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History
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is the study of the past, specifically how it relates to humans.
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civilization
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generally refers to polities which combine three basic institutions: a ceremonial centre (a formal gathering place for social and cultural activities), a system of writing, and a city.
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Village
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is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand
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Paleolithic and Neolithic
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Paleolithic were gatherers and Neolithic is the development of human technology.
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Mesopotamia
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is the modern day iraq
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Hammurabi
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Hammurabi is known for the set of laws called Hammurabi's Code, one of the first written codes of law in recorded history
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Phoenicians
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an ancient Semitic civilization situated on the western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent and centered on the coastline of modern Lebanon. All major Phoenician cities were on the coastline of the Mediterranean, some colonies reaching the Western Mediterranean. It was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread across the Mediterranean from 1550 BC to 300 BC.
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Pharaoh
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royal palace
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Ethical Monotheism
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God is supernatural, God is personal, and God is good
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Polis
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literally means city in Greek. It could also mean citizenship and body of citizens
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Socrates
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Plato is Socrates's greatest student, and Aristotle was Plato's greatest student. All of philosophy
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Pericles
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was the most prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the Golden Age—specifically, the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars
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Julius Caesar
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was a Roman general, statesman, Consul and notable author of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. In 60 BC, Caesar, Crassus and Pompey formed a political alliance that was to dominate Roman politics for several years. Their attempts to amass power through populist tactics were opposed by the conservative elite within the Roman Senate, among them Cato the Younger with the frequent support of Cicero
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Pax Romana
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was the long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD
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Saint Paul of Tarsus
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was a Christian missionary who took the gospel of Christ to the first-century world
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Monasticism
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is a religious way of life that involves renouncing worldly pursuits to fully devote one's self to spiritual work
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Muhammad
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was a religious, political, and military leader[2][3][4] from Mecca who unified Arabia into a single religious polity under Islam. He is believed by Muslims and Bahá'ís to be a messenger and prophet of God
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Prophet
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In religion, a prophet is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and to speak for them, serving as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people
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Khalifa
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is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the ruler of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah
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Justinian
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was Byzantine Emperor from 527 to 565. During his reign, Justinian sought to revive the Empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the historical Roman Empire.
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Byzantine Empire
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was the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), originally known as Byzantium.
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Rus'
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slavic states
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