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Hunter-Gatherer |
a member of a nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant food |
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Pharaoh |
a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well a political and military leader |
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Indo-Europeans |
A group of semi nomadic peoples who, about 1700 B.C., began to migrate from what is now southern russia to the indian subcontinent, Europe, and southwest asia |
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Caste |
one of the four classes of people in the social system of the Aryans who settled in india Priests, warriors, peasants or traders, and non - aryan laborers or craftsmen |
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siddhartha Gautama |
was the founder of Buddhism he was born a prince, he left his father's wealth to find the cause of human suffering, also known as Buddha |
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minoans |
a seafaring and trading people that lived on the island of crete from about 2000 to 1400 b.c. |
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Phoenicians |
a seafaring people of southwest asia, who around 1100 B.C. began to trade and establish colonies throughout the mediterranean region, known for the alphabet |
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Ramses II |
Pharaoh of Egypt, reign from 1290 to 1224 BC. Was one of the great builders of the NEW kingdom |
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moses |
The Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus, the one who delivered the 10 commandments |
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Ashurbanipal |
One of the last of the mighty kings of Assyria collected 20,000 clay tablets including Epic of Gilgamesh and cataloged them |
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cyrus |
Persia's king. Military genious. Reign from 550 to 539 BC. Empire went for 2000 miles, from Indus River to Anatolia |
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Zoroaster |
Persian prophet from 600 BC taught that there were great battles between spirit of a good and spirit of evil and had one belief in god |
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Confucius |
551-479 BC teacher taught music history and moral character china's most influential scholar |
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Shi Huangdi |
”means first emporer". 221 BC became ruler trade and irrigation all boomed they built highways |