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20 Cards in this Set
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Silk Road |
Ancient network of trade and culture connecting east and west asia |
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Polis |
Greek city-state of philosophy |
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Mandate of Heaven |
Justification system that granted emperors the right to rule based on their ability to govern well and fairly |
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Pax Romana |
Peace within the Roman Empire |
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Latifundia |
Large estate of ranch in ancient Rome. typically worked by slaves |
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chinampas |
mesoamerican agriculture |
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Emperor Ashoka |
Indian Emperor of the Maurya Dynasty |
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Paterfamilias |
Male head of the househole/family |
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Jewish Diaspora |
Refers to t he dispersion of the Israelistes out of their ancestral homeland |
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Edict of Milan |
Proclomation that permanently established religious toleration for christianity within the roman empire |
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karma |
sum of persons actions in this & previous states of existence |
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Ramayana |
sanskrit poem ascribed tot he hindu sage & sanskrit poem valmiki. one of the two great works of indian lit |
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Aristotle |
Greek Phlosopher & scientist |
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Stupa |
a stone tower holding relics of the Buddha more generally, a place for devotions |
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St Paul |
some sort of deciple |
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lateen sail |
triangular sail |
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qanat system |
Underground tunnels with water. irrigaiton |
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cult of the emperor |
how the emperors were referred to as gods |
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filial piety |
in traditional china, a hierarchical system in which every family member has his or her place, subordinate to a patriarch who has certain reciprocol responsibilities |
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daoism |
a chinise philosophy traditionally ascribed to the perhaps legendary lao tzu,acceptance and spontaneity are the keys to harmonious interaction with the universal order |
