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World Civ Units 1-4
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History
11th Grade
10/04/2009

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Term
Menes
Definition
(3100 BCE) 1st Pharaoh of Unified Egypt
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Old Kingdom of Egypt
Definition
(3100-2200 BCE)
Capital was at Memphis
-Pyramids were built
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1st Intermediate Period
Definition
(2200-2000 BCE)
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Middle Kingdom
Definition
(2000-1750 BCE)
Capital from Memphis to Thebes
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2nd Intermediate Period
Definition
(1750-1550 BCE) (Hyksos Invasion)
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Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV)
Definition
Heretic Pharaoh, Father of Tutankhamun
(1379-1362 BCE)Moved the Capital from Thebes to Amarna
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New Kingdom
Definition
(1550-105 BCE)
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Ramses II
Definition
(1312-1279 BCE)
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Invasion of Kadesh/Treaty
Definition
(1304 BCE) Initiated by Ramses
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Paleolithic Age
Definition
(2.5 million years ago-10,000 BCE)
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Mesolithic Age
Definition
10,000-8,000 BCE
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Neolithic Revolution
Definition
Beginning of Sedentary lifestyles (8,000-3,000 BCE)
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Jarmo
Definition
Mesopotamian City founded around 4,000 BCE
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Formative Period (Mesopotamia)
Definition
(4,000 BCE) coincides with Jarmo
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Sumerians
Definition
(3500-2800 BCE)
Term
Akkadians
Definition
(2750-2230 BCE)
Term
Babylonians
Definition
(1800-1600 BCE)
Term
Indo-European Invasions (Mesopotamia)
Definition
(1800-1550 BCE)
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Assyrian Empire
Definition
(745-612 BCE)
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Chaldean Empire
Definition
(612-550 BCE)
Term
Persian Empire
Definition
(550-330 BCE)
Term
Sea Peoples
Definition
Philistines (1200-900 BCE)(Lived in Gaza)
Phoenicians (900-300 BCE)(spread civilized discoveries across Mediterranean)
Term
Harappa/Mohenjo-Daro
Definition
2500-2000 BCE in Indus River Valley
Term
Vedic Age/Aryan Migration
Definition
(1500-500 BCE)
Term
Mauryan Empire
Definition
(550-320 BCE)
Term
Gupta Empire
Definition
(320-550 A.D.) (Golden Age)
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Ashoka
Definition
(Mauryan) Emperor obsessed with ruthless expansion but eventually converted to Buddhisma dn became the most benevolent and religious emperors of India
Term
Nomes/Nomarchs
Definition
Province/Governor of Egypt
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Nebuchadnezzar
Definition
Chaldean King-->built the Hanging gardens and invaded Israel
Term
Hammurabi's Code
Definition
First set of laws
-eye for an eye
-Babylonian
Term
Satrap/Satrapes
Definition
Mesopotamian nome/nomarch
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Mandate of Heaven
Definition
-Chinese Emperor's right to rule, if he no longer was fit to rule (i.e. there was a famine or chaos) he had lost the Mandate of Heaven and they needed a new emperor
Term
Confucius
Definition
-Philosophical Teacher (551-479 BCE)
Term
Xia Dynasty
Definition
-Earliest known Chinese Dynasty
-2200-1800 BCE
-clan based
Term
Shang Dynasty
Definition
-(1800-1100 BCE)
-oracle bones
-kingship passed from brother to brother
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Zhou Dynasty
Definition
-1100-221 BCE (3rd Dynasty)
Term
Zoroastrianism
Definition
-Ethical Religion of Persia
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Sargon of Akkad
Definition
-World's first emperor (that is, an empire is a state that conquers other states and expands)
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