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22 Cards in this Set
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Nationalism
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A great love of country and a desire of self-rule by the people of a nation.
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subsidies
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Payments from the govenment to help support workers.
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theocracy
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The belief of people that their rulers were guided by their gods in decision-making. Usually a theocracy was governed by priests.
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heretic
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person who holds opinion contrary to that which is generally accepted
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Hapiru
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A powerful people invading Eqypt and Canaan during the time of Akhenaton who many historians believe were the Hebrews.
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Exodus
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A journey by a large group of people to escape from a hostile environment such as when Moses led the Hebrew people out of Egypt
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kohl
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A black powder egyptian women used as eye makeup
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Divine Right of Kings
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The idea of ruling with the special approval of the country's god giving kings the right to do anything they want.
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Code of Hammurabi
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A set of about 300 laws by Hammurabi that brought order and unity to the Old Babylonian Kingdom.
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dowry
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a sum of money brought from a woman when she married to her husband
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citadels
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fortreses built on the tops of high cliffs for protection by the Mycenaeans
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acropolis
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an individual Mycenaean fortress with a temple for the gods and a palace for the king within its walls.
It means a high protected place |
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Llano Man
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primitive hunters who lived in the Great Staked Plains area of Texas.
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Folsom point
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an effective spearhead made by Llano Man
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Clovis point
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an effective spearhead made by Llano Man that made it easier to hunt larger game.
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Danger Cave People
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an ancient culture in the Great Basin Desert in the Southwest United States.
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Poverty Point
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The oldest North American civilization yet discovered in at Poverty Point in Louisiana.
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Huaca Prieta
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A village of several hundred people along the Pacific coast of Peru in South America.
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satellites
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newly conquered territories in the Fertile Crescent by Thutmose III of Egypt.
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Hapiru
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The Hebrew people led by Joshua and Moses who conquered Canaan
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irrigation
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A system developed by the early settlers in the Tigris-Euphrates Valley area to control the water supply in order to grow food in more areas.
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Minos
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The name of the king of the minoans, the people of Crete.
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