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9th Grade
12/14/2010

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Meroe
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Kushnite city, producer of iron
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Berbers
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Original peoples of African Saharan region, nomadic
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Mansa Musa
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King of Ancient Mali, responsible for development of Mali; trade, taxes, all good stuff. Most famous Sudanese
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Ibo
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The Things Fall Apart Tribe, believed in animism
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Tutankhamen
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Child Pharaoh, most famous for discovery of his burial chamber
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Akhenaton
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Pharoah who experimented with monotheism
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Ice Man
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Medieval hunter who's body was preserved; he was in a cave and a glacier ran over him- freezing him. Died by arrow
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Sumerians
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they were the builders of the first large cities, they brought Mesopotamia under united rule, they developed a sophisticated writing system, and they probably pioneered the use of the wheel for transportation
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Sargon the Great
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unified wide belt of land home to Mesopotamia to Egypt, Fertile crescent
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Babylonians
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Hammurabi. Successors to Sumeria. Also called Amorites. Cuneiform, Hammurabi’s code. Semetic people. Kept attacking city of Ur. Babylon was center of Amorites. Hirrians from the North pushed them out
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Hittites
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Turkey were first to learn to purify iron and use it effectively/ smelt iron
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Assyrians
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Semetic and nomadic. Chief town was Nineveh. Chief good was Assur. Conquered places by war, fierce and strong military with new ideas. Raped, slaved, and executed. Most feared conquerors in all of history
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Persians
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most powerful people of western Asia, first cavalry, mes was not main place of Persia. Local gov., tolerance for religion and custums
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Cyrus the Great
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unified all of persia
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Darius I
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uniform coinage, advanced law. Persia
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Herodotus
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father of history, wrote history of Persian wars. 1st greek historian
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Pheonicians
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Grandfathers of Med region, first to have colonies in med, trading colonies, controlled trade routes, home base was Levant. Most sophisticated alphabet (phenotic)
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Minoans/ Mycenaeans
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Minos- Mythical king of Crete. Knossos, led all Minoan towns. Myceneans- mainlanders who invaded Crete and destroyed; then rebuilt. Fell to Darians from North.
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Solon
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The first Athenian leader to share power, “Grandfather” of democracy
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 Pisistratus
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Seized power after Solon and created an assembly of citizens. Tried to install dynasty
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Cleisthenes
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considered to be the father of democracy; greatest organizer of public opinion
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Pericles
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Greatest statesman of Athens during the Classical Age
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Socrates
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First of three Athenian philosophers; encouraged questioning to find ideal truths; condemned to death for “corrupting” the youth of Athens
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Plato
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Documented and organized all of Socrates beliefs
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 Alexander the Great
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Father= King Phillip of Macedonia. Conspiracy to kill father, became young king. Defeated Darius III of Persia, expanded empire. Stopped in India because troops wouldn't go any farther. Died in Babylon a year later. HUGE AMBITIONS
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Aristotle
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Teacher of Alexander the Great
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Romulus and Remus
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Mythical twin brothers, founders of rome. Romulus killed Remus.
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Julius Caesar
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Named dictator for life. Was consul before. Used physical violence an political corruption. Gave money to everyone. Senate feared he wouldn’t return power and they assassinated him. Assassinated on Ides of March. 1st tirumverate
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 Augustus
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part of 2nd Triumverate- Octavian=Augustus. Pax Romana- 200 years of thriving peace. Augustus- best time for rome. He was Caesar’s adopted son.
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Persian Wars
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Athens victory. Darius 1 of Pesia went to war with them because Athens was supporting rebellions of Persian people. Lost in battle of marathon. 2nd Persian war, 10 years later- Athens won even better than before
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Peloponnesian Wars
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Civil war between the Greek city states, in which Sparta and her allies defeated the Delian League
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Punic Wars and Hannibal strength
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1st punic war- question of dominance in Sicily. Surrender of Sicily and Sardinia to Rome. 2nd Punic war- Clever Carthagian General = Hannibal- battle of Zamana- Rome victorious.
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 Animism
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belief in gods and worshiping in many ancestors
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Isolationism
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Great Zimbabwe. They were isolated from everyone else, minimal trade, no influential ideas or religions, no modern tech.
