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| Established Persian Empire |
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| 3rd King of Achaemenid Empire, was ruler at its peak |
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| Name given to governors of the persian empire |
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Ceremonial capital of the persian empire
means "City of Persians" |
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| Means that Greeks couldn't envision government that is bigger than a city |
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| People that come to power by means other than hereditary |
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| Athenians used it. Came about because of Phalanx |
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| Persia vs. the Hellenic world. 499-449BC, Darius kind of started it. |
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| Greek term for goodness, excellence, sometimes displayed as a godess |
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| During the Greek era, was mostly known for its military minded civilization. |
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| Trained by Socrates, Philosopher, and mathematician |
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| Trained by Socrates, philosopher and mathematician |
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| Greeks drove the PErsians out |
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| Era after Alexander the Great, and during decline of Greece, and rise of Rome |
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| Roman citizen in Egypt that wrote in Greek, came up with first accurate world map |
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| Whatever the problem is, it is the product of Human's |
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| To adopt Greek culture and ideas as one's own |
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| refers to the period of Alexander the Great and his successors who were "Gree-ish" |
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| Hellenistic people to the north of Greece |
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| First Macedonian to conquer Greece? |
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| Philip, after him was Alexander the great and he carved out one of the largest empires |
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| Republican government that overthrew the Roman monarchy, starting in 509BC and lasted 482 years |
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| Political institution in ancient rome |
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| The aristocrats, by virtue of their name makes them powerful |
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| Patron/Client relationship |
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| More powerful people give poorer people money and in return they become like entourage and street gangs. |
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| Only open to Plebs, organized into 35 voting blocks, Magistrates, Tribunes could veto any law |
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| War beterrn Rome and Carthage |
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| Means "Horsemen" or "Cavalry" |
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| Tiberius and Gaius, attempted to give land to the Plebs and both were killed for it. |
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| Pleb, rose through ranks through military. The people gave him power |
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| Patrician, wasn't allowed to run for something, raised an army and took over Rome |
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| Roman military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. |
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| began with a war of personal vanity with Caesar |
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| Friend and supporter of Caesar, after Caesar's death him and Octavian joined up and formed a triumvirate |
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| Was the Nephew of Caesar and after his death, him and Antony and Linus formed the Triumvirate but then they all had a disagreement and he ended up being the only ruler of Rome. |
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| Long period of peace in Roman history |
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| Roman Citizen, one of the first followers of Jesus |
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| Provided water to Roman cities |
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Crisis of the Third Century
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| was a period in which the Roman Empire nearly collapsed under the combined pressures of invasion, civil war, plague, and economic depression |
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| Was a Roman Emporer, he used the Military to rise through the ranks. |
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| First Roman Christian emporer |
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| Compilation of Jesus' Sayings, one of the main sources of Christian Pacifism |
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Christians believe Jesus is the son of God, God having become man and the savior of humanity. Christians, therefore, commonly refer to Jesus as Christ or Messiah
Creator of Christianity |
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| All empires have a core and peripheral, all empires exist in order to extract wealth. |
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| The core of the Kingdom, and the periphery is the outside areas |
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| Buy off the people on top, make them think its in their benefit to work for you |
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| Person that is supposed to drop out of civilized world and find enlightenment through nature |
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| First ruling dynasty of imperial China |
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| Became first emperor of unified china |
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| Second imperial dynasty of China, It was founded by the peasant rebel leader Liu Bang |
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| were a confederation of nomadic tribes from Central Asia with a ruling class of unknown origin |
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| First Emperor of Han Dynasty |
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| The State of Wu was located at the mouth of the Yangtze River east of the State of Chu. Considered a semi-barbarian state by ancient Chinese historians |
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| Place in now Northeast Pakistan, contains ruins of a bronze age fortified city |
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| One of the largest city settlements of the Indus Valley civilization |
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| River that runs along Pakistan and was very important to ancient civilization |
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| Largest River of the Indian subcontinent, kept India secluded because of its natural barrier |
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| period during which the Vedas, the oldest sacred texts of the Indo-Aryans, were being composed |
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| If you are good and do your duties, you will be rewarded in the next life |
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| Third largest religion in the world, the most dominant religion in Southeast Asia |
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| is a class or caste in the Indian continent, |
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| , is the liberation from samsara and the concomitant suffering involved in being subject to the cycle of repeated death and rebirth (reincarnation) |
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| describes a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of worldly pleasures often with the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals |
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| Ultimate reward of Buddhism, release from cycles of reincarnation. |
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| Ancient Indian Empire (324-184BC) |
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| Indian Emporer during the Mauryan Empire, Buddhist |
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| Ancient Indian Empire The dynasty was a model of classic civilization |
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big seasonal winds blowing from the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea in the southwest bringing heavy rainfall to the area.
Very important to Indian farming |
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| was a spiritual teacher from ancient India who founded Buddhism |
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Thus is the Noble Truth of Suffering
Thus is the Noble Truth of the Accumulation of Suffering
Thus is the Noble Truth of the Elimination of Suffering
Thus is the Noble Truth of the Path that Leads Away from Suffering
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| Invented by the Indians and it made counting much easier |
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EVERYTHING HAS A SOUL, all nature can be reincarnated, renounce desire
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| Exactly as the name sounds......they had the shitty jobs so people stayed away |
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| was the last pre-Islamic Persian Empire, ruled by theSasanian Dynasty from 224 to 651 |
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| Arabic culture and language, however, began a more limited diffusion before the Islamic age, first spreading in West Asia beginning in the 2nd century, as Arab Christians such as the Ghassanids |
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| Holiest Meeting site in Islam |
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| founder of religion of Islam |
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is an adherent of the religion of Islam. Literally, the word means "one who submits (to God)".
God means Allah
They believe that Islam existed long before Muhammad |
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| Monotheistic religion, founded by Muhammad |
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| Birth place and burial ground of Muhammad, second holiest city in Saudia Arabia |
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| Arabic word meaning Community, the whole word means community of believers |
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| Central religious text of Islam. Muslims believe the book to be the divine guidance for mankind |
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| Entertainers during the Mughal Empire |
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| Ninth month of Islamic calendar, when people fast and pray more |
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| Followers of Ali, denomination of Islam |
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| Largest denomination of Islam, followers of Muhammad |
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| Hadith are regarded by traditional Islamic schools of Jurisprudence as important tools for understanding the Quran and in matters of Jurisprudence |
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1) The profession of faith
2) Zakat (alms giving)
3) Ramadan (month of fasting)
4)Daily and weekly prayer
5) The Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)
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| Son in law of Muhammad, raised by Muhammad and was the first person to believe him when he said he had been contacted |
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| First male to convert to Islam |
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| First system of government in Islam |
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| Second of four Islamic Caliphate dynasties |
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Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
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| Persian mathemetician that came up with Algebra |
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| Migration of Turkic peoples and were precursor to the Huns |
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| Religious duty of Muslims and the word means struggle. |
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| Chief of turkik speaking mongols, build largest empire in history |
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| Came up with the idea of Hell |
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