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shows physical features such as mountains, lakes, rivers, etc very detailed
doesnt show boundaries and cant give a broad overall view because of all the detail. |
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gives accurate direction and view of areas near the equator
distorts the size and shapes of land near the poles
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correct sizes and shaped of land masses
cuts out parts of the ocean
impossible to measure distances accurately
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correct sizes and shaped of land masses and ocean distorts regions along the edges
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correct areas of land masses and oceans
directions are also accurate
distorts the shapes of africa and south america
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king/ruler
noblemen/priests
governemnt officials/wealthy merchants
artisans/farmers
slaves/peasants |
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| spreading of ideas or technology |
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| acceptance of new ideas or technology |
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| traditional economy/barter economy |
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| production of what is needed to survive, such as food, clothing, tools; not much surplus |
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| buying and selling of goods; people decide what is produced based on what they want; whoever has the money decides who gets the product |
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| the government controls what goods are produced, how they are produced and who receives them |
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individuals make some decisions while the government makes others
for example, individual makes cars but government sets up regulations |
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| worship of more than one god |
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| form of government in which the people have supreme power |
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| form of government in which the people choose the leaders who represent them |
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| government in which one or a few persons hold power by force, usually military |
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| highly organized group of people with their own language and ways of living |
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| scientist who study objects left by early people |
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| people who lived by hunting and following game |
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| the skills and tools a people use |
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| provided way of communicating thoughts and feelings, knowledge, and history |
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| products of the human imagination which expressed the cultures values |
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| supplied answers to basic questions about he meaning and purpose of life |
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| provided for the peoples common needs such as keeping order and protection |
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| produced a supply of surplus foods which enabled people to specialize in their jobs |
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| belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group |
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| simple water hoist used to spread water from ditches and pods to crops |
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| energy produced by moving water |
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| grasslands supporting the majority of africans today |
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| rich soil deposits caused by flooding along the river |
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| ancient form of writing using pictures and symbols |
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| large waterfalls or rapids on rivers |
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| process of constant heavy rains dissolving and washing away soil nutrients |
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| the turning of semidesert land into desert |
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king of axium who conquered kush in ad 330
christian ruler |
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| sun god and chief among the gods on ancient egypt |
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| prolonged periods of little or no rainfall |
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| area between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn |
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| what area means "desert" and is larger than continental us? |
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| large landmass that juts out from a continent |
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| a piece of land that juts out and is surrounded by water on three sides |
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| Fine soft wool obtained from the Kashmir goat |
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| Rough fiber made from the stems of a tropical Old World plant, used for making twine, rope, matting, etc. |
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| seasonal wind that dominates the climate of south asia |
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| regional version of a language with its own words, expressions and pronunciations |
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| determine the meaning of something written in code |
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| nomadic and warlike people from the region of the Caucasus Mountains who migrated into the Indus Valley and overran their towns and cities |
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| hereditary aryan chiefs who ruled the villages |
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| four classes into which the aryans divided people |
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| priests, or highest social class of Aryan society |
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| the essential self of each person and also the universal soul |
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| rebirth of the soul in various forms |
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| hindu law which holds that every deed in this life affects a person's future life |
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| duties and obligations of a caste |
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| sacred texts of hindu belief, containing eternal truths |
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sacred texts of hindu belief, containing explanations of eternal truths
The essential self or the vital essence in humans is the same as that in an ant, the same as that in a gnat, the same as that in an elephant . . . indeed the same as that in the whole universe |
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| the condition of wanting nothing |
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| where is the great rift valley? |
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| middle of africa, west of the equator |
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| on the equator, east of lake victoria |
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| northern africa, at the top of the nile river |
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| where is the sahara desert? |
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| just below tropic of cancer, west of the nile |
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| south east of meroe, east of the nile |
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| where is the indus valley civilizations? |
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| west tip of india at bottom of the indus river |
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north east of india
limited northward expansion of the great empires (aurya, gupta, and mughal |
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| where are the hindu kush mountains? |
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| where is the deccan plateau? |
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| where is the thar desert? |
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| where is the indo-gangetic plain? |
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| middle on india in the middle of the indus river |
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| where is the indus river? |
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| the river the runs only a little bit in northern india |
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| where is the brahmaputra river? |
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| makes a question mark ending in the middle of the gulf |
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| where is the ganges river? |
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| makes a heart with brahmaputra river |
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| what is the area where buddhism originated? |
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| easter india middle of ganges river |
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| along the rivers and coast |
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| all of india and half of the other part |
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3 main gods: brahma, vishnu and siva
unity of all life
reincarnation
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vedas and upanishads |
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founded by siddhartha
4 noble truths:suffering is universal; cause of suffering is desire; to end suffering, end desire; to end desire, follow the noble truth
eightfold path: understanding cause of suffering, campasion for all creatures, kidness, truthfulness
nirvana possible |
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stressed monastic life
respected buddha as a teacher |
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| worshipped buddha as a god |
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founded by mahavira
emphasized non-violence (ahimsa)
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| just below the curve of the indus river |
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| where was the source of both the hun and mongol invasions of south asia? |
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| where was the muslim capitol in 1200ad? |
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| which direction do the summer monsoons move? |
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| northeast from the arabian sea and the indian ocean |
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| What are the winter monsoons like? |
