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88 Cards in this Set
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OLD STONE AGE
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PALEOLITHIC AGE
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NEW STONE AGE
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NEOLITHIC AGE
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SOCIAL
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CATEGORY HAVING TO DO WITH PEOPLE (GENDER, FAMILY, SOCIAL CLASSES, RACES)
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POLITICAL
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CATEGORY HAVING TO DO WITH GOVERNMENTS, RULERS, LAWS
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ECONOMIC
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CATEGORY DEALING WITH MONEY JOBS, PRODUCTION, TRADE
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TECHNOLOGY
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PRACTICAL SCIENCE, USING KNOWLEDGE TO MASTER THE ENVIRONMENT
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CULTURE
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NOT NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL: ART, MUSIC, LITERATURE, RELIGION , ETC
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NOMADS
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PEOPLE WHO MOVE AROUND TO FOLLOW THEIR FOOD SUPPLY
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HUNTING AND GATHERING
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PALEOLITHIC ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
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NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
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PERIOD WHEN AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL DOMESTICATION BEGAN
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ANIMAL DOMESTICATION
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HERDING ANIMALS AS A FOOD AND/OR LABOR SUPPLY
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COMPONENTS OF CIVILIZATION
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TOWNS & VILLAGES, LAWS & GOVERNMENT, SPECIALIZATION, TRADE, DIVISION OF LABOR, CULTURE, ORGANIZED RELIGION
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SURPLUS
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PRODUCING MORE THAN A COMMUNITY NEEDS TO CONSUME
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BI-PEDALISM
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STANDING UPRIGHT
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ADVANTAGES OF BI-PEDALISM
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SCAN HORIZON FOR PREDATORS, USE HANDS TO CARRY FOOD & USE TOOLS, LESS EXPOSURE TO SUN
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ABSTRACT REASON
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BEING ABLE TO IMAGINE AN OBJECT WHEN IT IS NOT IN ITS ORIGINAL OR LITERAL FORM
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MICROLITH
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SMALL STONE TOOL
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ARCHAEOLOGIST
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ONE WHO STUDIES HUMAN CULTURES BY EXAMINING HUMAN ARTIFACTS, REMAINS, AND OTHER DATA
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2 NEOLITHIC FARMING VILLAGES
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CATAL HUYUK AND JERICHO
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ARTISAN
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CRAFTSMAN OF TOOLS, JEWELRY, ETC
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PICTOGRAM
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ANCIENT WRITING IN WHICH THE PICTURE REPRESENTS THE THING ONE WANTS TO PORTRAY
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IDEOGRAM
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ANCIENT WRITING IN WHICH THE PICTURE REPRESENTS AN IDEA
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SYLLABOGRAM
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ANCIENT WRITING IN WHICH THE PICTURE REPRESENTS A SYLLABLE
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ALPHABET
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WRITING IN WHICH A SYMBOL REPRESENTS A SOUND
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CUNEIFORM
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SUMERIAN WRITING
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CUNEIFORM
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THE FIRST WRITING
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HIEROGLYPHICS
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EGYPTIAN WRITING
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THEOCRACY
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GOVERNMENT RUN BY RELIGIOUS LEADERS (PRIESTS, ETC.)
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MESOPOTAMIA
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LAND BETWEEN THE RIVERS
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LOCATION OF MESOPOTAMIA
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BETWEEN TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES
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LOCATION OF TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES
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NW END OF PERSIAN GULF
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CIVILIZATIONS FOUND IN MESOPOTAMIA
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WHERE SUMER, ASSYRIANS, AND BABYLONIANS WERE
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LOCATION OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATION OF INDIA
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INDUS RIVER VALLEY
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LOCATION OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATION OF CHINA
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YANGTZE RIVER VALLEY
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WHERE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS BEGAN
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NEAR FLOODING RIVERS
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FERTILE CRESCENT
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INTENSELY FERTILE AREA FROM THE NILE TO THE TIGRIS-EUPHRATES
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SUMER
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1ST CIVILIZATION
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ZIGGURAT
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MESOPOTAMIAN TEMPLE
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EMPIRE
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WHEN A SINGLE NATION RULES, CONTROLS OR DOMINATES OTHER NATIONS
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SARGON
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AKKADIAN WHO BEGAN THE FIRST EMPIRE
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HAMMURABI
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BABYLONIAN KING
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HAMMURABI'S CODE
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1ST EVER LAW CODE
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PATRIARCHY
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SOCIETY RUN BY MEN, OR FATHERS
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POLYTHEISM
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BELIEF IN MANY GODS
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LOCATION OF HITTITES
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ASIA MINOR /ANATOLIA
