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Mid Term Flashcards

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Records that explain the primary sources

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Secondary sources

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Records produced during the time period being studied

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Primary source

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Objects made by people

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Artifacts

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Simply the handing down of information by mouth from one generation to the next

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Tradition

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accurate records of the past such as private letters, inventory lists, inscriptions, diaries, and journals

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Written records

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human existence lived in cities or under their influence

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Civilization

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an individuals’ commitment to concentrate on a given endeavor necessary for human existence

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Specialization

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system of rules, regulations, and account ability that governs all who take part in the functions of a city

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Organization

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The land between the rivers

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Mesopotamia

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The earliest known form of writing

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Cuneiform

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Belief in many gods

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Polytheism

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pyramid-like structures that had terraces at dif- ferent levels along their exterior

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Ziggurats

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Rule of 1 people over another

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Empire

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6th king of the Amorites,United all of Mesopotamia under his rule

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Hammurabi

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epic Babylonian poem that describes the adventures of Gilgamesh and includes an account of a universal flood

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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Studies of celestial bodies

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Astronomy

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the practice of trying to interpret human events and destiny by the position of the planets and stars

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Astrology

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Kings who thought themselves gods to the people of Egypt

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Pharaohs

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Pictures used as writing for people

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Hieroglyphics

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crescent-shaped fertile region encompass- ing Mesopotamia and the land of Canaan

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Fertile Crescent

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pagan god of the Canaanites

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Baal

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The belief in one God

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Monotheism

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A civilization that was named after Minos

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Minoan

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A civilization in Greece established by raiders

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Mycenaean

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A famous poet who created the Iliad and the Odyssey

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Homer

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The king of the gods

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Zeus

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The goddess of wisdom

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Athena

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having human forms or attributes

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Anthropomorphic

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“city-state”; basic political unit of Greece

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Polis

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Nation ruled by a king

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Monarchy

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A nation that is ruled by a ruthless person

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Tyranny

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Nation ruled by the people

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Democracy

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chief magistrate of the Athenian council of nobles

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Archon

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Established the rule of the people in Athens

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Pericles

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Someone who writes and thinks about how the universe works

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Philosophers

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A contemporary of Pericles, lived in Athens during its Golden Age.

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Socrates

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Famous Socrates of their time

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Plato and Aristotle

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A civilization with no government,and theirs riots in the streets an extreme free for all

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Anarchy

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To aid man in thinking Aristotle developed this

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Syllogism

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philosopher and mathematician of the sixth century BC, had concluded that the universe could be explained in mathematical terms.

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Pythagoras

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the famed physician of the Golden Age, is known as the Father of Medicine.

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Hippocrates

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A writer of tragedy, and Aristophanes

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Sophocles

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A famous temple to the gods

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Parthenon

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learned much about Greek myths, architecture, sculpture, and language. It is possible that they were the first to introduced Greek culture to the Romans.

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Estruscans

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Twin brothers who in myth built Rome

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Romulus and Remus

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the father in the Roman family; exercised sole authority in the family

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Pater

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A number of families from a common ancestor

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Clan

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A number of clans united by common beliefs and living in a particular region

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Tribe

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the aristocratic class in Rome made up of wealthy landowners and noble families

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Patricians

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A poorer class than the patricians but had power to veto

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Plebeians

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What was the Kings authority called?

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imperium

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A small bundle of rods enclosing an axe which symbolized the Kings power

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Fasces

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Elected officials to say what the people want

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Republic

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2 people who held a 1 year term of holding power in Rome

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Consul

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Council of Plebeians met and passed resolutions called this

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Plebiscites

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This means I forbid it

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Veto

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A famous Roman Emperor who was assassinated by his close friends

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Julius Caesar

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An alliance formed by Crassus and Julius Caesar

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Triumvirate

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The 15th of March the day Julius Caesar was assassinated

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Ides of March

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An ancient title given to the commander of a victorious army

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Imperator

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