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101 Cards in this Set
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1013 BC(E)
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Monarchy - Saul, David, Solomon
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930 BC(E)
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Division into 10 tribes
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722 BC(E)
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Northern Kingdom falls to the Assyrians
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nirvana
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non-existence, snuffed candle
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586 BC(E)
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Babylonian exile
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Darsana
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seeing
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538 BC(E)
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Restoration
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Mata
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opinion, thought, doctrine
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168 BC(E)
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Maccabees
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Yoga
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uniting
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70 AD
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Temple Destroyed
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Samasara
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doctrine of the transmigration of the soul through rebirth
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100 AD
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Hebrew scriptures finalized
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Assyrians
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1350-612 BC(E)
*612-Fall of Ninevah |
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Persia - Cyrus
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559-530 BC(E)
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Persia - Darius the Great
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522-486 BC(E)
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Persia - Xerxes
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486-465 BC(E)
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2500 BC(E)
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Emergence point of Chinese civilization
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Dharma
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law of universe; it just is, spiritual and physical, the way things should be
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Xia Dynasty
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2205-1766 BC(E)
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Karma
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how far you deviate from said ideals, can be bad & good
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Shang Dynasty
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1766-1122 BC(E)
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Castes
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-Brahman
-Kshatriya -Vaishyas -Shadras -Panchamas |
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Western Zhou Dynasty
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1122-771 BC(E)
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Brahman
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priestly
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Easter Zhou Dynasty
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771-221 BC(E)
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Kshatriya
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warriors and nobles
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Era of Warring States
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445-221 BC(E)
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Vaishyas
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peasants and tradesmen
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Feudalism
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-decentralized sys. of power
-based on personal promises and obligations -Mandate of Heaven (t'ien) |
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Confucius
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551-479 BC(E)
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Shadra
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commoners and servants
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Mengzi
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-372-289 BC(E)
-spread confucianism -2 doctrines: *rulers should provide for welfare of people *human nature is intrinsically good |
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Panchamas
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untouchables
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Daoism
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-imp. of balance (Yin-Yang)
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Demos
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the people
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Legalism
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-philosophical sys. of gov.
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Classical period
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500-388 BC(E)
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Shi Huangdi
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-221-206 BC(E)
-standardized chinese writing, bureacracy, scholarship, law, currency and weights and measures -Famous tomb with terra cotta soldiers etc |
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1000 yrs of Rome
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-1st 500 = Republic
-2nd 500 = Empire |
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Early Han
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206 BC(E)-8 AD(BCE)
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Wang Mang
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8-23 AD(BCE)
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Later Han
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23-220 AD(BCE)
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Neanderthal Man
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*Named for Neanderthal Valley in Germany where their remains were first found in 1856.
*200,000-40,000 yrs ago |
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Paleolithic period (Old Stone Age)
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1.)First used bits of stone for tasks.
2.)Fashioning-prep. of a tool. 3.)Standardization-making implements according to set tradition. |
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Paleolithic
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is a culture, not a chronological term.
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Mehrgarh
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7000-2600 BC(E)
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Çatal Hüyük
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-"forked mound"
-contains pottery, woven textiles, mudbrick houses, shrines honoring a mother goddess and plastered walls decorated with murals and carved reliefs. |
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Neolithic period (New Stone Age)
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-Became a food-producing entity
-developments in tool-making etc, spread to Egypt and Europe |
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Mohenjo-Daro
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-10 cities constructed on one site
-people lived outside city (Indian caste system?) |
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agency
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how much control you have and you do with it
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Indus Valley Script
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-mostly seals
-hasn't been deciphered |
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1400 BC(E)
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treaty between Hittite Kind Subiluliuma and the Mitannia king
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Rigveda
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hymns, prayers and rituals
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yajurveda
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instructions for priests
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Samaveda
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ritual formulas
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Hittites
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*Indo-european
*1st iron smelters *Created empire in Anatolia |
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Atharveda
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magic spells
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Battle of Kadesh
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-1300 BC(E)
-between Egypt and the Hittites -Bronze Age vs. Iron Age |
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Upanishads
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-800-600 BC(E)
-prose treatises: life is evil, want to escape |
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Sumer Civilization
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3500-2300 BC(E)
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Akkadians
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2350-2000 BC(E)
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Sargon of Akkad
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2370-2315 BC(E)
*very successful ruler who was reputed to care greatly about lower class |
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Third Dynasty of Ur
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2150-2000 BC(E)
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Instability
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2000-1800 BC(E)
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Babylon
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1800-1550 BC(E)
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Hammurabie (Babylon)
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1792-1750 BC(E)
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Egyptian Civilization
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-Nile v. predictable and reg.
-Gods more benevolent -main institution was Pharaoh (an incarnation of god) and gods |
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Two Kingdoms
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3500-3000 BC(E)
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1250 BC(E)
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Exodus
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Old Kingdoms
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2700-2200 BC(E)
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Middle Kingdoms
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2000-1800 BC(E)
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Moska
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liberation from reincarnation
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New Kingdom
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1570-1200 BC(E)
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Menes
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ca. 3100 BC(E)
-first egyptian pharaoh -united upper and lower Egypt |
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Hyksos
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ca. 1720 BC(E)
-"rulers of foreign lands" -migrated and established a trade |
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Akkenaton
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1363-47 BC(E)
-briefly converted Egypt to monotheism with the worship of Aton -changed name from Amenhotep IV |
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Tutankhamen
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1347-38 BC(E)
-9 yrs. old -re-established the polytheism and the worship of Amon |
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Chandragupta (Maurya)
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-Conquered northern India
-Created very efficient administrative system. |
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The Gupta Empire was run by whom?
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-Chandra Gupta I
-Samudra Gupta -Chandra Gupta II |
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Philip II
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-Father of Alex. the Great
-Defeated and annexed Greece in to get help in war with Persia |
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sophrosyne
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moderation, self control
(opposite of hubris) |
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Plato beleived:
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-there is no essential differenc b/w men & women=>they're educated equally, and had same opportunities, etc.
-private property is selfish |
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Aristotle beleived:
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-"doctrine of the mean"
-two kinds of vitrue, intellectual and moral |
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Alexander the Great
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-Defeated Persian Empire & became king of it as well as Greece & Macedonia
-marched troops as far as from Egypt into India before turning back -died from fever illness in 323 B.C. |
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oligarchy
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"governed by the few"
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aristocracy
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"governed by the best"
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polis
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city-state
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acropolis
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high fortified site inside city-state
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Chinggis Khan (Ghengis)
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-seized Turkestan & Afghanistan and invaded Persia
-"Oceanic Ruler" -1206 - 1227 A.D. |
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Kublai Khan
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Ruled China and established the Yuan Dynasty
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Gaius Marius (107 B.C.)
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-Crushed Germanic threat in Gaul
-Created new army system with landless professional soldiers |
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Pompey (70 B.C.)
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-defeated by Julias Caeser in Pharsalus in 48 B.C.
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Octavian
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Shared power with Marc Antony whom he later fought and defeated for full power in 30 B.C.
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Pax Romana
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"Roman Peace"
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umma
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"community" - aka a part of the Muslim umma
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Hijra
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Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina
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jihad
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"struggle"
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hadith
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"reports of sayings and activities of Muhammad"
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sunna
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"custom or practice of the Prophet"
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caliph
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"first successor" - aka. Abu Bakr became Muhammad's caliph as the head of the Islamic umma
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