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Minoans
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Traded across the Mediterranean, lived on the island of Crete. Their king was Minos
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Mycenaeans
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Located on the Peloponnesus, southern part of the main land. Conquered the Minoans, have the same form Writing, Linear A and B
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Knossos
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Capital of the Minoans and is a great archeological dig site to see how they lived
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Polis
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Mainly Athens and Sparta, the polis was surrounded by the Cora. Protected by Hoplites. Athens was an early form of democracy, an oligarchy, and Sparta was a communist states, triene state
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Hoplites
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Soldiers and formation that is based on constantly moving forward and attacking with spears
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Democracy
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Government in which every citizen receives a vote
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Oligarchy
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Government that is ran by multiple kings, which is chosen by a senate or other form of governing body.
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Tyranny
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Dictatorship
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Draco
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Replaced the oral tradition with a written law. The law was incredibly harsh on the people, now known as Draconian law
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Solon
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Repealed most of the laws created by Draco.
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Delian league
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City-states of Greece that were lead by Athens eventually become controlled and had to pay tribute to Athens for protection.
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Mystery religions
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The main cult of the Greek empire.
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Epicureanism
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based upon the teachings of Epicurus, founded around 307 BC. His materialism led him to a general attack on superstition and divine intervention
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Stoicism
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Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC. The Stoics taught that destructive emotions resulted from errors in judgment, and that a sage, or person of "moral and intellectual perfection," would not suffer such emotions.
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Homer
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Wrote the epics of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Laid the foundation for the Greek epic.
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Consuls
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Elected to rule a 1 year term can be extended in time of criss, president of Rome
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Patricians
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Upper class of Rome, could become members of the senate
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Plebeians
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Middle class of Rome, were the merchants, were free but could not vote or hold power.
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Senate
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Elected for life and advices the Consul
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Paterfamilias
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Oldest male was in charge of the whole family
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Manumission
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The act of freeing a slave
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Pax Romana
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“Roman Peace” Time of peace in Rome when the city was not under attack and the empire grew the most
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Paul of Tarsus
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The apostle Paul from the bible
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Pagan
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Indigenous and historical polytheistic religious traditions—primarily those of cultures known to the classical world. In a wider sense, it has also been understood to include any non-Abrahamic folk and ethnic religion.
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Bishop
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Leader of a geographic region and group of churches in Catholicism. Lives within the cathedral
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Heresy
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Speaking out against the church
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Constantine
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First emperor to legalize Christianity in the Roman world. Was baptized
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Romulus and Remus
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Brothers, raised by wolves, Romulus killed Remus for the land that Rome was founded on. The main myth of how Rome was started
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First Triumvirate
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Caesar, Pompi, and Crocus. Caesar wins control from the other two and expands Rome to include Gaul Spain and N. Africa
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Second Triumvirate
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Octavian (Augustus), Marc Antony, and Lepidus. Octavian wins control from Marc Antony who alines himself with Cleopatra and Egypt. Doesn't make the mistakes that Caesar made and becomes the first emperor.
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Great Wall
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Built by the Han dynasty to keep out foreigners
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Confucian classics
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Confusion followers that used his to teachings to talk out against the government
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Records of the Grand Historian
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recounted Chinese history from the time of the Yellow Emperor until the authors time
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Silk Road
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Trading route between China and Rome, used mainly for silk
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Tributary system
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Areas that paid for protection from foreigner and even the Chinese government
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Eunuchs
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Men who had there testicles removed and were forced to serve the emperor.
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Age of division
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Time period were there 7 separate kingdoms within China
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Grand Canal
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Connected major rivers of the Chinese inland allowing for better trade and movement of people3
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Empress Wu
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Only female ruler to take the title of empress of China
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Chan
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School of Mahāyāna Buddhism notable for its emphasis on Dharma practice and meditation, and is a precursor to Zen Buddhism.
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Trung Sisters
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Viennese sisters that lead a revolt against China but failed and were killed.
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Shinto
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Original religion of Japan
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Nara
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First capital of Japan
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Corpus juris civilis
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"Body of Civil Law.” The Law Code of Justinian which was reformation of Roman law and the foundation of modern law
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Dioceses
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Geographically based and would have a cathedral
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Arianism
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Questioned the exact nature of Jesus and whether if he shared eternity with God the Father. Lead to the Nicene Creed
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Popes
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Leaders of the Roman Catholic church, supposed to be from Peter.
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Orthodox Church
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Church of the Eastern world after the
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Iconoclastic controversy
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Icons could be venerated, worshipped, as if it was Jesus, questioned weather would break the Ten Commandments. Were destroyed by Emperor Leo's decree. Lead to Political ramifications of who was more powerful the Pope or the Emperor, Pope seeks an alliance with the Franks caused the Great Schism
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Sacraments
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Rituals that are held to level of God by having them gives you grace
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Penance
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Prayers given by a Priest for forgiveness
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Wergeld
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Also known as "man price." If property was stolen, or someone was injured or killed, the guilty person would have to pay weregild as restitution to the victim's family or to the owner of the property.
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Treaty of Verdun
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Split Charlemagne Empire between his three grandsons and sets up modern Europe.
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