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Anthropology
Study of human life and culture
Archaeology
study of past societies through an analysis of what people left behind.
Hatshepsut
first women emperor of Egypt
Visiers
in charge of government bureaucracy
Scribes
Held most important position in sumerian society
Hammurabi
leader of Babylonians
Assyrians
overran the kingdom of Isreal
Chaldeans
Conquered kingdom of Judah, and completely destroyed Jerusalem.
Menes
united upper and lower Egypt into a single kingdom
Yahweh
Jewish God
Pyramids
One of the greatest achievements of Egyptian civilization
Vedas
Collection of hymns and religious ceremonies that were passed down orally through centuries.
Suttee
required a wfie to throw herself on her dead husband flaming funeral pyre.
Asoka
generally considered to be greatest ruler in the history of India
Kalidasa
one of Ancient India most famous authors
Legalism
emphasized importance of strictlaws and harsh punishments
Confucianism
stressed importance of moral behavior in 5 basic relationships
Daoism
emphasized importance of living in harmony.
Brahman
charge of the religious ceremonies
Vaisyas
peasants and people who worked at other forms of manual labor
Hanfeizi
opposed confucious ideas
Solon
gave aristocrats land to the peasants in order to gain the favor of the poor
Pisistratus
invaded Greece from the north
Ephors
responsible for the education of youth and the conduct of all citizens
Tyrants
rulers who seized power by force from aristocrats
Herodotus
author of history of the Persian Wars
Delian League
athenian defense alliance against Persians.
Thucydides
examined cause and course of the Peloponnesian War
Socrates
wanted people to think for themselves
Sophocles
Most famous play was Oedipus
Plato
wrote socrates philophies in "the republic"
Eratosthenes
taught essence of the universe could be found in music and numbers
Archimedes
established value of Pi.
Hannibal
greatest of the Carthaginian generals
Battle of Cannae
Hannebal crossed the Alps and defeated Romans
Battle of Zama
where Romans defeated Hannebal forces and the war ended
Patricaians
GREAT landowners
Plebians
LESS WEALTHY landowners
Praetors
supervised treasury
Officials
in charge of civil law
Consul
a select group of 300 patricians who served for life
Latifundia
Masterpiece was the History of Rome
Horace
large land estates
Livy
greatest work - "Aenid"
Virgil
direct attacks
Constantine
Moved capital of eastern empire to Byzantium
Diocletian
divided empire into 4 units with each its own ruler
Battle of Actium
where octavian defeated Antony
Makkah
Place where Muhammad was born
Madinah
Place where Muhammad moved to
Haji
all muslims were encouraged to make pilgrimage to Makkah
Khadijia
Muhammads rich wife who was alos a widow
Hijrah
the journey Muhammad and his followers to Madinah
Minaret
Most famous section of the Samarrag mosque
Omar Khayyam
wrote some stories in "Arabian Nights"
Mamluks
Mongols attempt to seize Egypt falled because of this group
Saladin
new muslim ruler
Kaaba
house of worship for Islamic people
Hussein
led the revolt in Iraq
Yi Song-gye
a military commander
Murasaski Shikibu
author who wrote "the tale of genji"
Theravada
a group that believed that they were following the original teachings of Buddha
Mahayana
stressed nirvana could be achieved through devotion to Buddah
Askikaga
group of powerful families
Fugiwara
clan whose power fell into their hands
Li Bo
free spirit whose writings often centered around nature
Duo Fu
work reflected a concern with social injustice
Zhu Yuanzhang
put together army and ended mongols
Temujin
gradually unified the mongols
Sui Yanggdi
2nd emperor of Sui Dynasty and completed the Grand Canal
Uighurs
northern tribal group of Turkic-speaking people
Bushido
start warrior code for the samurai
Shinto
state religion of Japan
Dandin
one of the greatest masters of Sanskirt prose
Pope Urban II
challenged Christians to thake up their weapsons and join the holy war
King John
forced to sign the Magna Carta
Otto I
best known Saxon King of Germany
Clovis
established the Frankish Kingdom
Charlemagne
became the Frankish King
Abbot
what each monaster was ruled by
Bishop
a group of parishes
Wergild
amount paid by a wrongdoer to the family of the person they injured/killed
Paraliment
composed of 2 knights, 2 people and all nobles/bishops throughout England
Ordeal
one means of determining guilt in Germanic law
Counts
solved local problems
Abbesses
head of convents
Fief
grant of land made to vassal
Chivalry
code of ethics that knights had to uphold
Alexander Nevsky
defeated German invading army in Russia in 1242
Vassal
Man who served a lord in military capacity