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Foundations of Civ: Mesopotamia through the Greeks
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History
Undergraduate 1
09/27/2008

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culture
Definition
anything that makes up society and involves people
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civilization
Definition
large numbers of people characterized by the practice of agriculture and settlement in cities.
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past
Definition
what happened
(chaotic, disorganized, chaotic)
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history
Definition
human attempt to reconstruct and understand the past and what it means
(reading and interpreting documents)
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greek dating
Definition
olympics, every four years
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roman dating
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Romulus and Remus - founding of Rome
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muslim dating
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Mohammad's flight
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christian dating
Definition
birth of christ, AD & BC
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cyclical view
Definition
history repeats itself
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linear view
Definition
everything is going towards something in the future, purpose driven
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