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| period of time before writing, cities, governments and inventions |
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| study of the way of life of early peoples |
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objects made by people
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| skills and tools people use to meet basic needs |
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| a person who studies how people lived in the past |
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| the study of people, their environments and the resources available to them |
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| measures distance north and south of the equator |
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| measures distance east and west of the Prime Meridian |
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| Paleolithic people who moved from place to place following herds and ripening fruit |
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| thick sheets of ice spread across parts of Asia, Europe and North America |
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| a system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials |
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| a skilled craft worker who made pottery, woven goods, etc... |
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| simple drawings to show words and idea represented |
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| trained people who could read and write |
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| a political unit that included a city and surrounding lands and villages |
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| a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler |
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| sparse, dry grasslands with little fertile land |
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| spread of ideas, customs and technologies from one people to another |
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| Egyptian ruler who claimed divine support for their rule |
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| law dealing with private rights such as contracts, marriages and taxes |
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| a chief minister to supervise the business of government under a pharaoh |
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| Egyptian preservation of the dead |
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| picture writing developed by the Egyptians |
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| simpler form of Egyptian writing for everyday use |
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| a paper like writing material made from a plant |
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| pyramid-temples in Sumeria |
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| Sumerian system of writing |
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| provinces in the Persian empire, each headed by a governor |
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| exhanging one set of goods or services for another |
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| territory settled and ruled by a people in a distant land |
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| a biding promis; God made a covenant with Abraham that he would give Abraham the "Promised Land" |
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| in Jewish history, a spiritual leader to told God's will to the people |
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| moral standards of behavior |
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| a scattering of people; Jews were forced to leave their homeland and scattered all over the world |
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| a large landmass that juts out from a continent |
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| a large landmass that juts out from a continent |
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| a seasonal wind that affects agriculture |
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| In India, social groups into which a person is born and cannot change |
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| Hinduism: a single spiritual force that resides in all living things |
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| India: people who devote their lives to seeking spiritual truth |
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| China: fine yellow soil that blew and clogged river beds, causing flooding |
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| groups of families that claimed a common ancestor |
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| groups of families that claimed a common ancestor |
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| groups of families that claimed a common ancestor |
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| China: signs that express thoughts and ideas |
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| China: animal bones or turtle shells used by priests to predict the future |
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| China: fine handwriting that was like an art form |
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| China: the rise and fall of ruling families or dynasties |
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| China: system of government in which local lords governed lands and owed military service to ruler |
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| Hinduism: the essential self or soul |
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| Hinduism and Buddhism: rebirth into another life form |
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| Hinduism: all actions of a person's life that affect his fate in the next life |
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| Hinduism: moral and religious duties |
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| Hinduism: moral and religious duties |
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| Hinduism and Buddhism: non violence |
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| Buddhism:the final goal of Buddhism, union with the universe and release from the cycle of rebirth |
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| parents, children, grandchildre, aunts, uncles, etc... share a common dwelling |
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| lineage traced through the father's side of the family |
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| Confucian idea of honoring one's elders |
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| trying to transform ordinary metals into gold |
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| complete control of a product or business by one person or by one group |
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| narrow water passage that connects one body of water to another |
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| Greek temple dedicated to gods and goddesses |
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| government in which a king or queen excercises central power |
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| government in which the landholding elite rule |
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| government in which the landholding elite rule |
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| government in which power is held by small powerful elite usually of the business class |
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| government in which power is held by small powerful elite usually of the business class |
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| a massive formation of heavily armed foot soldiers |
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| a government by the people (began in Athens) |
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| one who gains power by force |
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| Athens: male citizens took part in government and voted |
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| Athens: male citizens took part in government and voted |
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| the art of skillful speaking |
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| play that told about human suffering and ended in death (Sophocles of Greece wrote these) |
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| humorous plays that mocked people or customs (Greek writer Aristophanes) |
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| government meaning "thing of the people" first set up in Rome |
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| Rome: member of landholding upper class |
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| Rome: two senators elected to supervise government and command armies |
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| Rome: two senators elected to supervise government and command armies |
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| Rome: a ruler with complete control; in Rome the senate chose a dictator for six months in the event of war |
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| Rome: farmers, merchants, artisans and traders who made up the bulk of the population |
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| Rome: farmers, merchants, artisans and traders who made up the bulk of the population |
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| Rome: elected by the plebians, the tribunes protected the interests of plebians and could vote |
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| Rome: basic unit of about 5,000 men who made up Roman army |
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| Rome: stone structures that brought water from the hills to Roman cities |
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| Jews believed God would send a messiah or savior to lead people to freedom |
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| a small religious group within a larger religious group |
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| one who is willing to die for his faith/beliefs |
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| Roman Catholic Church: a church official responsible for all Christians in an area |
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| head of the Roman Catholic Church |
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| beliefs that are in opposition to church teachings |
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| foreign soldiers who served for pay |
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| a payment from conquered people |
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| a payment from conquered people |
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| a payment from conquered people |
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