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World History Unit 1
Chapters 1-4
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History
10th Grade
01/23/2011

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Neolithic Revolution
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Known as the Agricultural Revolution.

People in Mesopotamia found out how to farm.

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Cuneiform
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Early Sumerian form of writing consisting of pictures and symbols.
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Cultural Diffusion
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The spread of ideas or products from one culture to the next. 
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Abraham and the Jews
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Abraham was known as the "Father" of the Hebrew people and lived in Ur, Mesopotamia. 

God told Abraham to move his people to Canaan.

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Sumerians
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Lived in Mesopotamia, created a way of trade known as Bartering, and had temples known as a Ziggurat.
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Egyptians
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People who built the pyramids, had god-kings called "Pharohs", and they believed in eternal life.
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Assyrians
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A war-like people who had a highly advanced military organization. 
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Ninevah
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The Assyrian city built by King Sennacherib.

Lied along the Tigris River.

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Babylonians
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People who invaded Mesopotamia in 2000BC and established their capitol at Babylon along the Euphrates River.
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Hammurabi
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Babylonian King who wrote a set of laws: Hammurabi's Code.
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Aryans and the Hindus
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People who intermingled with people and developed a religion known as Hinduism.
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Cyrus the Great, King Darius and the Persians
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Cyrus was the persian's king in year 550 BC. 

He controlled an empire from the Indus River to the Anatolia.

 

King Darius seized the throne at 522 BC and he expanded the Persian Empire over 2,500 Miles.

 

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The Phoenicians and their Phonetic Alphabet
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The phoenicians created the alphabet. 

Produced Red Dye and Byblos

 

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Oracle Bones
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Bones or shells that told the future or fortune read from the formation of cracks.
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Heiroglyphics
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Pictures that represented words or events. Writing of ancient Egypt.
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Zoroaster
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A Persian prophet that lived in 600 BC
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Confucious
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China's most influential scholar & philosopher. Believed in Social order, Harmony, and Good Government.
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Legalism
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In which a ruler provides rich rewards who carried out their duties and people who had not would be punished.
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Harappa
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Good, Planned city in the Indus River Vally
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The Nile River
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River that the Egyptians worshipped and brought seasonal floods.
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Mummification
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Embalming the human body to preserve it for the afterlife.
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Zhou Dynasty and the Mandate of Heaven in China
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Zhou overthrew the Shang Dynasty and the the MoH was the Divine Approval from the Gods to be named King.
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Qin Dynasty
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Third Century BC. Dynasty in China that replaced the Zhou Dynasty.
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Ethical Monotheism
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Ethical monotheism is a term used to describe the belief in a God who guides humanity through ethical principles
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Feudalism
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Gave power to Royal Family members or Nobles to govern over certain areas.
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China's Dynastic Cycles
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Pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties.
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China's culture as it related to women and family
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Honored family, Women were to stay at home and raise their children.
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Hinduism
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Many religious beliefs put together over time. Believes in thousands of Gods.
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Reincarnation
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Reborn again and again until Moksha is achieved
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Filial Piety
Definition
A respect for the parents and ancestors
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Moksha
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A perfect state of understanding
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Nirvana
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Buddha's word for release from selfishness and pain
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Rosetta Stone
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Polished stone that french soldiers found inscribed with 3 languages. Greek, Hieroglyphics, and simpler hieroglyphics
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Vedas
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Hinduism's sacred text.
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Ziggurat
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A big Sumerian temple.
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