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20 Cards in this Set
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Caliph |
A successor of Muhammad as spiritual and temporal leader of the Muslims |
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Civilization |
Advanced state of human society, high levels of culture, science, industry, and government |
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Crusades |
Military expectations carried out by European Christians in the Middle Ages to regain the holy land from the Muslims |
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Democratic |
People are governed by the "rule of many", or by the people, either directly or through elected representatives |
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Dynasty |
Sequence of rulers from the same family or group |
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Feudalism |
Political or social order, developed when royal governments were no longer able to defend subjects; nobles offer land and protection for service (Middle Ages) |
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Landed aristocrats |
Upper-class, wealth based on land and passed to one generation to another |
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Lineage group |
Extended family that has combined into a larger community |
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Mandate of Heaven |
Claimed by Chinese kings of the Zhou Dynasty, they had direct authority from heaven to rule and keep order in the universe |
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Mesopotamia |
Ancient region between Tigris and Euphrates rivers - present day Iraq |
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Monotheism |
"One God", rather than many |
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Neolithic |
Gained from last Stone Age, the domestication of animals and the development of agriculture |
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Nomads |
Member of people or tribe, with no permit home, but moves following herds of animals |
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Oligarchy |
"Rule of the Few", group of people exercises control |
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Paleolithic |
Of or pertaining to the Early Stone Age |
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Polis |
Ancient Greek city-state |
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Polytheism |
The doctrine or belief in more than one God |
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Prehistoric |
Human history before recorded events - the time before writing |
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Republic |
Leader is not a king, certain citizens have the right to vote |
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Sultanate |
Military and political power is held by sultan |