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| progressive leader who encouraged unity and tolerance among diverse faiths in india |
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| muslin sultan who built colleges, dams and and reservoirs, hospitals and towns |
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| ambitious warrior who united the north by recalling the past glory of the maurya empire |
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| head of the mongol army that invaded india in 1526 |
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| loved beauty and spent heavily to memorialize it |
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| Bhagavad-gita, on the law of dharma |
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| it is better to do ones own duty badly, than to do another duty well |
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progressive leader who encouraged unity and tolerance among diverse faiths in india
who said "If men walk in the way of God's will, interference of them would be unfair." |
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| Three Baskets of Wisdom, teachings of Buddha |
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| “When the gods divided the Man, into how many parts did they divide him? What was his mouth, what were his arms, What were his thighs and his feet called? The Brahman was his mouth, of his arms was made the warrior, His thighs became the Vaisya, of his feet the Sudra was born.” |
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| what hampered the archaeologists exploration in the indus valley? |
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| high level of ground water |
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| chinese philosopher, founder of daoism |
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| chinese legalist writer who believed that people acted out of selfinterest |
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| the first emperor of china, united china after zhou were overthrown |
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| leader of chinese communists |
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| one of chinas best knows poets that lived turing the tang dynasty |
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| yellow brown soil that winds carry across the north china plain into the yellow river |
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most serious peasant uprising in 1851
wanted to introduce modern technology to china lasted 14 yrs |
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| local lords ruled the land but they were bound to higher lords and to the emperor bu ties of loyalty |
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| the rise and fall of ruling societies |
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| the duty and respect that children owe their parents |
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| early inhabitants of northern japan who were excluded from japanese society |
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| became location of emperor’s court in 795, the present-day Kyoto |
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| a set of written symbols that represent syllables |
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| religious tradition that stresses the presence of spirits in everything from plants and animals to rocks and mountains |
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| a ritual suicide samurais did ifthey brought dishonor to their family or lord |
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| clan that set up japans first and only ruling dynasty |
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| semt japanese nobles to china to learn government, art, literature, science and philosophy in 1607 |
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| family that ruled Japan from 200 years beginning in the 800’s |
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| strong military figure, became shogun in 1192 |
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| general who in 1590 brought all of Japan under his control |
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| a poor peasant who helped drive out the mongols from Beijing and began the Ming dynasty |
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| What clan set up Japans first and only ruling dynasty? |
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| wealthy chinese landowners who hand been educated in the confucian classics |
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| the symbol that expresses and idea |
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| What foreign religion was introduced to china? |
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| what region of china, once known as manchuria, is sparsely populated because of its cold climate, and the chinese government offers special rewards to attract people to it? |
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| legalist school of thought |
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| What is the biggest and most populated island in Japan? |
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| How did shoguns keep the daimyo in line? |
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| keeping their wives and children as permanent hostages in Edo to guarantee good behavior |
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| the grassy plains that stretch from Argentina to Uruguay |
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| strong local traditions that divide people within a country or region |
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| hot land located nearest to sea level |
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| temperate land that includes areas located above 3000 fee |
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| cold land that is at least 6000 feet above sea level |
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| people of mixed European and Native American ancestry |
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| the Spanish word for corn |
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| a knotted string used to keep records and accounts of such things as the size of a harvest |
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| conquered the Aztec Empire |
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| conquered the Inca Empire |
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| an official who rules in place of a king |
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| councils that govern towns and their surrounding lands |
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| the idea that a country’s strength depended on increasing its gold supply by exporting more goods that it imported |
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| his crew was the first to sail around the world |
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| told the Spanish people of the cruelty inflicted on slaves of Latin America |
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| an official sent from Spain to rule the colonies; may also be a viceroy |
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| American-born descendents of Spanish settlers who were as powerful as peninsulars but seldom were promoted. |
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| Indians or mestizos who were forced to work for someone else in order to pay off a debt |
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| self-educated former slave who helped to give independence to Haiti |
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| was known as “The Liberator” for his work liberating Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru |
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| helped fight for freedom in Argentina |
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| military leaders who seized power and ruled as dictators |
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| a type of government where a small elite has ruling power |
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| a fertile desert area that has enough water to support plant and animal life |
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| a huge, many tiered temple |
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| people who kept the temple records |
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| writing on clay tablets using sharpened reeds |
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| a governor over a province that was responsible for collecting taxes and for keeping order |
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| a savior choses by god that would deliver the jews from foreign rule and restore the kingdom of Israel |
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| short stories with moral lessons |
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| a person who suffers or dies for his or her beliefs |
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| father of the catholic church |
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| the migration of muhammad and his followers from mecca to medina |
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| the successor to the prophet |
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| a territory administered but not owned by a member of the league of nations |
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| a government run by a small, privileged upper class |
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| a government that all citizens participated in directly rather than through elected representatives |
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| a question and answer method that made you disregard any unsubstantiated beliefs |
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| wealthy landowners who controlled the government |
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| the common people; had no voice in government |
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| an estate granted to a powerful lord |
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| peasants who are tied to the lords land |
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| included a village and the surrounding lands administered by a lord |
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| the seven sacred rites administered by the catholic church |
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| a written document guaranteeing certain rights to town dwellers |
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| perhaps the greatest of all the greek thinkers |
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| the most brilliant and powerful roman military leader |
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| a skillful general who reunited much of the western roman empire in about 800 |
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| described ideal government in the republic |
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| created a system of logic |
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| studied wit aristotle and helped spread greek culture |
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