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33 Cards in this Set
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Punic War
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war fought between the plebeians and teh patricians
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Polis
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City-state of ancient greece
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renaissance
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rebirth in learning
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Polytheism
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Belief in many gods
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vernacular
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language of local people
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Monotheism
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Belief in 1 god
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Inca
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lived in south america
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Delta
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where a river meets an ocean
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Fuedalism
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Way of life in the middle ages
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Pharoah
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God like king of Egypt
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Gutenburg
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created the printing press
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Monarchy
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ruled by a king
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Pax Romana
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Piece of Rome
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Catal Huyuk
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1st city based on aguculture
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Maya
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Lives in Central Mexico
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Isolation
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A culture develops on its own
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serf
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peasent labor
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Wheel and Sail
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Improve Trade
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Charlemange
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Great christiam ruler
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Nile Flooding
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Controlled by Egyptians
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humanism
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study of human potential
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Socrates
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1st philiospher
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secular
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worldly
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Pelopenesian War
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war won by sparta
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Thomas More
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wrote utopia
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Alexander the Great
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was ruler of macedonia and greece
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Persian War
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Persian greek
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Sparta
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Greek City-state
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City-state
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city in itself
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Cultural Diffusion
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Two cultures mix
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Fertile Cresent
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Land between persian gulf
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Athens
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Greek city
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Rebublic
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government where cities elect leaders
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