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Characteristics of a Civilization: What is a civilization?
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People living in a caommunity together and a civilization has to fill the 8 requirments.
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Characteristics of a Civilization:How did your lost civilization project demonstrate the charateristics of a civilization?
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It had a writing system, classes, art, religion, specialization, etc. It filled the requirements of a civilization.
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Ancient Greece:The Early Greeks
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Famous for the Trojan war and there were many different groups in the Early Greeks
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Ancient Greece:Peninsula
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A body of land with water on three sides. An example of a peninsula is Florida!
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Ancient Greece:Colony
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A settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties to its homeland.
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Ancient Greece:Culture
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A particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period: Greek culture.
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Ancient Greece:Polis
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A Greek city state was known as a polis. Like a tiny independent country. Every polis had a hill in the center and then on top of it would be a fortified area and is called is the acropolis. The largest Polis was called Athens.
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Ancient Greece:Acropolis
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Fortified area on top of a hill in each polis, used as a safe place and sometimes as a religious center.
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Ancient Greece:Agora
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Open area below the acropolis, served as a market and as a meeting place (town meetings.)
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Ancient Greece:City-state
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A self-governing state consisting of a city and surrounding territory
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Ancient Greece:hoplites
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Ordinary citizens who served in the army. They fought on foot to battle heavily armed. They marched shoulder to shoulder, creating a wall, giving few openings for defeat. they made good soldiers because the genuinly cared about there hometown and took pride in fighting for it. Hometown loyalties also divided the greeks and caused them to distract each other that was bad
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Ancient Greece:Minoans
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The Minoans lived on the island of Crete, off the mainland of Greece. Had a great palace. Minoans were not Greek, but they were the first to live in an area that today is known as Greek. They were very rich and they traded with Hatshepsut. Everybody that passed through the Mediterranean sea traded with them. Their palace had a bunch of twisting passageways that led to many different rooms. It was very advanced. They gained there wealth from trade. They controlled the Mediterranean Sea because of their location. They carried goods to foreign ports. They also kept the sea safe from pirates. They MYSTERIOUSLY disappeared! Still, no one knows how the Minoan civilization went extinct, although historians have theories, including, Undersea earthquakes caused by tidal waves, Cities were destroyed by Greek on the mainland of Greece called the Mycenaeans
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Ancient Greece:Mycenaeans
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The Mycenaeans replaced the Minoans as the major power on the Mediterranean in 1400 BC. They started out as allies but then they knew their secrets and how they did things.
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Ancient Greece:knossoss
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The name of the minoan's great palace.
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Ancient Greece:The Dark Age
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Mycenaean civilization collapsed because trade slowed, farmers only grew enough for their own families, people stopped teaching others how to write, and the Greeks eventually forgot their written language. The positive things were it forced the Greeks to move out to find a way to survive. They spread all over, expanding Greek culture. A group in the northern mainland called the Dorians moved south, brining iron weapons and strong, cheaper farm tools.
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Ancient Greece:Who could be a Greek citizen?
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ou had to be a man, you must be free (not a slave), native-born, and must own land. Also, women and children began qualifying for citizenship, except they didn’t get any of the rights. NO POINT IN THAT!!!
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Ancient Greece:Descirbe Greek Geography
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It was divided by mountains and seas and most communities and cities were very independent and divided. That is bad because it is hard for them to pull together a united army when they need to attack or are getting attacked.
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Ancient Greece:Tyrants
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men who took power by force. These tyrants took power away from the noble.
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Ancient Greece:Oligarchy
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a few people hold power, 2 kings ruling over a council of 28 men over the age of 60 and took things to an assembly were only people over 30 could vote.
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Ancient Greece:Democracy
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All citizens share in running the government.
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Ancient Greece:Helots
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Became slaves when then Spartans took over them.
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Ancient Greece:Athenians
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1. All about education. 3 different teachers. On a sport teach one a core class teacher that taught reading writing and math, and a music teacher they played the lier and learn how to sing.
2. When they turned 18 hey would get a say in the government. 3. Girls stayed home so they could be a good mother. 4. Athens started out as an oligarchy. They |
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Ancient Greece:Spartans
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1. Based on war
2. Advanced 3. Expands a lot 4. 4. 2 Kings ruling over a council of people. 28 people and they had to be over the age of 60. General Statement: Spartans were scared the Helots would take over them. When boys were 7 they would be sent to the training for the army. They were scared of a rebellion. They didn’t let people be smart or leave or enter Sparta. |
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Ancient Greece:Differences between Sparta and Athens
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Sparta was based on war Athens was based on education.
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Ancient Greece:Athen's government
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When they turned 18 they would get a say in the government. They started out as an oligarchy and were ruled by the Nobles. Then theyu turned into a democracy with a lottery system
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Ancient Greece:Sparta's government
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Had an oligarchy
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The Persian Empire:Satrapies
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A province governed by a satrap
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The Persian Empire:Satrap
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A provincial governor in the ancient Persian empire.
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The Persian Empire:Cyrus
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Cyrus II of Persia, commonly known as Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire
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The Persian Empire:Darius
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Darius I was the third king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Also called Darius the Great, he ruled the empire at its peak
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The Persian Empire:Xerxes
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Xerxes I of Persia, also known as Xerxes the Great, was the fourth King of Kings of Persia.
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The Persian Empire:Marathon
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Where the Battle of Marathon took place. They call marathon, (a long running race) marathon because of this. They attacked people from a hill.
