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The land between two rivers.
The Fertile Crescent.
Between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea.
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The first form of writen language.
Wedge like indentations punched in tablets.
had around 1200 symbols that represent objects and sounds that make words.
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| a well-preserved Babylonian law code, dating back to about 1772 BC. It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world. The sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi, enacted the code, and partial copies exist on a human-sized stone stele and various clay tablets. The Code consists of 282 laws, with scaled punishments, adjusting "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" (lex talionis)[1] as graded depending on social status, of slave versus free man |
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monotheistic
emphasis on social justice
human universalism
religious individualism |
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| a Christian term for a collection of religious writings of ancient Israel that form the major and first section of Christian Bibles, in contrast to the Christian New Testament which deals explicitly with the 1st century Christianity. |
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| the belief in the existence of one god. |
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| a formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that combined logographic and alphabetic elements. |
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| ancient pyramid-shaped masonry structures located in Egypt. |
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| The geographic city state and political ideas with it. (representative government) |
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| the geographic city state and political ideas associated with it. (representative government) |
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began in 776 BC
were intended only for the greeks
a celebration of greek gods (primarily Zeus) |
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emerges out of the Ageain dark age
has severe economic problems around 700
solon is temporarily a dictator |
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was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. It emerged as a political entity around the 10th century BC, when the invading Dorians subjugated the local, non-Dorian population. From c. 650 BC it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece. |
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499-479 BC
the greeks won in 479 |
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Writin by Tony Perrottet
published in 2004
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431-404
Sparta won, athens gave up
sparta dismantles the athens government and sets up a dictatorship.
sparta's new government crumbles within a year. |
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| Socrates was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy |
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educated by Aristotle
ruled from 336-323
Brilliant military leader
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