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Mesopotamia
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Land between two rivers
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Cuneiform
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Wedged shaped writing
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Ziggurat
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A temple
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Stylus
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Used to draw words into clay
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Caucasus
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Mountains
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The capital of modern India is...
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Newdelhi
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Around 1500 B.C. chariot warriors were called...
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Aryans
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Brahmins
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Priests
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Khsatriyas
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Warriors
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Sudras
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Workers
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Outside the castes/ not considered human.
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Untouchables
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Did slavery exist in ancient India?
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No. They were paid
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The main god of Hinduism is?
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The Brahman
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Known as the creator of the Universe
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Brahma
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Know as the preserver of the Universe
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Vishra
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Know as the destroyer of the Universe
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Shiva
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Hindus believed that the soul never dies this is called?
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Reincarnation
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The Buddha rejected what?
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Pleasures of the flesh
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A person that could reach the state of what?
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Spiritual Enlightenment
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The main goal of the Eightfold was to end what?
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All needs
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The Arabian sea is where?
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The left of India
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The Bay of Bengal is where?
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The right of India
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Where is the Yellow Sea located?
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At the very right side of China
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Asia
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Is the worlds largest continent
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What does Asia share with Europe?
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The Landmass
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The Ural Mountains are considered what?
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The dividing lines between Asia and Europe.
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Because Asia is so huge what did they do?
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They divided it into several regions
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Most of the country of India is shaped as what?
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A triangle
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The Indus Valley civilizations has what?
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Sophisticated pluming systems and large cities.
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What is the Caste system?
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When the Chariot warriors from the north took over India. (Aryans)
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The last Pharaoh of was?
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Cleopatra VII
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Hieroglyphics
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Pictures/writings
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Rosetta Stone were found where?
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Found n 1799 by Napoleons soldiers
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Papyrus
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A form of paper
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Canopic Jars
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Jars to hold mummified organs
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Egypt is located on what river?
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The Nile
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Where does the Nile begin?
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Highlands of Ethiopia
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Where does the river in Egypt empty?
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The Nile Delta
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Egypt had several what?
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Natural Barriers
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Re or Ra or Amon- re
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The sun god
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