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The Persian Empire:Thermopylae
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Where the Battle of Thermopylae took place and they had a narrow passageway to get to where the greeks are. A traitor gave away where they were.
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The Persian Empire: Salamis
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Where the battle of Salamis took place. This battle had Athen and Sparta in tiny boats and got the big Persian boats got stuck an were vulnerable so Athens and Sparta attacked and won the battle.
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The Persian Empire: Plataea
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Where the Battle of Plataea took place and that battle was when the army of all the Greeks destroid and conquer the Persians. That was the end of the Persian Empire.
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Alexander the Great: Legacy
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A name that defines you for something you did. Good or bad. Ex: Alexander the Great. The Great was added to his name for his "greatness"
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Alexander the Great: Hellenistic Era
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The Era where Alexander the great was alive
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Alexander the Great: Philip II
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Philip prepared to invade the Persian Empire but was assassinated. He was the king of acedonia.
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Alexander the Great: Alexander the Great
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Became king of Macedonia when he was 20 and general at 16. He conquered all of Persia in eight years.
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Alexander the Great: Macedonia
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An ancient country in southeastern Europe, north of Greece
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Alexander the Great: Alexandria
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In Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great.
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Titanic: White Star Line
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Cruising line that included the three sister ships, The Olympic, The Titanic.
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Titanic: Bruce Ismay
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The Titanic designer and builder!
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Titanic: John Jacob Astor
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Rich buissness man who died on the titanic
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Titanic: Mr. and Mrs. Straus
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An elderly couple that were hugging whn the titanic went down. They did not survive.
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Titanic: Captain E.J. Smith
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The Captain of the Titanic
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Titanic: Molly Brown
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A survivor on the Titanic and made the lifeboat go back to look for survivors.
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Titanic: Violet Jessop
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Worked for the White Star Line and survived on all ships.
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Titanic: Officer Charles Lightoller
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2nd officer of the Titanic
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Titanic: Robert Ballard
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Discovered the titanic
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Meso America: Glaciers
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Huge sheets of ice
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Meso America: Monopoly
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A ruler of a whole market. Ex: If Verison was the only phone company it would be a monopoly because everyone would have to have them.
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Meso America: Olmec
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they had a far-reaching trading empire. Known for the gigantic stone heads they carved.
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Meso America: Toltec
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As the Mayans left their cities, a new group called the Toltec began to take over what is now northern Mexico. They built the city of Tula as their capital
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Meso America: Mayans
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Mayans are known for several major accomplishments: 1. By studying the sky they learned about astronomy, leading them to develop a 365 day calendar, (Mayan calendar) They used this to predict eclipses, and to schedule religion festivals, plantings, and harvests. 2. They developed a system of mathematics. 3. They developed a method of counting based on the number 20. 4. They invented a written language similar to hieroglyphics that was made up of symbols to represent sounds, words, or ideas. 5. They created a ball game similar to basketball but you used your hips. If you made a basket, which was very rare you would get rewarded with jewels and riches. The captain of the winning team was sacrificed.
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Meso America: Aztec
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An early group. The Aztecs wandered hundreds of years looking for the right land to settle on. According to their legend the Aztecs would find their promised land where and eagle “screams and spreads it wings, and eats…. The serpent” When the first arrived to the land, and eagle greeted them from a cactus and had a snake in it’s mouth. They knew it was their home. They called their new city Tenochtitian (Tay-Nack-teet-lon) meaning prickly pear cactus.
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Meso America: Moche
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Lived in dry coastal desert of what is now Peru (in South America). The Moche never really expanded beyond their homeland; that was done by the Inca people
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Meso America: Inca
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Lived in the Andes mountain range of present-day Peru
Over time, the Inca built the biggest empire in the ancient Americas Their capital city was called Cuzco (Cooz-co) and was founded in AD 1100 The highest Incan god was Pachacamac (Patch-a-cam-ic), “Lord of the Earth” The people blamed the ongoing earthquakes on Pachacamac The greatest Incan leader changed his name to Pachacuti (Patch-a-coo-tee)which means “Earthshaker” (See page 589) Sound familiar? Where else have we seen this? Pachacuti lived up to his name. He and his son Topa were responsible for building the large Incan empire. From north to south, the Incan empire covered about 2500 miles! |
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Meso America: Beringia
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an area of dry land exposed between Asia and Alaska that formed a land bridge known as Beringia
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Meso America: Mesoamerica
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The region including lands that stretch from the valley of Mexico to Costa Rica in Central America.
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Meso America: Teotihuacan
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the first planned city in the Americans. It was known as the “Place of Gods.”
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Meso America: Cuzco
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The Inca's capitals city.
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Meso America: How did the Mayans dissapear?
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A drought, Overpopulation, etc.
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Meso America: Tribute
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Payment for protection, from conwuered people
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Meso America: Cenote
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Secret water supply that the Mayans had
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Meso America: Quechua
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The Incan Language
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Meso America: Coyas
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Wives of Incan rulers
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Meso America: Quipu
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Mathmatical calculations by the Inca to make buildings to honer their gods
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Meso America: Chac
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The god of rain and sunlight
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Meso America: Pachacuti
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The greatest Incan leader changed his name to Pachacuti (Patch-a-coo-tee)which means “Earthshaker" Based off a god.
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Meso America: peten
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flat land
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Meso America: Tenochtitlan
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The Aztec's city Tenochtitlan, which means “place of the prickly pear cactus.” They found an eagle on a cactus with a snake in it's mouth which their god told them to find
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Meso America: Machu Pichu
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An Impressive building that was a retreat for Incan kings
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