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32 Cards in this Set
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Animism
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The belief that the forces of nature are inhabited by spirits
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Cuneiform
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One of humankind's earliest writing systems, consisting of wedge shaped marks impressed into clay by means of a reed stylus
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Megalith
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a large, roughly shaped stone, often used in ancient architectural construction
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Stele
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an upright stone slab or pillar
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Fresco
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a method of painting on walls or ceilings surfaced with fresh, moist, lime plaster
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relief
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a sculptural technique in which figures or forms are carved either to project from the background surface(raised relief) or cut away below the background level
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Epic
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A long narrative poem that recounts the deeds of a legendary or historical hero in his quest for meaning or identity
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Ziggurat
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A terraced tower of rubble and brick that served ancient Mesopotamians as a temple-shrine
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Atman
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The Hindu name for the Self; the personal part of Brahman
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Brahman
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The Hindu name for the Absolute Spirit; an impersonal World Soul that pervades all things
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Karma
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The law that holds that ones deeds determine ones future life in the wheel of rebirth
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Nirvana
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The blissful re absorption of the self into the absolute spirit: release from the endless cycle of rebirth
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Pantheism
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The belief that a divine spirit pervades all things in the universe
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Allegory
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a literary device in which objects, persons, or actions are equated with secondary, figurative meanings that underlie their literal meaning
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Amphora
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a Two-handled vessel used for oil or wine
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Dialectical method
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a question-and-answer style of inquiry made famous by Socrates
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Empirical method
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a method of inquiry dependent on direct experience or observation
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Hubris
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Excessive pride; arrogance
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Syllogism
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a deductive scheme of formal argument, consisting of two premises from which a conclusion may be drawn
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Contrapposto
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a position assumed by the human body in which one part is turned in opposition to another part
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Frieze
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in architecture, a sculptured or ornamented band
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Kouros & kore
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a youthful male figure usually depicted nude in ancient Greek sculpture; the female counterpart is the kore
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Lyre
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any one of a group of plucked stringed instruments; in ancient Greece usually made of tortoise shell or horn and therefore light in weight
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Mode
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a type of musical scale characterized by a fixed pattern of pitch and tempo within the octave
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Nike
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The Greek goddess of victory
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Octave
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the series of eight tones forming any major or minor scale
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order
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in classical architecture, the parts of building that stand in fixed and constant relation to each other; the three classical orders are the Doric the Ionic and the Corinthian
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scale
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a series of tones arranged in ascending or descending consecutive order
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Apse
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a vaulted semicircular recess at one or both ends of a basilica
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Basilica
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a large colonnaded hall commonly used for public assemblies, law courts, baths, and marketplaces
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vault
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a roof or ceiling constructed on the arch principle
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Terracotta
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a clay medium that may be glazed or painted; also called "earthenware"
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