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38 Cards in this Set
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Aryan developed social groups into which people are born and which they cannot leave |
Castes |
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a group of states, territories, and peoples ruled by one person |
Empire |
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two religions of ancient India that used concepts of reincarnation |
Hinduism and Buddhism |
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belief in many gods |
polytheistic |
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Early Chinese dynasty responsible for making the first books |
Zhou |
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most influential Chinese philosopher who focused on social order and good government |
Confucious |
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this Chinese empire brought 400 years of unity to China and made huge advances in trade due to its completion of the Silk Road |
Han Dynasty |
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first Roman leader to exercise absolute power, he brought and end to a long period of unrest |
Augustus |
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religious sect of the early Pax Romana whose followers were at first persecuted but eventually reshaped Roman beliefs and became its official religion |
Christianity |
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characteristics of the "fall" of the Roman Empire |
Greed, corruption, self-interest |
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the civilization that was created by the combination of Greek culture blended with Persian, Egyptian and Indian cultures. It is eventually what later influences the Roman Empire |
Hellenistic |
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wrote the epic poems, the Illiad and the Odyssey describing the events surrounding the Trojan War |
Homer |
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flourished on the Greek mainland and the island of Crete between 1400 and 1200 B.C. they are best remembered for the Trojan War |
Mycenaeans |
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200-year period of "Roman Peace" that produced a golden age of Roman achievement |
Pax Romana |
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As the Greek civilization evolved they developed a unique version of city-states called this |
Polis |
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Greek city-state completely based on a warrior society |
Sparta |
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another name for the Bubonic Plague |
Black Death |
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In the early 800s he reunited much of Europe |
Charlemagne |
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1 out of every 3 people in Europe died from this during the late Middle Ages |
Bubonic Plague |
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in order to receive the protection people needed from invaders, this new social system developed during the Middle Ages |
Feudalism |
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system of powerful lords giving land to lesser lords in exchange for land and protection |
Feudalism |
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term given to the land (and the people working it) that was granted by one lord to another |
Fief |
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could not be sold like slaves but were bound to work on the manor |
Serfs |
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the Mongols use of this became a model for later Russian rulers |
Absolute Power |
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the eastern Roman empire eventually became known as this |
Byzantine Empire |
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the most famous Byzantine emperor who organized a code of laws that preserved and spread the heritage of Roman law |
Justinian |
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became the first vital trade center of the Russian state and absorbed much of the Byzantine culture |
Kiev |
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overran most of Russia in the early 1200s |
Mongols |
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the most important prophet of Islam, he spent most of his adult life spreading the word of God |
Muhammad |
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landowning warrior lords who agreed to support the shoguns |
Daimyo |
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West African trading kingdom, Muslim merchants introduced Islam here |
Ghana |
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greatest Mali emperor who encouraged much of the Muslim cultural influence in West Africa |
Mansa Musa |
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barbaric North Asian group who toppled the Song dynasty in the 1200s but continued to allow Chinese traditions to flourish |
Mongols |
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besides Egypt, the other important civilization that developed along the Nile River |
Nubia |
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main trade items between North and West Africa |
Salt and Gold |
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supreme military commander of Japan's feudal age |
Shogun |
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under this dynasty the Chinese backed off on military domination and enjoyed periods of great cultural achievement from 900s-1200 |
Song |
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dynasty of rulers that reunited China after 400 years of struggles and helped China return to earlier glory |
Tang |
