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Early western civ terms
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Undergraduate 1
03/08/2011

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Civitas
Definition
Civilization
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ziggurat
Definition
Largest: 100-150ft
famine
votive statues
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Shoal
Definition
grave (Gilgamesh)
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Tribal religions
Definition
deities favor certain people
deities interfere in human affairs on behalf of those people
deities require rituals
Deities are imagined in human terms
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anthropomorphic
Definition
imagined in human terms
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relativist
Definition
truth is relative
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Gymnos
Definition
gymnastic
"nude"
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gynastes
Definition
athletes
"in the nude"
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gymnasion
Definition
Gymnasium
"nudity"
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Arete
Definition
excellence, virtue, modesty
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hubris
Definition
excessive pride, arrogance
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polis
Definition
independent city state
athens, sparta, thebes
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Hoplite
Definition
Greek foot soldiers
had to own armor
every male CITIZEN
purpose to protect neighbor and vise versa
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Phalanx
Definition
marching shoulder to shoulder
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logos
Definition
"word" "thought"
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Gravitas
Definition
weightiness, so. who has weight to what they way
seriousness, practicality, discipline and order
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Princeps
Definition
"1st citizen"
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