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51 Cards in this Set
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government in which a small
group of people holds power |
oligarchy
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loose, rich soil that is carried by
rivers / spread by floods |
silt
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Who worships in a mosque?
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Muslims
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Promised and delivered
democracy to Athens |
Cleisthenes
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government in which all citizens
share in running the government |
democracy
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Egyptian writing system
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hieroglyphics
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ISLAM Founder
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Muhammad
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person who was conquered and
enslaved by the ancient Spartans |
helot
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ISLAM Conflict (3)
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Sunni vs. Shi'ite
Jihad vs. Infidels Jews vs. Palestinians |
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General/statesman who helped
rebuild Athens during golden age |
Pericles
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ISLAM Sacred Text
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Koran
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He was a great thinker. He taught that
education was the key to personal growth. |
Socrates
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system of government in which people
gather at mass meetings to decide on government matters |
direct democracy
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A ruler of Egypt;
a god-king |
Pharaoh
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ISLAM Holy Cities
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Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem
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disucssed politics. student of Socrates
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Plato
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a stone with three languages
written on it; was used to decipher hieroglyphics |
Rosetta Stone
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thinker who seeks wisdom and
ponders questions about life |
philosopher
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What are the 5 Pillars?
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Faith - god is Allah, Muhammad is prophet
Prayer - 5x daily Charity - Alms to the poor Fasting - month of Ramadan Pilgrimage - to Mecca - Hajj |
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Who was the first historian
of the Western world? Father of History |
Herodotus
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Greek island southeast of mainland
in the southern Aegean Sea |
Crete
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a line of rulers from
the same family |
dynasty
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ISLAM Name of God
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Allah
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ancient Egyptian process for
preserving the bodies of the dead |
mummification
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Large peninsula in
southern Greece |
Peloponnesus
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ISLAM Holiday
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Ramadan
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Agamemnon
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the Mycenaean king in Greek mythology
who used trickery to win the Trojan War |
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Old Kingdom tombs built
for the pharaohs |
pyramids
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Son of Darius, Persian leader in the
battles of Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea |
Xerxes
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an ancient city-state; a city-state in early
Greece which developed into an emerging democracy; boys were given a well-rounded education that included academics, sports, and music |
Athens
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Who was the King of Macedon of
Greece who also had a son named Alexander the Great? |
Phillip II of Macedon
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a Greek "tyrant" who reformed society in Athens
by canceling debt slavery; he also changed the government of Athens to allow all male citizens to participate in the assembly and law courts |
Solon
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The Great Pyramid of Giza was
built for this pharaoh |
Khufu or Cheops
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ISLAM Dietary Restrictions
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No pork or alcohol
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Who was a wealthy young aristocrat
& the greatest of Socrates's students? He also formed the Academy. |
Plato
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The Sun god of Egypt; The most
important god - gave life to the earth and power to pharaoh |
Ra
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The Ancient empire that was
centered in modern-day Iran |
Persia
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-he was the god of embalming
-had the head of a jackal |
Anubis
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plain located a short distance from Athens
where the Athenians defeated the Persians; according to legend, an Athenian messenger ran 26 miles from here to Athens to deliver news of the Greek victory before he collapsed and died |
Marathon
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New Kingdom pharaoh whose
tomb was found by Howard Carter a little over 100 years ago |
Tutankhamun
King Tut |
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Phillip 2 of Macedon's son. His aim
was to bring all the known world into a single empire |
Alexander the Great
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the first female pharaoh / she
was capable and powerful / she wore a false beard to keep with tradition |
Hatshepsut
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this time period was the
age of pyramid building (Egypt) |
the Old Kingdom
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this time period was the
age of empire building (Egypt) |
New Kingdom
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Biologist, taught Alexander the Great
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Aristotle
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he is considered to have been
the greatest New Kingdom pharaoh; he expanded the empire and built more than any other pharaoh |
Rameses II
(second) |
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traditional text containing incantations
and verses / usually buried in tombs to help with passage to the afterlife |
Egyptian Book of the Dead
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blind poet and author of
the Iliad and Odyssey |
Homer
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Who scholars named the Minoan
civilization of Crete after |
King Minos
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legendary king of Mycenae; his mask
was found by Heinrich Schliemann |
Agamemnon
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King of Persia, with incredible wealth
- the first to attack Greece |
Darius I
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