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Memphis
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the ancient capital of Egypt, located at the border between Upper and Lower Egypt
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Thebes
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located in Upper Egypt, it became the capital of Egypt in 2050 B.C. (after Memphis)
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Anyang
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a city in China; temple in center, surrounded by government buildings, then homes and workshops
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The Fertile Crescent
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aka Mesopotamia; between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; home of some of the first civilizations (Sumer and Ur)
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Mohenjo-Daro
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located in the Indus River Valley in Southern Asia; part of the Harrapan civilization near the Arabioan Sea
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Harrapa
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one of Indus Valley's major cities; located in present-day Pakistan
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Damascus
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capital of Syria; settled by the Aramaeans
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Sumer
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located in lower Fertile Crescent; formed 12 independently formed city-states
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Babylon
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located in Mesopotamia; major ruler was Hammurabi; three-fold division of social classes; used cuneiform
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Canaan
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the promised land of the Israelites; Israelites eventually left because of famine
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Phoenicia
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located in the Fertile Crescent; people who sailed the sea, traded with neighboring peoples, built ships, and made an alphabet
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Jerusalem
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ancient capital of Israel; Solomon built the temple there
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Nineveh
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the capital of Assyria
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Judah
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the two tribes in Southern Israel
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Tyre
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one of the three main Phoenician colonies built on the coast
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Athens
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located northeast of Poloponnesus on the Attica peninnsula; named after Athena; a commanding Greek city-state, home to some of the greatest philosophers and architects
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Persia
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located in present-day Iran between the Persian Gu lf and the Caspian Sea; Persians seized Babylon then conquered the rest of the Chaldean Empire
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Sparta
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located on Peloponnesus; descendents of the Dorians; one of the dominant city-states in Greece because of their superior military and athletics
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Mycenae
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a Greek city on the mainland of Greece; the Mycenaeans succeeded the Minoans in invading Crete; they intermarried with the Hellenes and were conquered by the Dorians
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Marathon
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a place 25 miles north of Athens where Persi and Sparta had a major war in the Persian War
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Salamis
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an island that is separated from Athens only by a small straight that Themistocles thought the Persian ships would get stuck in
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Olympia
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the Greek city in which the Olympic games were held for Zeus
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Indus Valley
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a third major civilization rising in southeast Asia; this civilization was bounded by mountains, had seasonal winds, and had centrally planned cities, such as Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
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Tigris and Euphrates
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two rivers that made the boundaries for the Fertile Crescent in modern day Iraq; home to some of the earliest civilizations such as Mesopotmia
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Ionia
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Greek city state that ended the "Greek Dark Age"; one of the only Greek city-states to be captured by Persia
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Crete
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a Greek island southeast of the mainlan; some of the myths referred to an early civilization there; home of the Minoans
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Attica
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a penninsula northeast of Peloponnesus; home to Athens
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