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24 Cards in this Set
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NEOLITHIC PERIOD
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DATED BETWEEN 7000 AND 3000 B.C.
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CUNEIFORM
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composed of slim triangular or wedge-shaped elements, as the characters used in writing by the ancient Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and others.
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BOOK OF THE DEAD
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EXPLAINED THAT AFTER DEATH THE SOUL LEFT THE BODY TO BECOME PART OF THE DIVINE
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HYKSOS
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MEANS "RULERS OF THE UPLANDS"
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BRONZE AGE
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DATED BETWEEN 3300 AND 1200 B.C.
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MONOTHEISM
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THE BELIEF THAT ONLY ONE DEITY EXISTS
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POLYTHEISM
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THE BELIEF THAT MULTIPLE DEITIES EXIST
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SEA PEOPLES
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the term used for a confederacy of seafaring raiders of the second millennium BC who sailed into the eastern Mediterranean
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MINOAN
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a Bronze Age civilization, arose on the island of Crete and flourished from approximately the 27th century BC to the 15th century BC
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MYCENAEAN
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Something from or belonging to the ancient town of Mycenae in Peloponnese in Greece
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LINEAR B
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a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek
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POLIS
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A CITY-STATE
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ACROPOLIS
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ELEVATED POINT OF A CITY
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HOPLITES
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a citizen-soldier of the Ancient Greek City-states
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ISONOMIA
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EQUALITY OF LAW
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OIKIST
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LEADER OF A NEW SETTLEMENT UNTIL THE COLONY WAS READY TO RUN ITS OWN AFFAIRS
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DEME
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A LOCAL UNIT AND SUBDIVISION OF ATTICA
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BOULE
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COUNCIL
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ECCLESIA
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ASSEMBLY OF ALL CITIZENS
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HETAIRAI
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UPPPER CLASS PROSTITUTE
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PORNOI
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LOWER CLASS PROSTITUTE
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HEGEMONY
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POLITICAL ASCENDANCY OVER OTHER STATES
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KOINE
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the popular form of the Greek language that emerged in post-Classical antiquity (c.300 BC – AD 300), as distinct from the Attic dialect
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POLITEUMA
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A POLITICAL CORPORATION
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