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84 Cards in this Set
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Trojan War
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war betwen troy
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Dorians
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settle in greece after mycenaeans bronze age
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Mycenaeans
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Settled on greek mainland 2,000 BC
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Socrates
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Greeks should question
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Philip 11
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king of macedonia
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Plato
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The Republic
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Aristotle
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scientific method
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Demonsthenes
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orator warn macedonia
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darius 111
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king of persia alexander defeated him
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city in egypt at nile river
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Alexandria
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Alexander the great
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son of philip conquers persian empire
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Hellenistic
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greek culture blended egyptian persian indian
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macedonia
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kingdom north of greece cold
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Hatshepsut
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ruler during new kingdom declared pharoah herself
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Thutmose 111
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murdered stepmom hatshepsut rules
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ramses 11
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pharaoh of new kingdom built temples
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piankhi
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kushite king conquered egypt
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hyksos
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nomadic invaders reuled egypt
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kush
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nubian kingdoim emerges regional power
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meroe
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kushite city trade center
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nineveh
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assyria's capital
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Assyria
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northern part of mesopotamia
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New Kingdom
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starts when the egyptians overthrow the hyksos
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Chaldeans
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They united with the Medes to defeat the Assyrians and made babylon their capital
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Satraps
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Governors who ruled province under Darius' reign
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Cyrus
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Persian king who started to conquer kingdoms in what is now Iran in 550 BC takes over fertile cresent
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Yin and Yang
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Two powers that represent the natural rhythms of life
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Daoism
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Phiosophy in 6th century BC that stressed a search for knowledge and understanding on nature
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Hittites
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indo-european people occupied Anatolia
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Aryans
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Indo-europeans crossed mountains and entered indus valley
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Phoenicians
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powerful trading civilization on Mediterranean
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Minoans
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seafaring people, dominated trade from Crete
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INdo-europeans
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Group of seminomadic people came from grasslands north of caucasus mts.
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Nirvana
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buddhas word 4 release from pain and selfishness
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caste
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social groupings of the aryans in india
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torah
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the first five books of the hebrew bible
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karma
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good or bad deeds, influenced one's life
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brahmin
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priest in aryan society
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Jainism
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Religion founded by Mahavira, everything in universe has soul
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Vedas
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Sacred literature of Aryans
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Israel
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Kingdom of hebrews, led by saul then david and solomon
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Anatolia
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huge peninsula , now Turkey
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Canaan
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area of palestine that is ancient home of Hebrews
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Silt
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thick bed of mud from floods
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Loess
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Yellowish silt in China
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Fertile Crescent
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curved shaped land area between persian gulf and medditerranean sea
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delta
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marshy triangular area of land
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irrigation
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ditches that carry water to farm fields
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city-state
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city and surounding land it controlls
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theocracy
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gov. with ruler as a divine figure
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dynasty
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series of rulers from a single family
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polytheisim
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belief in many gods
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empire
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several peoples nations or states under control of ruler
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cultural diffusion
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The process of a new idea or product spreading from one cultre to another
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Menes
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strong willed king of upper egypt, united all egypte
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hammurabi
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Ruler of Babylonian empire who codifid laws
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mandate of heaven
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justification that the chinese rulers authority came fromm heaven
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mummification
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egyptain practice of embalming corpse
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Culture
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a people's unique way of life
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artisans
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skilled workers who made goods by hand
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domestication
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taming of animals
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artifacts
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remains such as tools, jewelry, handmade objects
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barter
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trading goods and services w/ out money
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hominid
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humans and other walking upright creatures
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scribe
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professional record keepers
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nomads
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wanderers
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institution
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long-lasting pattern of organization in a community
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institution
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long-lasting pattern of organization in a community
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specialization
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skills in a specific kind of work
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cuneiform
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a wedge shaped system of writing
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paleolithis age
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the old stone age was
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the neolithic age
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the new stone age was
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neolithic revolution
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the agricultural revolution is also known as the
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bronze age
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a historical age that started in sumer around 3000 bc was the
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Jesus
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born in Bethlehem in Judea started a public ministry at the age of 30
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Constanie
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Roman emperor who announced the end of Christian persecution in the Roman Empire
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Paul
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apostle who influence Christianity's development wrote epistles
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Perter
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first apostle led others in spreading the teachings
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Diocletian
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army leader and emperor. gave limited freedom and workers had jobs for life
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Mercenary
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foreighn soldiers who fought for money
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inflation
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a drastic drop in the value of money
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attila
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leader of the huns
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alaric
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leader of the visigoths
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aqueducts
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deisgned by engineers to bring water to cites and towns
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