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Islam

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Submission to the will of Allah

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Mecca was a center of

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Trade and polytheistic worship

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Medina means

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City of the prophet

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Muhammad spoke to Allah through

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Angel Gabriel

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Muhammad wasn’t a

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Priest

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5 duties for Muslims called

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Five pillars

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People of the book

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Jews and Christians

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Rightly guided caliphs replaced by

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Umayyads

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Sunni

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Division of Islam who followed Muhammad’s example and accepted leadership of Umayyads

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House of wisdom

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Library, academy and translation center in Baghdad

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Muhammad

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Last and greatest of prophets

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Mecca

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City Muslims turn to to pray

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Muslim

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One who has submitted

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Muhammad gained control of Mecca through

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Military force

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Sunna

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Islamic law

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Caliph

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Successor or deputy

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Abbasids moved capital to

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Baghdad

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Shi’a

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Division of Islam who wanted descendant of Muhammad is

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Bedouins

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Nomadic herdsmen who inhabited Arabian peninsula

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Mecca

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Holiest city of Islam

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Caliph similar to

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Emperor

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Main divisions of Islam

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Sunni and Shia

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Fatima

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Descendant of Muhammad

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Non-Muslims in Muslim society

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Slaves

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Muslims in science made emphasis on

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Experimentation

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Mosque

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Muslim house of worship

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Al- khwaziri

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Created al-jabr or algebra

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Ramadan

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Islamic holy month- fasting

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Sakk

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Check

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Hijrah

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Migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to yathrib

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Quran

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Muslim holy book

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Hajj

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Muslim pilgrimage each Muslim wants to make

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32
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Muslim empire stretched how many miles

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4000

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Umayyads

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Ruled after caliphs had luxurious lifestyle

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Sufi

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Muslim group pursuing poverty and spiritualality

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Shi’a

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Larger, rebelled against Umayyads followed Muhammad’s example

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Cairo

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Fatimid capital

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37
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Third Muslim class

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Jews Christians and Zoroastrianism (protected people)

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Calligraphy

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Fancy handwriting

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39
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Gabriel

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The angel that spoke to Muhammad

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40
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Al-razi

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Wrote comprehensive book

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Muhammad born in

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Mecca

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Rome was a _____ from 500 to 27

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Democracy

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First 500 years Rome headed by

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Consuls

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Punic wars between

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Rome and Carthage

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Roman Empire divided to

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Make control of land easier

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Fall of west Roman Empire caused by

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Germanic tribes

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Power struggles in early Roman Empire between

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Aristocrats and commoners

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Consuls

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Chief executives of govt

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Diocletian

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Divided empire in two

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Germanic tribes attacked Rome bc of

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Famines

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After overthrowing Etruscans Rome became

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A democracy

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Roman legions

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Military forces

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Julia’s Caesar assassinated by members of the roman

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Senate

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First triumvirate

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Crassus, Pompey, Julius Caesar

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Roman Empire size

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10000 miles

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First attack to Rome in 600 years by

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Huns

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Last emperor of Rome in

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476

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Hannibal

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Led 50,000 soldiers and 60 elephants across the alps to invade Italy during second Punic war

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Augustus used to be called

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Octavian

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Second triumvirate

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Octavian, Lepidus, Marc Antony

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Diocletian

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Moved capital to Byzantium

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Amount of Romans involved in agriculture

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90%

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Bas-relief

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Painting

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Etruscans

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Gave alphabet and architecture to Romans

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Greeks hard to unite bc of

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Geography

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Dorian period

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Time of lack of writing and period of decline

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Driven from Greece

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Persians

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Greece conquered by

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Persians led by xerxes

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Alex the great welcomed by

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Egyptians

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Alex quit advancing bc

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His men didn’t want to continue

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Hellenistic period, most advances in astronomy and math in

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Babylon

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Greece regions separated by

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Mountains

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Domination order of Greece

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Mycenaeans- Dorians- Macedonians

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In Sparta helots were

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Conquered sharecroppers

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Pelop war between

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Greece and Persia

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Alex’s victories against Persians gave him

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Egypt

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Pericles

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Led Athens during golden age

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How much land in Greece suitable for farming

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20%

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Athens and Sparta were

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City states

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Solon

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Introduced reforms to Athens

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Plato

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Philosopher, wrote republic

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In 480 Greece was defeated under

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Darius 111

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Polis

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City state

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Athens

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City state governed by direct democracy

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Winner of pelp war

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Sparta

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Alex great died at age

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32

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Aristotle

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Tutor of Alex the great

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Anatolia controlled by

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Hittites

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Caste system made by

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Aryans

90
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Hindi perfect understanding

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Moksha

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Phonecia in

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Lebanon

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Hittite empire centered in

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Anatolia

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Varnas

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Caste system

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Hinduism and Buddhism differ in

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Caste system

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Buddhism spreaded bc of

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Trade

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Aryans settled in modern day

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India

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Aryan sacred lit

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Vedas

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Aryan epic

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Bravado

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Minoan king lived on

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Crete

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Minoans succumbed to

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Natural disaster or tragic events

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Solomon rebuilt

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A great temple in Jerusalem

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Fertile Crescent suitable for farming bc of

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Tigris and Euphrates

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City state most like today a

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Country

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Hammarabis code was good bc it

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Applied to all

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Red land near Nile

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Desert

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Black land near Nile

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Fertile

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Theocracy based on

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Belief of ruler as god

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Chinese dynasty ended in

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1900 ad

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Feudalism arose in

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China

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Nile flooding was

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Predictable

111
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Mesopotamia defined by

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Tigris and Euphrates

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B4 Sumer was ruled by monarchs it was ruled by

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Priests

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Chinese feudalism, land legally belonged to the

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King

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Indus was different bc

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Language not yet deciphered

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China influenced most by

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Shang dynasty

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Huang he river is

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Yellow bc of loess

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