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LOCATION OF ASSYRIANS
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NORTHERN MESOPTAMIA
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MODERN NATION WHERE PERSIA WAS
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WHAT IRAN USED TO BE
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MODERN NATION WHERE MESOPOTAMIA WAS
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WHAT IRAQ USED TO BE
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NICKNAME OF ASSYRIANS
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NAZIS OF FERTILE CRESCENT
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CYRUS AND DARIUS
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KINGS OF PERSIA
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LOCATION OF PHOENICIANS
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EASTERN COAST OF MEDITERRANEAN
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WHERE CATAL HUYUK IS
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ASIA MINOR
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WHERE JERICHO IS
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PALESTINE
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LOCATION OF SYRIA
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EASTERN COAST OF MEDITERRANEAN
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LOCATION OF RED SEA
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BETWEEN EGYPT AND ARABIAN PENINSULA
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LOCATION OF ARABIA
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BETWEEN PERSIAN GULF AND RED SEA
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TWO MAJOR PERIODS OF THE STONE AGE
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PALEOLITHIC AND NEOLITHIC
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PALEOLITHIC GENDER DIVISION
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MEN HUNTED
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THE MAJOR CHANGES IN THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
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FARMING AND ANIMAL DOMESTICATION
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MATERIAL OF CUNEIFORM
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CLAY FROM TIGRIS-EUPHRATES
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MATERIAL OF HIEROGLYPHICS
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PAPYRUS FROM NILE
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HOW THE INDO-EUROPEANS AFFECTED CIVILIZATIONS THEY VISITED
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LANGUAGE AND GENETIC MINGLING
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MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS OF ASSYRIANS
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USE OF TERROR, WELL-ORGANIZED ARMIES
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CULTURAL CONTRIBUTION OF ASSYRIANS
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1ST TO HAVE LIBRARIES
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TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES DURING PALEOLITHIC AGE
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STONE TOOLS, FIRE
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CULTURAL ADVANCES DURING OLD STONE AGE
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CAVE PAINTING, BURYING THE DEAD
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MAJOR OCCUPATION OF PHOENICIANS
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SEA TRADING AND SHIPBUILDING
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HITTITE INNOVATION
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USE OF IRON FOR WEAPONS, CHARIOTS
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THREE SOCIAL CLASSES IN THE FERTILE CRESCENT
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KINGS AND NOBLES
MERCHANTS & ARTISANS SLAVES |
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CREATIONISM
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THEORY THAT SUGGESTS THAT HUMANS' ATTAINING DOMINANCE IS EXPLAINED BY THE BIBLE
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EVOLUTION
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THEORY THAT SUGGESTS THAT HUMAN DOMINANCE WAS THE RESULT OF NATURAL SELECTION AS THEORIZED BY DARWIN
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NATURAL SELECTION
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SCIENTIFIC IDEA THAT SPECIES IMPROVE BECAUSE THE CHARACTERISTICS THEY POSSESS ARE BEST ADAPTED TO SURVIVE IN THE DANGEOUS ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH THEY LIVE
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DARWINISM
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ALTERNATE NAME FOR THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION
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HOMINIDS
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THE EARLIEST HUMANLIKE CREATURES
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HOMO SAPIENS SAPIENS
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FIRST ANATOMICALLY MODERN HUMANS (MEANING US)
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PALEOLITHIC
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OLD STONE AGE
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NELITHIC
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NEW STONE AGE
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SPECIALIZATION
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PHENOMENON IN WHICH NEOLITHIC HUMANS ENGAGED IN SEVERAL ACTIVITIES RATHER THAN JUST HUNTING AND GATHERING
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REVOLUTION
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A DRASTIC CHANGE THAT CHANGES THE ESSENCE OF WHAT SOMETHING IS
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BRONZE AGE
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AGE IN WHICH BRONZE BECAME THE FIRST METAL TO BE USED WIDELY BY HUMANS DURING THE LATE STONE AGE
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EPIC OF GILGAMESH
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MAJOR EPIC POEM OF THE BABYLONIANS
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PATRIARCHY
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GOVERNMENT DOMINATED BY MEN/FATHERS
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INDO-EUROPEANS
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GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO USED A LANGUAGE DERIVED FROM THE SAME PARENT LANGUAGE
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PHOENICIANS
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GREAT TRADING EMPIRE ON THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, INVENTED THE FIRST ALPHABET
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ASSYRIANS
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BRUTAL MILITARY EMPIRE OF NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA, INVENTED SIEGE TACTICS AND THE USE OF TERROR IN WAR
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PERSIANS
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GREATEST EMPIRE ON THE FERTILE CRESCENT
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BATTLE OF MARATHON
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490 BC BATTLE BETWEEN GREEKS AND PERSIANS
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ROYAL ROAD
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LENGTHY PERSIAN ROAD THAT STRETCHED 1200 MILES FROM WESTERN ASIA MINOR TO EAST OF MESOPTOMIA
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