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Assyrain Empire

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first large empire of the East (c. 900-600) conquered Mesopotamia and Egypt

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Ashur

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main Assytain God

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Henoteism

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religious system between monotheism and polytheism, being characterized by one dominant god

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Ashurbanipal (668-628)

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one of the most successful Assyrain kings when the empire reached its largest extent and cultural flourishing

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Medes

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people of Iran, deveopled an empire before Persia, taking advantages of the collapse of Assyria

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Achaemenids

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first line of persian kings

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Cyrus the Great (521-486)

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founder of the Persian Empire, conquered the kingdom of Lydia in western Turkey

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Cambyses

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Persian King who conquered Egypt

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Darius II (521-486)

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Persian King during the height of the Persian Empire; reached the Indus and for the first time most early civilizations were united (India, Mesopotamia, and Egypt)

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Satrapies

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persian adiministrative unites ruled by satraps

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susa

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ancient persian capital

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persepolis

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persian ceremonial capital founded by darius II and finished by Xerxes

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Xerxes

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Persian king, successor of Darius II

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Zoroastrianism

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religion of ancient persia dominated by a dualistic universe

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Ahura Mazda

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zoroastrian supreme god, creator of the universe

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Ahriman

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rival of Ahura Mazda

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Dark Age (c. 1100-800) 
Archaic periods (c. 800-480)
Classical period (c. 480-323
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historic periodization of ancient Greece

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polis

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Greek City

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acropolis

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hilltop fortified area in most greek cities

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agora

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open space, used as a market and for conducting business and meetings

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Herodotus

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Greek historian father of history

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Peloponese

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region in southern Greece, dominated by sparta

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helots

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native Peloponesians, enslaved by Spartans

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Attica

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the region conrolled by athens

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Solon

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early 6th c reformer and lawmaker in athens; created the first democratic institutions followed by the reforms of Cleisthenes

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Pericles

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athenian leader furing the golden age of athens

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marathon (490)

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battle between athenians and persians led by Darius

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thermophylae (480)

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300 spartans against the persians led by the persians

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Battle of issus (c. 323-31)

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decisive battle between alexander the great and the persian king darius II

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Hellenistic world (c. 323-31 BC)

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the cultural legacy of alexander- a world dominated by Greek culture but also by political fragmentation