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Hunter-Gatherer |
A member of a nomadic group whose food supplydepends hunting animals and collecting plant foods. |
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Pharaoh |
A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as apolitical military leader |
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Indo-Europeans |
Were a group of nomadic people who may have come from the dry grasslands that stretched north of the Caucasus |
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Caste |
Each of the hereditaryclasses of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity orpollution and of social status. |
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Siddhartha Gautama |
The founder of Buddhism |
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Minoans |
The Minoans werethe first Europeans to have literate civilization. The Minoans havean important place in world history, as building the first civilization toappear on European soil. Minoan civilization emerged around 2000 BC,and lasted until 1400 BC. |
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Phoenicians |
Phoenicia was an ancientSemitic thalassocratic civilization situated on the western, coastal part ofthe Fertile Crescent and centered on the coastline of modern Lebanon, Israeland Syria. |
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Ramses II |
An Egyptian pharaoh of the new kingdom. The pharaohand a hittie king later made a treaty that promised “peace” and brotherhood betweenus “forever”. |
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Moses |
Moses is known for freeing the slaves of hebrews |
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Ashurbanipal |
A king in Assyria who collected over 20,000plate tablets from throughout the Fertile Crescent. Last king. |
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Cyrus |
A Persia king who conquered several neighboringkingdoms. Military genius. |
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Zoromaster |
A Persian prophet who lived around 600 B.C. Whotaught that the world is a fight of good and evil? A military genius. |
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Confucius |
One of Chinas most influential scholar. Hetaught music, history, and moral character. |
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Shi Huangdi |
His name means “First Emperor”. He snapped China’sstrength. He defeated many invaders. He is famous for starting the building ofthe great wall of China. |