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hominid
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a humanlike creature that waled upright. earliest lived in Africa four million years ago.
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homo sapiens sapiens
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: neanderthals and homo sapiens sapines meaning "wise wise humans". lived between 100,000-30,000. found in europe and turkey
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civilization
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a complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a number of common elements. cities, government, religion, social structure, writing, and art.
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Fertile crescent
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an arc of land from the Mediterranean sea to the Persian Gulf.
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Hammurabi
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came to power of a city-state south of Akkad, Babylon. code: and eye 4 an eye a tooth 4 a tooth.
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Pyramids
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were built as part of a larger complex of buildings deicated to a city of the dead. included large area for pharaoh, smaller pyramids for his family.
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Hieroglypics
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meaning priest carvings or sacred writings. used pictures and abstract. used for temple walls or tombs.
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King Solomon
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ruled 970 b.c- 930 b.c. king of isreal and made jerusalem it's capital.
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Monotheism
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believing in one god. ex: jews believing in yahweh
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Aryans
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moved south across the Hindu Kush mountain rage into the plains of Northern India. believed in social groups( varnas) social groups
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cast system
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a social group dfined by occupation and famly lineage
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Hinduism
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the major indian religious system, which had its origins in the religious beliefs of the Aryans who settled india after 1500 b.c.
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Buddhism
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a religious doctrine introduced int he northern india in the sixth century b.c. by Siddhartha Guatama, known as Buddha or Enlightened one
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Siddhartha Guatama
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Buddha
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Mandate of Heaven
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claim by chinese kings of the zhou dynasty that htey had direct authority from heaven to rule and to keep order in the universe
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Dao
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"way" the key to proper behavior under Confucianism
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confucius
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the the first teacher ist eh western form of Konguzi meaning "master Kung" started confucianism
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