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| A government run by religious leaders |
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| Form of Government in which the people elect the leaders |
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| city-state where democracy began |
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| the Greek thinker who developed philosophy |
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| A time period that refers to a period of growth and prosperity of a place. This particular term usually refers to Greece. |
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| These massive structures were built as tombs for the pharaoh |
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| the first form of writing |
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| the civlization that developed the first form of writing |
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| this 'revolution' began when people began to farm rather than hunt and gather food. |
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| the Egyptian form of writing |
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| a Hindu Holy book which was developed centuries after the Aryan invasions in India. |
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| the basic social unit in China according to the teachings of Confucius |
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| Chinese Muslim admiral who captained 7 voyages which spread Chinese culture and power. |
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| It was a waste of resources (money) |
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| The primary reason the Chinese stopped exploring unknown lands |
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| this invention made the spread of knowledge very simple and easy. |
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| war-like Greek city state |
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| Father of Alexander the Great who conquered Greece |
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| Macedonian General who conquered most of the known world in 13 years. |
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| term for the combination of Greek, Persian, and Indian cultures created by alexander the Great |
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| these are the areas where the first civilizations began |
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| Fertile Crescent or Mesopotamia |
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| this is the land in modern day Iraq that is between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
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| term for wealthy people who pay artists during the Renaissance |
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| the wealthy family found in Florence who began paying artists high wages and unwittingly began the Renaissance. |
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| A man who is able to write, draw, sing, dance, play sports well, and who is also well-educated |
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| painter of the Mona Lisa and the world's best example of a Renaissance Man. |
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| a knights code of conduct |
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| a social system in which lords are granted land by kings. |
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| the Series of wars fought between Christians and Muslims in an effort to retake the holy land of Jerusalem. |
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| African king whose Hajj to Mecca illustrated the extreme wealth of West Africa |
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| a Muslim's code of spiritual conduct |
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| the Islamic Legal system which governs business, personal affairs, and societal norms. |
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| the Persian monotheistic faith which created the ideas of Satan, Hell, Angels, and heaven. |
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| the 27 year war fought between Athens and Sparta |
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| the governing body of the Roman Republic |
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| the First Emperor of Rome |
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| Roman leader who was assassinated in the Roman Senate in 44 BC |
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| the 200 year period of Peace within the Roman Empire |
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| the spiritual founder of Christianity who was executed by the Romans. |
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| the primary prophet of Islam |
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| the two primary divisions of Islam |
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| he nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg Catholic church in protest of corruption. |
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| this sect of Islam believes that their leaders must be descendants of Muhammad. |
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| the trading network that connected Europe with Asia was known as this |
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| he was the first European to set foot in what is today the Caribbean |
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| the primary crop which required the use of slave labor |
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| this group of people developed the alphabet which was adopted by the Greeks, Romans, and even the English. |
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| this trading vessel was capable of sailing against the wind. |
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| this is the alphabet used in Russia and many eastern European nations |
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| Reformation leader who taught the idea of predestination. |
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| the idea that god has determined your place in eternity before you are born. |
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