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Julius
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played an active role in Roman politics-led an army to Gual, conquered it, and brought it under the Roman empire-sponsored numerous public spectacle such as battles between gladiators and wild animals, which helped him build a reputation-claimed himself dictator of the Roman state-was stabbed to death in 44 BCE
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Chinese Silk
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advanced sericulture techniques-prized and commerce of silk and other products established trade routes known as silk road
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Cuneiform
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Written language of the Sumerians probably the first written script in the world
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Ashoka
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Last ruler of Mauryan Empire; after invasion of Kalinga converted to Buddhism
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Ummayad
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Arabic dynasty, with its capital at Damascus that was marked by a tremendous period of expansion to Spain in the west and India in the east
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Manor
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large estates of the nobles during the European middle ages, home for the majority of the peasants
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Middle Kingdom
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2040-6040 BCE-defined by weakness and invasion
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Constantine
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An able Roman emperor, he faced difficulties, made Constantinople the capital
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Bureaucracy
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system of government, administration
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Procopius
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Byzantine historian who wrote about two monks who were introduced to silk production in the Mediterranean; originated from China
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Decline of Harappa
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One cause was ecological degradation and natural disasters may have weakened the society; Harappan social and cultural traditions did not disappear
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Family Structure in China
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they showed much reverence to their ancestors
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Body of Civil Law
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the legal system of Ancient Rome; term applied to the body of private law used in those countries in which the legal system is based on ancient Roman law
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Holy Roman Emperor
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the elected monarch ruling over the Holy Roman Empire, a Central European State in existence during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. By convention the first Emperor was taken to be the Frankish king Charlemange, crowned as Emperor of the West
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