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BJU History of Civ. 6a & App. 4, 7, 8, 10
Civ. 6a & App. 4, 7, 8, 10
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476
Definition
Fall of Western Roman Empire
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1453
Definition
Ottoman Turks defeat Constantinople
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622
Definition
Hegira (Muhammad and followers flee from Mecca to Medina)
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732
Definition
Battle of Pointers (France defeats the Arabs)
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1054
Definition
The Great Schism (of the church)
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Theodoric
Definition
Ostrogoths, king, reigned with approval of Constantenople, the people, and the church
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Justinian
Definition
Emperor, reigned when the Empire was at it's peak
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Cyril
Definition
missionary to Moravians (Slavs) developed alphabet
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Methodius
Definition
missionary to Moravians (Slavs) developed alphabet
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Heraclius
Definition
emperor, defeated Persian Sassanids, lost to Muslim invasions
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Leo III
Definition
repelled Arabs, iconoclasm
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Battle of Manzikert
Definition
Seljuk Turks vs. Byzantines. Turks win
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Ka'ba
Definition
shrine in Mecca
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ulema
Definition
scholarly elite, opinions on Muslim law in society
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caliphate
Definition
line of succession to Muhammad
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Umayyad Dynasty
Definition
Muslim, Damascus
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Abbasid Dynasty
Definition
Muslim, Baghdad
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Cordoba
Definition
capital of Muslim Spain
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Al-razi (Rhazes)
Definition
Baghdad physician
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Ibn-Sina (Avicenna)
Definition
philosopher and physician
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Ibn Rushd (Avveroes)
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Islamic authority on Aristotle
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Moses Maimonides
Definition
Jewish scholar
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Benedict
Definition
founded a monastery and wrote a book
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Leo I
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"pontifex maximus" supreme priest, wanted exclusive jurisdiction over Western church
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Gregory I, "the Great"
Definition
independent peace treaty with the Lombards
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Mauryan
Definition
first Indian empire, spread Budhism
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Chandragupta Maurya
Definition
Mauryan founder (India)
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Ashoka
Definition
Indian emperor, greatest of the Mauryans, converted to Buddhism, model king
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Mahabharata
Definition
work in Sanscrit about the moral law
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Bhagavad Gita
Definition
"Song of the Blessed lord" religious text in the Mahabharata
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Seleucids
Definition
Greek people in India
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Indo-Greeks of Bactria
Definition
Indians influenced by Greeks, broke away from Seleucids
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steppe peoples
Definition
nomads, tribal people
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Parthians
Definition
steppe people
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Sakas
Definition
defeated Indo-Greeks
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Kushans
Definition
defeated Sakas
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Sidhartha Gautama
Definition
the Buddha
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samsara
Definition
reincarnation
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karma
Definition
action, unchangeable cause and effect
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Gupta
Definition
"classical" India, golden age
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Chandragupta
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1st Gupta king
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Chandragupta II
Definition
made India civilized and peaceful "golden age"
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Kalidasa
Definition
'Shakespeare' of Sanskrit
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jatis
Definition
subgroups of castes
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varnas
Definition
castes
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Mahayana
Definition
"Great Vehicle [of salvation]"
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Theravada
Definition
"Way of the Elders" monastic ideal
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bodhisattva
Definition
"Buddha-to-be" postpones his own nirvanah till he las helped others to be enlightened
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Shang dynasty
Definition
yellow river
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Zhou dynasty
Definition
on yellow river, taxation
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Qin Dynasty
Definition
first Chinese Empire, began the Great Wall
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Shi Huang Di
Definition
first empire, Qin
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Li Si
Definition
legalist minister, Qin
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"Mandate of Heaven"
Definition
divine authority to rule
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terra cotta soldiers
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Qin dynasty
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Han Dynasty
Definition
after Qin
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Wudi
Definition
martial emperor, Han
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Xiongnu
Definition
confederation of nomads
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Sima Qian
Definition
historian "Historical Records", Han
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Ban Gu
Definition
"The Book of the Han" Historian
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Sui Dynasty
Definition
Sui Wendi- ruler, short dynasty, after Han
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Tang Dynasty
Definition
after Sui, after Han
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Whu Zhao
Definition
female emperor, Tang
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Maitreya
Definition
Buddhist sect, future Buddha would make earth a paradise
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Amitabha Buddha
Definition
Buddhist sect, any who called on Amitabha could be saved
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Zen
Definition
Buddhist sect, meditation and physical labor for enlightenment
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Li Bo
Definition
poet, wrote 20000 poems, Tang
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Du Fu
Definition
poet, compassion for human suffering, Tang
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Song Dynasty
Definition
after Tang
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Sima Guang
Definition
"A Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government" historian, Song
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Zhu Xi
Definition
created Neo-Confucianism, Song
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Su Dungpo
Definition
poet, Song
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Yuan dynasty
Definition
Mongol, after Song
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Genghis Khan
Definition
founder of Mongol Empire, Yuan
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Kublai Khan
Definition
ruled China, Yuan
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Marco Polo
Definition
venetian traveler
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