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Sargon
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Was a well known King of Akkadin, established dynasty far and vast his family will rule for centries.
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Neolithic Revolution
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Revolution is the term for the first agricultural revolution, describing the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture
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Yu the Great
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He dredged channels of the yellow river, allowing the flood watersto flow to the sea and solving the problem of recurring floods.After he died he was so loved that the man he had picked to succeed him was set aside and his son was put on the thrown.
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Mandate of Heven
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A theory of rule originated by the Chou dynasty in China, enphasizing the connection between an imperial governments rectitude and its right to govern.
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Khufu
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was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom. He is generally accepted as being the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing.
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Hyksos
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People that invaded the Nile delta in Egypt and ruled it during the second intermediate period around 1600 BCE
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Thutmose III
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was the sixth Pharaoh He was responsible for building over fifty temples in Egypt and building massive additions to Egypt's chief temple at Karnak. He ruled for almost 54 years
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Hammurabi
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king of Babylon, Hammurabi is known for the set of laws called Hammurabi's code, one of the first written codes of law in recorded history. Although his empire controlled all of Mesopotamia by the time of his death, his successors were unable to maintain his empire.
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Gilgamesh
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One of the earlist epics in world literature, originating in prehistoric Mesopotamia.
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Amenhotep IV / Akhnaton
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was most notable for his innovatons in religion. he only reconized himself and the Solar Disk.
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Sophists
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Wandering scholars and professional teachers in ancient Greece who stressed the importance of rhetoric and tended toward skepticism and relativism.
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Socrates
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was an ancient Greek philosopher who is widely credited for laying the foundation for Western philosophy Socrates was tried on capital charges of antheism and corruption of yourng people . He stoutly refuses to shop his questioning, and was sentenced to death.
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Aristotle
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was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato but rejected plato’s idea’s and teacher of Alexander the Great. He insisted on Logic and observation. Aristotle was one of the most influential of the ancient Greek philosophers
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Gautama Buddha
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Was a prince that left all the meterial possessions, to be a panhandler and to try to find enlightment. He Finds a tree and meditates. He develops followers and becomes a precher.
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Four Noble Truths
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The bbddha's docterine on human fate.
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Analects
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The body of writing containing conversations between Confussion students that preserved his worldly wisdom and pragmatic philosophies.
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Heinrich Schliemann
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was a German treasure hunter, an advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer, and an important excavator
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Dorian Invasion
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Legendary barbaric invaders of Mycenaean Greece in about 1200 BCE The Dorian invasion corresponded with the start of the Iron Age in Greece, but despite the introduction of this superior metal, culture as a whole declined in Greece as a result of the Dorian invasion.
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Homer
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was a legendary early Greek poet traditionally credited with the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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Solon
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(Greek) Ruler of Athens / canceled all farmer debt. Came to power as a result of aguculture crists he anounces that slaves are free drvided Athens into 4 classes / top 3 classes can hold office people will come devided.
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Pisistratus
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Ruled Greece as a Tyrant, He was in charge for a long time. He encourages trade, building temples. Athens grows in wealth and power. People had better standard of living. Gives people greater voice in government.
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Pericles
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Takes power in Greece and will use the power of the courts to break up the council of the 500. He was the first citizen of Athens"Pericles promoted the arts and literature; this was a chief reason Athens holds the reputation of being the educational and cultural centre of the ancient Greek world
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Darius
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He was the King of Persia, he managed to build it up. He was the father of Xerxes who would also be king.
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Xerxes
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King of Persia, Who learned from the mistakes of his father. He was the leader of Persia during the Thermohylae war.
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Thermopylae War
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Was a battle between Greece and Persia, Persia is victorias in the end, because a Geek trador told the Persians how to get around the Geek army at the pass.
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Delian League
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confederation of Greek city-states under the leadership of Athens.All the members were given equal vote in a council established in the temple of Apollo at Delos, a politically neutral island, where the league's treasury was kept.
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Peloponnesian War
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The Great Civil war between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies in ancient Greece. fought between 429-404 and eventually won by Sparta.
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Phillip of Macedon
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He was king in Greece, he killed people in his own family to get to the thrown. He was the father of Alexander the Great. He was killed by a guy lover.
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Alexander the Great
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King in Greece and one the most sucessful military comanders in history. He traveled the world concering different countries. He died at the age of 33 years old
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Han Kao-Tsu
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Empirer in the Han Dynasty He was the first commerer to be on the thrown. He ends harshness and gains loyatly of the people , lowers taxes, reforms legal code.
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Empress Lu
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She rules for 15 years after the death of her husband. Her son is to rule, but she has a presents and lets her ideas known to him.
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Emperor Wu the Martial
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Emperor came to the throne at the age of sixteen. He carried out a series of reforms, devoted himself to military conquests and territorial expansion and that's why people call him Emperor Wu. He ordered construstion of the Great Wall
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Silk Road
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Trade on the Silk Route was a significant factor in the development of the great civilizations of China, Mesopotamia, Persia, India and Rome, and helped to lay the foundations for the modern world
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Tung Chung-Shu
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was a Chinese man of letters best known for his work in formulating a mode of thought which was to become known, somewhat loosely, as Confucianism.
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Etruscans
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are people in the North of Italy, in time they dominate the Greeks to the South and the Peninsula.
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Battle of Actium
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was a naval battle of the Roman Civil War between Mark Antony and Octavian (Caesar Augustus). It was fought on September 2, 31 BC, near the Roman colony of Actium
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Octavian / Augustus
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Ceasar Augustus he rules for 45 years. He reform the Roman gov. They will last 200 years. He was thought to be a hero.
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Tiberius
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was the solider step son of Augustus. He was paranoid about senate they did not like him. He would not make decisions or vote to help the senate
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Constantine
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is best known for being the first Roman Emperor to embrace Christianity
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Edward Gibbon
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was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.
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Patterfamily
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- Power of the father, the father was the boss. He could sell children into slavery. If his wife cheats he can kill her.
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Bread and Circuses
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with Ceaser Augustus the city of Rome gave bread, wine and oil free to the citizens provided them with food and entertainment
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Herod
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Was a Jew king He built a new port city and rebuilt the temple of Solomen. In the later part of his rain he was concerned who would be king
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Pharisees
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are Jews that are mainly of variable social classes and occupations believe in the law. The believed in prayer, fasting and ritual purity.
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Sadducees-
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exclusive conservative families’ accommodation and peaceful coexistence
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Zealots
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Revolutionary over throw of Roamans went to establish a free notion based on religion they are fundamental (very strict) open revolt in 66 CE.
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Clovis
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is the first Merovingian king, he was able and a take charge guy. A king of conquest more land under the Frankish law. He was converted to Christianity and so were his people. He took part in Holy Wars
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Leo III
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He was the Pope that put a crown on the head of Charlemagne and kneeled in front of him. He did this in order to get Charlemagne to listen to him. It does not work and Charlemagne ignores him.
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Benedict of Nursia
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He wrote the Benedict Rule, it was a set of guidelines for the people to follow it was based on study and prayer.
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