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Chapter 2 Empires of the Anchient World
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Medieval Studies
7th Grade
09/08/2010

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Commerce:
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Trade or the buying and selling of goods, on a large scale
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Province:
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in the Anchient Roman Empire, any of the lands outside of Italy conquered and ruled by the Romans
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Barbarian:
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in the Anchient Roman Empire, people living amoung the Empires borders; a person considered by another group to have a primitive culture
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Dynasty:
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A succession of rulers from the same family or line
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Empire:
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a politicle unit often made up of a number of territories, states, or nations, ruled by a single supreme authority
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Buffer Zone:
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an area where there is more inforcements such as the army covering areas around the capital
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Huns:
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Hostile Barbarians who invaded much of Weastern Rome destroying everything in there path; also from Asia
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Mosaic:
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a picture or design made from small pieces of glass or quartz embbeded in plaster
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Rome:
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Capital of Roman Empire
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Constantine:
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Roman Emperor 306-337 made the city constantinople
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Octavian:
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Roman Emperor ended power stuggles and expanded empire in Rome
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Byzantium Empire:
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The name of the eastern roman empire when the Roman empire was split in two Western: Roman empire Eastern: Byzantium empire
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constantinople:
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The capital of the Byzantium empire
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476:
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The Roman empire falls
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Silk Road:
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a massive trade route going from China all the way to england
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Justinian Codes:
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1,600 books and 4,652 laws
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Diocletian:
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Roman Emperor
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Theodiosius 1:
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the great Roman general and emperor
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Gupta Empire:
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Located in india one of the most succesfull empires
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Kalidasa:
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One of the greatest poets of gupta india
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