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26 Cards in this Set
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satrap |
governor of a province in the Persian Empire |
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royal road |
trade route in Persian empire stretching 1600 miles from Persia to Anatolia |
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Aryans |
ancient indo-euros that moved into india |
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castes |
parts of the four social classes of the aryans: Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishas, Shudras. |
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karma |
belief that the totality of good and bad actions in this life will decide your fate |
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jainism |
religion founded in india that believes that every living thing in the universe has a soul and should not be harmed |
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polis |
independent city state that runs like a country |
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direct democracy |
democracy ruled directly by citizens |
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representative democracy |
democracy run by elected representatives |
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republic |
democracy with elected individuals limited by constitutional laws |
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aristocracy |
power in the hands of the wealthy nobility |
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mycenean culture |
indo-euros that settled in greece |
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hellenistic culture |
blending of persian, indian, and egyptian cultures caused by the conquering of Alexander the Great |
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oligarchy |
power is given to small group of citizens |
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hittites |
indo-euros that settled in Anatolia 2000 BC |
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Patrician |
member of the wealthy upper class of Rome |
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consul |
one of two officials of rome to direct armies and government |
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senate |
supreme governing body of Rome originally only made up of aristocrats |
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indo- europeans |
group of seminomads who began to migrate from Russia through europe and Asia around 1700 BC |
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Plebian |
everyone but the wealthy in Rome |
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assimilation |
a group of people blending into a conquered land after being conquered by another group of people |
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multiculturism |
many cultures are blended together |
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push-pull factors |
conditions that draw people to another location. |
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sunni |
sect of islamics that acknowledge the first four caliphs as successors to muhammad |
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shi'a |
sect of islam that acknowledges Ali and his descendants as the rightful rulers to muhammad |
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caliph |
means successor or deputy, the supreme political and religious leader in a muslim government. |
