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the father of history

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Herodotus

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the belief is the center of the universe

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Heliocentric

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a direct democracy leader in Athens

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Pericles

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china dynasty that was overthrown by the Shang dynasty

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Zhou Dynasty

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social groups into which people are born and are changed

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Castes

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local military rulers

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War Lords

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a yellow soil

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Loess

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the leader of the Babylonian empire

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Nebuchadnezzar

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king of Babylon

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Hammurabi

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system of writing which pictures and objects and concepts and sounds

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Hieroglyphics

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era of prehistory (2million BC to about 9000 BC)

Also Stone Age

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Paleolithic Period

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final era of prehistory (Began around 9000 BC)

Called the New Stone Age

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Neolithic period

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the spreading of the Jews beyond their historic homeland

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Diaspora

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worlds first village (made in Modern-Day West Bank) it was built in the era 10,000 and 9,000 BC

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Jericho

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belief that spirits live in animals or objects

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Animists

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government headed by a privileged minority or upper class

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Aristocracy

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government in which a king or queen exercises central power

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Monarchy

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absorb or adopt a culture

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Assimilate

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economic system that has a set of goods or services that are exchanged for another

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Barter Economy

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the spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another

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Cultural Diffusion

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loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord

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Feudalism

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a war between Athens and Sparta

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Peloponnesian War

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ancient Greek city state

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Polis

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a temple for the Greek goddess Athena

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Parthenon

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a city-state in ancient Greece

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Athens

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group of families with a common ancestor

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Clan

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a rebellion in china

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Mandate of Heaven

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in Hindu belief, all the actions that affect a person’s fate in the next life

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Karma

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the ruler of Akkad

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Sargon

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in the ancient Middle East, a system of writing that used wedge-shaped marks

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Cuneiform

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Egyptian leader

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Hatshepsut

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a simple drawing that looks like the object it represents

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Pictograph

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amount of food needed

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Food Surplus

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the study of the origins and development of people and their societies

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Anthropology

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archeologists who dug bones in the Olduvai Gorge

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Mary and Louis Leakey

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found a skeleton of an early hominid

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Donald Johanson

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the period of time before writing was invented

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Prehistory

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believing in many gods

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Polytheistic

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Epic Greek poem, 10 year war between Mycenae and Troy

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Trojan War

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skills and tools people use to do basic needs

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Technology

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Promoted the idea of the “golden mean” wrote politics.

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Aristotle

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applied physics to make simple inventions

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Archimedes