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body of laws governing religious practices of Christian church
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Canon law
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"Great Charter"- documentary guaranteeing basic political rights in England drawn up by nobles and approved by king john in AD 1215
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Magna Carta
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deadly disease that spread across asia and europe in the mid 14th century, killing millions of people.
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Bubonic plague
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Japanese feudal lord who commanded private army of samuri
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Haiku
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seafaringn people of Southwest Asia, who around 1100 Bc began to trade and found colonies throughout Mediterranean region
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Phoenician
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lord's estate in feudal europe
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manor
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a wise and able statesman that led athens during its golden age
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pericles
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pipline or channel built to carry water to populated areas
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acqueducts
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military unit of ancient Roman army, made up of about 5,000 foot soldiers and a group of soldiers on horseback
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legions
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civil war erupts after Ceasar's murder, Marc Anthony (general), octavion (nephew), and Lepidus (powerful politician), take power and then fight for control- Atium, Octavion Augustus "Edcilted one"-cecomes absloute ruler.
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second triumvirate
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one of professional figheters who engaged in battles to the death in public areas
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gladiator
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group of lang. derived from Latin
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Romance lang.
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Roman town where Mt. veuvius erupted and covered it in a thick layer of ash and killign about 2,000 peopl
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Pompeii
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Dispersal of Jews from their homeland in Palestine -espcialy during period of more than 1,800 years that followed romans destruced of temple in Jerusalem in ad. 70
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diaspora
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brilliant military strategist who wanted to avenge carthage's earlier defeat, also mastermind behind war was a 29 yr. old carthaginian general
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Hannibal
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member of nomadic group that herds domesticated animals
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pastoralist
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ferocious group of horsemen from central asia that slashed their way into russia under rule of genghis khan
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mongols
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ruled mongol's one of the most feared warriors of all time
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Genghis Khan
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a system of ancient caravan routes across central asia, along which traders carried slik and other trade goods
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silk road
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body of romn civil law collected and organized by order of byzantine emperor justinian around
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Justinian code
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art of beautiful handwriting
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caligraphy
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city in western arabia that was an important trade route, and housed a simple house of worship called the ka'aba
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mecca
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use to be yathrib and means "city of the prophet"
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medina
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reign of russian state for 43 years. prince was only boy of 13 when constanople fell in turkish empire in 1453-called himself czar and russion version of caesar
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Ivan III
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crossroad of threee continents- africa, europe, asia
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Arabian peninsula
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God
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Allah
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follower of Islam
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muslims
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one of the seafaring scandinavian people who raided coasts of northern and western europe from eighth through tenth century
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vikings
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member of christian denomination that baptizes believers by immersion and that is usually calvinistic in doctriine
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baptist
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one of the expeditions in which midevil christian warriors sought to recover control of the holy land fromt he muslims
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crusadors
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body of representatives that makes laws for a nation
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parliament
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effort by christian raders to drive muslims out of spain lasting from 1100's until l492
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reconquista
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type of japanese drama in which music, dance, and mime are used to present stories
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kabuki
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portuguese navigator who was first to round cape of good hope
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bartolomeu dias
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the third of the tradtional social classes, commone people
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third estate
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first five books of hebrew bible- most sacred writings in the Jewish tradition
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torah
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when mosese came down from mt. sinai, he brought down two stones tablets on which yahweh had written 10 laws
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ten commandments
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landowning nobles of russia
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boyar
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