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Pastoralism
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mixed farming. Guys= heard cattle. Women= grow crops
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 Civilization and Culture (pre-historic unit)-
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civilization- a gathering of people that believe in at least one common goal. Culture- people who are similar/ similar beliefs, background, or traits
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Surplus, specialization
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surplus- having an excess amount of. Specialization- everyone isn’t just farming and finding food- time to explore other professions.
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Cultural Diffusion
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the rapid spread of information over a large area and through many people
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 Hellenism
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wanting to be like the Ancient Greeks. 3 kingdoms after Greece spilt up: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Seleucid Kingdom of Persia, Antigonid Kingdom. (Page 95 in textbook)
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Reason
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rather than just military might. Conscience though. Thinkng something through. First greek value. Myths, overcame geographical limitations, military tactics in Persian war- strategy vs military might.
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 Myths
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used to teach young values
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Harmony
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greek value. Greek democracy, peaceful, working together, shared power. Pelopenesian wars= lack of harmony
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Democracy
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ruled by people/voting
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 Monarchy
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1 person makes final decision
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 Oligarchy
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a few wealthy people/ many times landlords of farms
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Aristocracy
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born into leading families of nobles
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Moderation
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being within reasonable limits- not excessive or extreme. Parthenon. Greek value.
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Philosophy
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pursuit of knowledge “love of wisdom”
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Balance
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arranged a set to be more or less equal. 4th Greek value. Parthenon.
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Hubris
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extreme arrogance. Thinking you are better than someone else, above law or gods. Leads to anger, mistrust, irritation
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Golden Mean
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Moderation
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Gold Rule
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Mathmatical formula for perfection, proportion
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Power
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Romans liked it through architecture- developed dome and arches to greater the power of free standing structures/ multiple stories.
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Roman Republic
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res publica- a state without a monarch, ruled by a Senate and the citizens
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Strength
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Valued through architecture
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 Triumverate
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regime dominated by 3 powerful individuals. Ancient Rome. 1st
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1st Triumverate
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everyone was unhappy with senate so appointed J. Caes dictator for life (then killed him from fear of him taking over)
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2nd Triumverate
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Octavion, Lepidus, and Mark Antony; Octavian/ Augustus defeated Mark Antony in battle of Actrium
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Realism
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contrary to the Ancient Greeks, Roman’s liked stuff realistic. Art- had to be exactly precise and life like
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 Gluttony
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throwing away money and riches (ancient roman banquettes, lifestyles)
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Dialogues quote
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Plato's quotes
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 Funeral Oration
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Pericles. To young Athenian soldiers. HUBRIS. Reason, and Balance. We are better than Sparta.
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Delian League
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wanted to make alliance with Corinth. Athens and co.
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Peloponnesian/Sparta
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were afraid of this and didn’t like it- threatened.
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 Hellenistic Culture
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cynicism- absolute simplicity. Epicureanism- principal good of life was pleasure. Stoicism- unified humanity and hated social convention that separated human race
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Saharan Trade Routes
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Created because gold was discovered in the Senegal River. Connected western Sudan with North Africa. Muslims aided and built network of trade lines.
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Bantu Migration
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expanded to south and east by canoes on Congo river.- were in center of Africa at 400 CE. People moved south, good farmland but created population pressure. Had iron tools and sophisticated agriculture
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Polis
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City state
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Coliseum and Pantheon
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Arches, Domes, interior
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Parthenon
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Greek structure- showed 4 greek values of balance, moderation, harmony, and reason. Title- Discobolus- Artist- Myron- Material- marble – Time Period- Hellenistic
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Patrilineal
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From father, inheritance; want to be like father
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Things Fall Apart (chinua achebe)-
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Africa, Ibo People. Okonkwo, missionaries come and convert son Nwoye……
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 Hammurabi’s Code
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code of law “An Eye for An Eye. A tooth for a tooth”
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Cuneiform
Definition
wedged shaped characters on clay tablets
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Fall of Rome
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farm debts/ soldiers couldn’t pay. Unemployment, Grew incredibly quickly- structure of govt. collapsed. Disparity of wealth/ big spread. Social and political disorder. Slave revolts
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