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The belief and worship of more than one god.

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Polytheism

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Leader of the Delian League (Peloponnesian War)

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Athens

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Leader of the Peloponnesian League (Peloponnesian War)

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Sparta

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Characteristics of Old Stone Age (Paleolithic) people

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Created cave art
Had spoken languages
Were nomadic
Invented the first tools, including simple weapons---Lived in small clans
Mastered fire
Hunters and Gatherers
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Characteristics of New Stone Age (Neolithic) people

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Developed agriculture (farming)
Domesticated animals (cows, sheep, goats, etc)
Used advance tools
Made pottery
Developed weaving skills
Created written languages
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Someone who studies past people and cultures by analyzing the remains and ruins left behind.

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Archaeologist

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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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Mesopotamian Civilization

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Nile River

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Egyptian Civilization

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Indus River Valley

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Indian Civilization

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Huang He River (Yellow River)

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Chinese Civilization

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The belief and worship in one god

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Monotheism

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Characteristics of the Hebrews

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Monotheistic Religion (Judaism)
Babylonian Exile (exiled from their homeland referred to as the Jewish Diaspora)
Settled in Canaan after leaving Egypt
Torah is their religious book

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Characteristics of the Phoenicians

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Created the first alphabet
Settled along the Mediterranean coast (part of the Fertile Crescent)
Established many colonies including Carthage

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Early civilizations were around river valleys because…

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Water was readily available for irrigation
Rich soil for agriculture
Usually were easily defensible

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Roman Written Laws

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12 Tables

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Babylonian Written Laws

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Code of Hammurabi

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Jewish Written Laws and Religious Rules

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Ten Commandments

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Characteristics of the Egyptians

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Polytheistic
Wrote with Hieroglyphics
Mummified the dead
Built great pyramids

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Characterisitcs of the Persians

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Built an extensive road network
Ruled by Imperial Bureaucracy
Was tolerant of other religions and cultures
Zoroastrian

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A rigid class system with the king on top and serfs on the bottom. Land is distributed to vassals by the king.

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Feudalism

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The Christian leaders in Western Europe attempt to reconquer the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims

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Crusades

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200 years of peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire following Caesar Augustus’ reign.

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Pax Romana

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Co-control of Rome by Julius Caesar, Pompey Maximus, and Marcus Crassus

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First Triumvirate

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Co-control of Rome by Octavian (Caesar Augustus), Mark Antony, and Marcus Lepidus

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Second Triumvirate

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A group of people that move from place to place in search of food, or grazing grounds, but never permanently settle an area.
Nomads
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A group of islands chained or gathered close together,
Archipelago
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A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
Straight
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A narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas of land
Isthmus
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Land with water on three sides
Peninsula
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Religion in Japan that centers of forces of nature, ancestor worship and the kami, or spirits
Shintoism
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The founder of Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)
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Mauryan Empire leader that sent missionaries out of India to spread Buddhism to China
Asoka
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Indian Empire that was considered the golden age of Indian culture
Gupta Empire
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Religion with a very rigid social structure (caste system) that believes in rebirth and that all actions and thoughts have consequences (karma)
Hinduism
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Persian religion that was monotheistic, believed in a cosmic struggle between good and evil, and left the dead exposed to the elements in Towers of Silence
Zoroastrianism
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Characteristics of the Western Church
``` Centered in Rome Accepted the authority of the Pope Held liturgies in Latin Priests were celibate Became the Roman Catholic Church ```
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Characteristics of the Easter Church
Centered in Constantinople Accepted the authority of the Patriarch Held liturgies in Greek Became the Orthodox Church
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River and Delta that served as the backbone of Egypt
Nile River
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Two rivers that flow through ancient Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
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River site of early Chinese civilization
Huang He
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Location of the ancient Hebrews
Between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea
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To be forced out of your homeland
Diaspora
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The founder of Rome
Romulus
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The father of Democracy
Pericles
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Greek philosophers
Socrates Plato Aristotle
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Greek historians
Herodotus | Thucydides
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Greek author of the epic poems Odyssey and the Iliad
Homer
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Reasons for the fall of the Roman Republic
Influx of slaves into agricultures (leading to loss of jobs) High unemployment in the cities (people went to cities to find work) Devaluation of currency (money became worth less) Professional Military led to loyalty to Generals over state
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Reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire
Multiple invasions by outsiders Lack of prescribed way to choose a new Emperor (led to instability and possible civil war every time an emperor died) Devaluation of currency Decline in the family
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First Roman Emperor
Caesar Augustus (Octavian)
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Trade route linking the far East (China) with the West (Rome and Europe)
Silk Road
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Trade route linking Europe with gold and salt from West Africa
Trans Saharan Trade Route
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What event killed off 50% of Europe's population, or around 200 million people?
The Bubonic Plague, or the Black Death
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Rigid social structure where kings trade land for support, vassals get land in exchange for loyalty to their king, and peasants work land in exchange for protection.
Feudalism
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Group of people that came from Norway and Sweden and settled as far away as Iceland, Newfoundland, and Greenland.
Vikings
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Group of people that came from central Asia and settled in modern day Hungary
Magyars
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Group of people that came from modern day Germany and settled in England
Angles and Saxons
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Battle that formed the Kingdom of England, where King Harold Godwinson was defeated by William the Conqueror
Battle of Hastings, 1066.

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