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| Believing that your culture is better |
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| A way to categorize history |
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| Spreading out other cultures |
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| Mountain range of the early Indian civilization that also made barriers for the early Indian civilization |
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| One of the major rivers of the early Indian Civilization |
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| Two of the largest cities in the early Indian civilization |
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| How the Indus people broke up their society. Social classes |
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| The earliest Chines dynasty. 2205-1766 |
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| The final destination where everyone wants to end up |
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| 1st to be dated with written records |
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| longest Chinese dynasty 1122 BCE-221. Had 2 capitals |
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| Bones that had written scriptures on them and the priests read them to give you an answer |
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| Something that the Shang did as part of their religion |
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| A cycle that the philosophers realized that the same thing happens with the long lasting dynasty |
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| Reasons for Revolution in thought and religion |
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| Religion is a belief and a philosophy. It is something that someone said to make you believe. |
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| Something that all revolutions abide by |
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| Rewarded for what you do good and punished for what you do bad |
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| You are not rewarded for what you do right but you are punished for what you do wrong |
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| Neither rewarded or punished for anything you do |
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| 3 men (Confucius, Buddha and Laozi) tested the vinegars. Confucius thought it was sour and life was full of bad things. Buddha - bitter tasting and life full of painful desires and Laozi - vinegar good and life was full of great desires |
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| Main faith of the time period. Founder of Buddhism was Siddharta Gautama. He leaves his capital and gives up stuff. "Great Reincarnation" |
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| Dwarf of ignorance, ignorance of the gods is evil. |
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| Started by Siddharta Gautama. Started as a philosophy then later became a religion |
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| If we worship God he will help us if we have the right attitude |
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| Jews were held captive in Babylon until the Persians came to save them |
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| Gov't was an oligarchy. Wealth was based on trade and land. High level of trade and cultural diffusion |
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| Military controlled government to control the Helots. It had 2 kings and a council of elders. |
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| Ruler was Phililip II. His goal was to conquer Persia but he was assasinated. So Alexander the Great took over. Alexander's teacher was Aristotle |
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| One who comes to power unconventially |
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| War against the Persian's and the Roman's for conquering their land |
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| Imitate the Greeks Culture, Literature |
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| A very large empire that was one of the most powerful. |
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| Initiated the Greek Empire but a member of Achaemendid. Dynasty/Ruler of Persians from 521-486 BCE |
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| Persian religion, some consider it to be a "Precursor" to monothesim |
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| Great Greek philosopher, possibly the wisest sage of all. Rejects democracy for Athens, distrusted lower classes, only intellectuals shall participate in gov't. The "Republic" ideal society and government was 3 classes: (i) Philosophers/Kings to rule, (ii) Warriors to protect and (iii) Masses - people driven by desire not wisdom or courage. Plato - a student of Socrates, opened up the "Academy" |
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| Person - initially the ruler of the kingdom of Maghada the capital in Patalliputra |
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| Also means Kautilya which is the advisor to Maurya. Advises them how to rule. |
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| Mandala means enemy is my friend. Two rules: (i) rule actively and (ii) rule for what people want |
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| Rock edicts, attempt to spread Buddhism. One of the greatest Indian rulers, tried to increase popularity of Buddhism in India |
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| African region in the northeastern Niger know for iron-smelting and terra cotta sculptures. Polytheistic |
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| Near the Nile between Egypt and Sudan. Capital was Meroe. Traded with Egypt. Polytheistic |
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| Enclosed civilization in Zimbabwe. One of the most advanced civilizations of that time. Bantu migration led to their development |
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| Some who wrote a famous primary source? |
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| The language the Africans spoke |
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| Source Problems in studying Africa |
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| Alot of the history n Africa as passed down through dance, oral traditions, and music so there are not many written records |
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| Major migration of a single large group. Mostly cereal farmers. |
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| Calls for of official toleration of Christianity |
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| Attempt to spread Buddhism |
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| mini works cited in your paper |
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| Bibliography on a subject and you get different parts of information and info from different websites |
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| Emerged from the power vaccum with all the power. First emperor was Gin Shi Hugandi |
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| Founded by Han Tu. Made the Silk Road. Had gov't monopolies, set up equal level granieries, taxed merchants, built a canal that connected a major trade route. |
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| A debate between the government and the people about government issues |
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| Mahayana/Theravada Buddhism |
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| Mahayana was the called the Great Vehicle, which means you should help others who are tyring |
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| No power in the dynasty. Without centralizing power ultimately a dynasty will lose its control |
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| Founder is Sui Wendi. Made the Grand Canal that linked the Yellow and Yangste River, Well field system |
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| A very large territory. Threats were Tibetans, Turks and Mongols. 4 tier protection. 1. Send out troops, 2. Nomads vs Nomads (Mandala Theory), 3. Station Troops on Frontier Borders, 4. Tributaries |
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| Military commander, establishes a military overthrow. Creates Tang dynasty |
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| Nomadic warriors organized in tribes. Leader was Genghis Khan |
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| Seventeen article constitution |
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| Part of Japan that was founded by Uji Family |
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| When the gov't is working as a whole and power is equal |
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| Where the emperor has to give out land in return for protection |
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| Master of the sword and bow |
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| Started the reincarnation effort from 1185-1333 |
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| Civil War that contained the local lords fighting each other |
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| Peace throughout the Chinese Empire |
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| Large group in China. New class of civil servants. Gov't workers. In order to be Mandarin you had to pass a test. Wealthy most likely to be civil servants |
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