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World History
Chapter 4
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History
10th Grade
05/29/2009

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The Philipics
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Is a series of speeches known as the athenian statesman Demosthenes portrayed Philip as addicted to power. Chapter 4 Page 123
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Olympias first and second strike
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First strike against her was her semibarbaric status; Second strike against her was she was overly sensitive to ant slight to her honor and fiercely determined to avenge ant such slight. Chapter 4 Page 123
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The Hellenistic kingdoms
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Alexander in his death bed told them to leave his empire to the strongest. Chapter 4 page 126
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Statue of a Boxer
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One of the facorite subjects of Hellenistic art was the human figure in the throes of intense physical exertion or pain. Chapter 4 page 129
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The early republic
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Patricians and the Plebeians Chapter 4 page 131
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The Patricians
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Were a hereditary aristocracy that accepted high civic responsibility. Chapter 4 page 131
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The Plebeians
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Comprised the great mass of the free population, famers, shepherds, poverty. Chapter 4 page 131
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Bronze She-wolf
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Represent the most famous city symbol ever devised. Mother of Romulus and Remus.Chapter 4 page 131
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Chandragupta Maurya
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An Indian who drove out the remaining Greek forces. chapter 4 page 145
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Arthasatra
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A book reputedly write by Kautilya who some think was the real archittect of the Mauryan Empire. Chapter 4 page 146
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The Empire of Asoka
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Askoa expanded the empire he inheritedso that all the Indian subcontient except the southern tip were incorporated into one administration. Chapter 4 page 150
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Bhagavad-Gita
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A lofty philosophical poem throught which which hindus have since learned lessons about morality and reigious law. Chapter 4 page 152
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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late prime minister of India. Described the confusing state of India after the collapse of the Mauryan Empire in 185 BCE. Chapter 4 page 153
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The Flying Horse of Kansu
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The Han Government waged wars, used diplomacy, and traded to obtain these fast horses bred in central Asia. Chinese prized in these "blood-sweating" horse. Chapter 4 page 157
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The Silk Road
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That connected the Chinese and Roman Empires and the lands in between began in the Han capital and proceeded westward to Tunhuang. Chapter 4 page 164
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Tung Chung-shu (c. 179-c. 104 BCE)
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Was largely responsible for crreating an examination system that became the institutional basis of Confucianism as the state ideology. Chapter 4 page 166
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