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Aryan Invasion |
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Hinduism |
A religion that follows Hindu |
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Brahma |
Hindu God considered the creator of the world |
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Vishnu |
Hindu God considered the preserver of the world |
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Shiva |
Hindu God considered the destroyer of the world |
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Caste system |
Priests, warriors, peasants or traders, and non-Aryan laborers or craftsmen |
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Brahmins |
Aryan society, a member of the social class made up of priests |
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Kshatrivas |
Rulers and warriors |
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Vaishvas |
Peasants and traders |
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Shudras |
Laborers |
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Untouchables |
Laborers |
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Karma |
In Hinduism and Buddhism the total of good and bad deeds preformed by a person which is believed to determine his or her fate |
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Dharma |
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Jews |
People who follow the religion Judaism |
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Abraham |
Founder of Judaism |
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Solomon |
An important person of Judaism |
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Jerusalem |
The current place of where Judaism was founded |
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Moses |
Important person of Judaism |
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Monotheist |
Belief in one God |
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Covenant |
A mutual promise or agreement- especially an agreement between God and the Hebrew people as recorded in the Bible |
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Assyria |
A southwest Asian kingdom that controlled a large empire from about 850 to 612 B.C. |
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Assurbanipal |
Last Assyrian king |
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Chaldeans |
people who lived in Chaldea and were renamed astronomers and astrologers |
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Babylon |
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Nebuchadnezzar |
A Chaldean king |
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Iran |
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Persians |
A person who lived in Persia |
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King Cyrus |
Founder of Achaemenid empire |
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Satrap |
A governor of a providence in the Persian Empire |
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Zoroaster |
Founder of Zoroastrianism |
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King Darius |
Third king of the Persian empire |
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Epics vs. Myths |
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Polis |
A Greek city-state the fundamental political unit of ancient Greece after about 750 B.C |
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Monarchy |
A government in which power is in the hands of a single person |
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Oligarchy |
A Government in which power is in the hands of a few people- especially one in which ruler is based upon wealth |
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Tyrants |
A powerful individual who gained control of a city-states government by appealing to the poor for support |
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Aristocracy |
A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility |
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Democracy |
A government controlled by its citizens, either directly or through representatives |
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Direct Democracy |
A government in which citizens rule directly rather than through representatives |
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Tragedy vs. comedy |
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Arete |
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Socratic Method |
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Philosopher |
A thinker who uses logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and, morality |
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Socrates, Plato, Aristotle |
The three
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Syllogism |
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Minoans |
Seafaring and trading people that lived on the island of Crete from about 2000 to 1400 B.C. |
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Mycenaeans |
Indo-European person who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C. |
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Athens |
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Sparta |
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Peloponnesian Wars |
a war lasting from 431 to 404 B.C. Sparta and its allies won |
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Pericles |
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Phalanx |
A military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and sheilds |
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Alexander the Great |
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Hellenism |
Relating to the civilization, language, art, science, and literature of the Greek world from the reign of Alexander the Great to the late second cenury |
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Homer |
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Xerxes |
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Euclid |
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Gravitas |
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Republic |
A form of Government in which power is in the hands of representatives and leaders are elected by citizens who have the right to vote |
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Senate |
In ancient Rome the supreme governing body, originally made up of only aristocrats |
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Dictator |
In ancient Rome, a political leader given absolute power to make laws and command the army for a limited time |
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Patrician Vs Plebian |
Patrician is wealthy, Plebian is dirt poor |
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Spartacus |
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Triumvirate |
In ancient Rome, a group of three leaders sharing control of the Government |
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Punic Wars |
Three wars between Rome and Carthage. Resulted in the destruction of Carthage and Romes dominance over the western mediterranean |
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Hannibal vs Scipio |
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Coliseum |
A large ring building where games like chariot races would take place |
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Pax Romana |
A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire |
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Julius Ceasar |
Founds Justinian, is emperor of Rome |
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Augustus (Octavian) |
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Antony |
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Julian Emperors |
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Diocletian |
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Justinian |
The body of Roman civil law collected and organized by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian |
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Edict of Milan |
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Greeks, Latins, Etruscans |
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Denarius |
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Trojan |
A warrior for Troy |
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Constantine |
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Aqueduct |
Manners |
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Twelve Tables |
the twelve tables of Justinian? |
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Legion |
A military unit of the ancient Roman army, made up of about 5,000 foot soldiers and a group of soldiers on horseback |
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Inflation |
A decline in the value of money, accompanied by a raise in the prices of goods and services |
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Christianity |
A religion that believes in "God" or "Jesus" |
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Jesus |
The God for Christianity |
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Messiah |
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Pope |
The bishop of Rome, head of the Roman Catholic Church |
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Greco-Roman Culture |
An ancient culture that developed from a blending of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman cutlures |
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Nero |
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Marcus Aralias |
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Romulus Agustulus |
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Absolute |
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Iconoclast |
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Excomminicate |
The taking away of a persons right of membership in a Christian Church |
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Heretic |
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Icon |
A religious image used by eastern Christians |
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Patriarch |
A principal |