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15 Cards in this Set
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Cortez
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Spanish, conquered Aztecs, discovered they had gold, took control, burned gold together
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Moctezuma II
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Last Aztec emperor, overthrown by Cortez, killed in battle by the Spanish.
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Xipe Totec
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Aztec mythology, slaves were sacrificed and skinned, worn by priests during fertility rituals that followed the sacrifice
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Copernicus
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sun, not the earth, at the center of things. (heliocentric, sun-centered)
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Bruno
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burned at the stake for his ideas
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Bacon
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inductive logic
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Brahe
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(and partner Kepler) move in elliptical, not circular orbits. Physical laws no longer work once outside of atmosphere
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Galileo
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moon had mountains and valleys, sun had spots, other planets had own moods. also invented the telescope
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Newton
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mathematical laws that all physical objects obeyed. Force of gravity that governed elliptical orbits of heavenly bodies, calculus "math of motion" dismissed God from the universe
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The Turk
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built by Wolfgang von Kemplen, mechanical, wind up device, play and beat humans at chess
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Ephrata Cloisters
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70 miles west of Philadelphia, church burned in 1778 to stop typhoid epidemic (home of the Dunkers)
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Dunkers
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short lived, believed in celibacy, led by Conrad Beissel, focused on alchemy, secret ceremonies, strict separation between men and women.
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Conrad Biessel
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established Ephrata Cloisters, not so celibent himself
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Excavation Findings at Ephrata
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gun parts, retooled guns (by those in the hospital) straight pins, Yankee made bayonet, French Rifle, musket balls
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Geneva Convention
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musket balls were against the Geneva conventions, but most likely British made and used in Ephrata
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