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GHIST 101 - Fitzgerald
Midterm ONE
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History
Undergraduate 2
02/22/2012

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Otzi
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Ice man
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Great Ice Age
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pliestocene
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Catal Huyuk
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One of the earliest citys found
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Hammurabi
Definition
first king of babylon...code: eye for an eye
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CUniform
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form of writting in sumer
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Papyrus
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used for writting
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book of the dead
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used to hold laws for preparing dead
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harappa
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city in the indus valley
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nilometer
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system to measure the hight of the nile river
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hieroglyphics
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pictoral writing system
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mehenjo-daro
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city in indus valley
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oracle bones
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mandate of heaven
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rulers supposedly appointed by the divine
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feng shui
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zhou era...system of living
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patriarchy
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male run house
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patrilineal
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lineage...family name
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patrilocal
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where the family lives
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syncretism
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combining of beliefs
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confusionism
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high regard for family, compassion humaness
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daoism
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emphasis on self....path/way...withdrawing from society
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legalism
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strict laws...synical view of human nature
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nubia
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down the nile river, trade with egypt, occupied under new kingdom egypt. we cant read their writing.
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Olmec
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civilization in mexico....stone heads
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chavin
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civilization around similar time as olmec in mexico CITY STATE
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hatepshut
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pharaoh
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monolatry
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recognition of many gods with a focus on just one
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henotheism
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worshipping one...accepting that there may be others
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ugarit
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port city on eastern medditeranian
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ugarit alphabet
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cuneiform style....30 letters
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neo assyria
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extremely powerful empire in mesopotamia
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ashurbannipal
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start of the nep assyrian empire...purple dyed robes
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carthage
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pheonician...main place...known for navy
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darius I
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king of persian empire...father to xerxes
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Xerxes
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persia
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persepolis
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capital of archimedial empire (persia)
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zoroastrianism
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religion based of the teachings of a prophet named zoroaster
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horoditus
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father of history
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pelopenesian war
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sparta versus athens....sparta wins with help of persians
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marathon
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athens held back persians
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thucydides
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general...recorded history and put his own spin on it. used speeches and said what he thought the people should have said.
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demogogy
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being able to get a crowd excited
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punic wars
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wars between rome and carthage...rome won
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caesar agustas
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pax romana...time of peace and not a lot of expansion in rome
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hiagophy
Definition
way to live a moral saint-esque life
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aeneas
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founding of rome...falls in love with dido, leaves her to found rome, she curses the relationship between rome and carthage.
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Qin
Definition
first imperial dyansty of China. lasted 15 years
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3rd centruy crisis
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the almost fall of rome
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edict of milian
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ended christian persecution and moved the capital of the empire from rome to bizantine CONSTANTINE
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fall of rome
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invasion, military over reach, lead poisoning.
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Han Dynasty
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"Han" used as ethnic catagory...founded by liu bang/gaozu...empire epanded by Wu...formation of the silk road
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babylonian captivity
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jews held captive in babylon
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hyksos
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ruled lower egypt
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ma'at
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egyptian goddes of truth and justice
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alluvium
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