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| Latin word meaning "wedge shaped" |
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| Where god literally dwelled; most sacred part; only priest could enter |
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| Epic about King "Gilgamesh"; found in Nineveh library |
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| "Transmigration of Souls" |
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| Hindu reincarnation; prominent theme in the Bhagavad-Gita |
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| "WAr of the Descendants of Bharata" |
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| most important Egyptian literature; contains spells for reuniting body and soul |
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| Egyptian afterlife. also called sunset region of the dead |
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-Mahabharata (500-300 b.c.)
-Ramayana (story of Rama) |
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-One god
-Struggle b/t good and evil
-A last judgement
-Eternal rewards and punushements |
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| Persia's great lyric poets |
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1. Persians
2. Alexander the Great
3. Romans
4. Arabs (still in control) |
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| Conquered Egypt after decline |
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| year Assyrians conquered Mesopotamia |
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| Year that Joshua took land at Battle of Jericho |
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| year Judah became Jewish homeland again |
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1st five books of the bible.
-Genesis
-Exodus
-Numbers
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| What does the "Torah" contain |
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| Abraham left Ur in search of "promised land" (year) |
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| Year Sargon I took and united Sumeria; first empire ever recorded |
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| Cyrus the Great of Persia allowed jews to return home |
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| year Cyris the Great conquered Bsbylon |
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| Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar conquered Judah |
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| year Israel was conquered by the Assyrians |
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| Abbasids overthrow empire |
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| great Persian poet, Firdausi was born |
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| establish Islamic Golden Age |
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| Hammurabi had united most of Mesopotamia |
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| greatest Persian literaure work |
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| Southern tribes of Russia spoke _______. |
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| Assyrian king; 668- 623 b.c.; created forst refernce librabry at palace in Nineveh |
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| Moslem invader; wrote Islamic and Indian masterpiece (Baburnama) |
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| center of world trade, ideas, and givernment for over 500 years |
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| Barburnama ("Book of Babur") |
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| One section of the Mhabharata meaning "Song of the Lord" |
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Bhrama: the supreme god
Vishnu: the savior god
Shiva: the dstroyer god |
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Book of Kings
Shah- king
Nama- book |
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| Shah-nama means ____________. |
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| Sumerian system of writing |
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| Islam appeared in India (century) |
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| Another name for Mesopatamia |
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| author of "Sha-Nama"; most outdtanding EPIC of Persian literature |
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| Creator of first written code of laws |
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| traditional religion of India |
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| Sanskrit begins _____________. |
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| Indo-European Family of Languages |
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| Old Persia, Aryan, Sanskrit, English, and more belong to the __________________________. |
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| 2nd religion to exercise lasting influence in Ancient Persia |
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| Jerusalem. B/c where the temple is located |
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| Regligion of Ancient Israel |
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| greatest if Sanskrit poets; wrote Indian drama masterpiece |
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| king who rebuilt Jewush temple |
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| longest epic in world history, contsains over 100,000 couplets |
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| Hieght of Egyptian prosperity |
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| Where Egypt civilization developed? |
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| When did developement of writeing occur? |
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| officail language belonging to Cyruc the Great |
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| language in Persia (after merging) |
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| Alternate name for the "Torah"; means "five books" |
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| Buddha (the enlightened one) |
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| Rig Veda (similar to Psalms in the Bible) |
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| the most sacred of the Vedas |
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| language in India (after merging) |
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| greatest masterpiece of Indian drama |
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| Most influencial Mesopatamian culture |
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| Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians |
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| 3 Mesopatamian cultural groups |
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| most sacred book of judaism |
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| Famous Sumerian city-state, Abraham |
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| Sumerian city-state, King Gilgamesh, very large, walls six miles around (PROTECTION!!) |
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| Vedas (means "lore" of "knowledge") |
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| oldest Hindu sacerd literature |
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| founded religion of Zoroastinism (this became state religion by 500 b.c.) |
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| the Gupta dynasty invaded India |
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| Moslem Arabs conquered Persia |
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| Israel at reaced its Golden Age (year) |
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| Abrahams people enslaved in Egypt |
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| most sacred of all Hindu writings |
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| invaded Persia in the thirteenth century |
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| Conquerd Judah in the 100's b.c. |
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