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achievements of the Paleolithic age? |
stone tools |
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old kingdom tomb shapes |
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thought for astronomical calendar in England; they transported huge stones by engineering; somewhat a mystery |
stonehenge |
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Egyptian human figures in paintings and reliefs |
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one of the first pieces of law written down on stone that basically stated an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth |
hammurabi |
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stele aka |
large stone |
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provided fertile land to grow crops |
Mesopotamia and Egyptian rivers |
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what were the meso and Egyptian rivers called |
nile; tigris and euphrates |
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who considered their kings to be gods? who considered their kings to be representatives of god? |
egyptians mesopotamians |
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soul or spirit; egyptian |
ka |
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funerary rights explaining how to maneuver your way in the afterlife |
the book of the dead |
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the book of the dead was part of what culture |
egypt |
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the oldest piece of literary work in the world |
epic of gilgamesh |
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wrote in cuneiform on tablets |
epic of gilgamesh |
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wild man and immortality is in what epic |
gilgameh |
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they were different from other greek city states because of war |
sparta |
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freestanding nude male originally painted; stiff; influenced by the egyptians |
kouros |
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what is the main difference from Egyptian sculpture and kouros sculpture? |
Egyptian was dressed |
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can identify an archaic sculpture by what |
greek archaic smile |
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what was the greek archaic smile |
drawn on; kind of like a grimace |
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he wrote about greek and persian history but was biased bc he was greek |
heroduotus |
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father of history |
herodotus |
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she was the first to reflect personal experience; wrote lyric poetry |
sappho |
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who wrote the iliad an the oddysey |
homer |
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epic poems of Greece reflecting 10 yr Trojan war and the hero's way home |
iliad and the oddysey |
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what are the three greek orders of architecture in order |
doric, ionic, and corinthian |
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oldest and simplest form of greek architecture |
doric |
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which order has the incanthus leaves? |
corinthian |
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a war temple dedicated to athena |
parthenon |
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the greatest example of greek architecture |
parthenon |
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saw extension of greek culture; after death of alexander the great who spread the culture throughout world into Egypt, india, and even persia |
hellinistic age |
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center of roman life that included marketplaces, secular and sacred places, a court or law in the basilica |
roman forum |
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usually had a temple dedicated to a god |
roman forum |
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meeting place; place for law. |
basilica |
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epicuranism and stoicism are what philosophys |
roman |
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which philosophy did the romans favor |
stoicism |
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to be in control of your emotions |
stoicism |
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ampitheatre in rome that was famous for gladiator fights |
colloseum |
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who wrote the aenid |
virgil |
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what is the best known epic poem written for rome |
aenid |
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the best known epic writer from rome |
virgil |
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who was the first patriarch of the Hebrew people |
abraham |
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what are the first five books of the old testament called? |
the torah |
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what does the torah mean |
law |
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who created the edict of milan |
constantinople |
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toleration of all religions, mainly christianity |
edict of milan |
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hagia Sophia means what |
holy wisdom |
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what did the Christians use the basilica for |
church |
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the belief in one god |
monotheistic |
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what religions has monotheism? |
Judaism, Christianity, and islam |
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massive church in Constantinople; later made into a mosque then a museum |
hagia sophia |
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what were the five pillars of islam (muslim) |
daily prayer, fasting during the month of rahmadan, give arms to the poor, confesing to one god, pilgrimage to mecca |
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when did the islam religion begin |
1000 A.D. |
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what was Muhammad considered? |
prophet |
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who began the muslim faith |
muhammed |
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what is significant in Judaism, Christianity, and ilam? |
jerusalem |
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considered holy ground and one of the favored pilgrimage sites |
jerusalem |
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who was the divine source of the hindu religion? |
brahman |
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creator, destroyer, and preserver combined are called what |
brahman |
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brahma |
creater |
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preserver? |
vishnu |
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the destroyer |
shiva |
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Buddhism and Hinduism based belief in reincarnation and rebirth |
samsara |
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attained enlightenment but stayed behind to help others |
bodhistavas |
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what are bodhistavas religion? |
buddhism |
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moral cause and effect |
karma |
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enlightenment in buddhism |
nirvana; the ultimate goal |
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when china was unified for th first time |
qin dynasty |
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the first emperor of the qin dynasty; made terra cotta statues to serve him in the afterlife |
qin |
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main goal of the arts in confucianism |
to teach a moral education |
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what was the first pottery ever? |
japan and pottery |
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what was the main Japanese religion that later became official |
Shinto religion |
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the Shinto religion is known as what kind of worship? |
nature |
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they would make people into gods and it became a state religion |
shinto |
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regional warriors injapan that serviced governing nobility |
samurai. |
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the leader of the samurai leader |
shogun |
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the oldest Mesoamerican culture |
olmecs |
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warlike Mesoamerican cultures |
aztec |
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who was the buffalo decline because of |
european |
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ice age tribal hunters came from where |
asia |
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why did Christians make pilgrimages |
to worship relics |
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form of painting in midevil society |
illuminated manuscripts |
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what places were the Christian relics held? |
reliquaries |
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more windows, flying buttresses, thin walls, pointed arches |
gothic |
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round arches, no windows, thick walls |
romasque |
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which used stained glass windows |
gothic |
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poet musicians that entertained the aristocracy of the middle ages |
troubadors |
