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8,000 BC - 600 CE (Raine) Flashcards

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Vedas

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“Wisdom”, early collections of prayers and hymns that provide info about the Indo-European Aryans who migrated to India (1500bce)

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Theocracy

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A gov ruled by God or by church leaders (heavily religious gov)

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Aristocracy

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A class of ppl holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility

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Artisan

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A craftsman (ppl who work with their hands)

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Civilization

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A cultural group: 
•advanced cities
•complex institutions
•skilled workers
•advanced tech
•system of record keeping
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Edict of Milan

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A doc that made Christianity allowed in the Roman Empire (state religion?)

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Polis

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A Greek city-state

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Indo-Europeans

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A groups of semi-nomadic ppl who, around 2000bce began to migrate from Central Asia to India, Europe, and the Middle East

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Brahmin

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A member of the social class of priests in Aryan society

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Quetzalcoatl

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A Mesoamerican legend of a God who could someday return to rule his ppl in peace

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Huns

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A nomadic group, believed to be from Central Asia, who invaded into Europe near the end of Rome

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Democracy

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A political system in which the ppl rule

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Hieroglyphics

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A system of picture writing used in Egypt

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Cuneiform

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A system of writing originating in Mesopotamia in which a wedge shaped stylus was used to press symbols into clay

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Foraging

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A term for hunting and gathering

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Covenant

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agreement; in the Judeo-Christian heritage, an agreement between God and humankind

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Slash and burn cultivation

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An agricultural method in which farmers clear fields by cutting and burning trees, then using the ashes as fertilizer

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Pharaoh

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An Egyptian monarch

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Artifact

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An object made by human hands

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Oracle bones

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Animal bones or shells used by Chinese priests to receive messages from the gods

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Bodhisattvas

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Buddhist holy men who accumulated spiritual merits during their lifetime; Buddhist prayed to them in order to receive some of their holiness

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Silk Roads

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Caravan routes and sea lanes between China and the Middle East

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Analects

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Collection of teachings and sayings made by Confucius

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Jati

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Complicated system of subcastes in the Hindu caste system

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Steppe

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Dry grassland

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Mystery religion

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During the Hellenistic age, religions that promised their faithful followers and eternal state of bliss

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Yahweh

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God of the monotheistic religion of Judaism, later influencing Christianity and Islam

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Aristotle

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Greek philosopher who rejected the theory of forms and ideas, he believed that ppl could depend on their senses and reason to answer the mysteries of the world

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Yin and yang

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In ancient Chinese belief, the opposing forces that bring balance to nature and life

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Nirvana

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In Buddhism, a state of perfect peace that is the goal of reincarnation

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Filial piety

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In China, respect for ones parents and other elders

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Moksha

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In Hindu belief the spirit’s liberation from the cycle of reincarnation

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Karma

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Hindu tradition: the good or evil deeds done by a person

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Latifundia

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Large landholding in the Roman Empire (//plantations)

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Alexander the Great

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Macedonian king who led an army Eastward and conquered land from Greece to India. Brilliant military leader, his death = start of Hellenistic Era

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Ziggurat

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Mesopotamian temples

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Disciple

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One of the 12 followers of Christ, or any of the professed followers of Christ in his lifetime

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Zoroastrianism

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Persian religion based on the teachings of 6th century bce prophet Zarathustra

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Period 1 Acronym

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D.A.R.T.H= domestication, agriculture, river vallyes, transregional trade and technology, Hittites/iron

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Patriarchal

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Pertaining to a social system in which the father is the head of the family

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Reincarnation

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Rebirth; a belief of both Hinduism and Buddhism

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Matrilineal

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Referring to a social system in which descent and inheritance is traced through the mother

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Twelve tables

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The codification of Roman laws during the republic

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Mandate of Heaven

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The “will of the gods” that granted a ruler the right to rule

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Geocentric theory

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The belief held by many before the Scientific Revolution that the earth is the center of the universe

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Polytheism

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The belief of many gods

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Monotheism

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The belief in one gods

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Animism

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The belief that spirit inhabit the features of nature

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Hsiung-nu

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The central nomadic ppl who invaded China in the ancient world

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Sati

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The custom amongst the higher castes of Hinduism in which a widow throws herself on the burning pyre of her husband (@funeral)

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Specialization of labor

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The division of labor that aids the development of skills in a particular type of work

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Hellenistic age

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The era in which Greek culture blended with Persian and other Eastern influence and spread throughout the former empire of Alexander the Great

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Diaspora

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The exile of an ethnic or racial group from their homeland

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Torah

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The first book of the Jewish scripture

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Pope

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The head of the Roman Catholic Church

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Varna

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The Hindu word for caste

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Independent invention

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The idea that ancient civilizations were able to achieve characteristics of civilizations without contact with others

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Neolithic revolution

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Introduction of agriculture, domestication of animals, and a more sedentary life during the Neolithic age

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Ten Commandments

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The moral law of the Hebrews

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Stoicism

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The most popular Hellenistic philosophy; it involved strict discipline and an emphasis on helping others

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Neolithic Age

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The New Stone Age that was marked by the discovery and mastery of agriculture

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Climate

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The pattern of temperature and precipitation over a period of time

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New testament

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The portion of the Christian Bible that contains the Gospels that relate the account of the life of Jesus; letters from the followers of Jesus to the early Christian churches and the Book of Revelation, a prophetic text

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Dharma

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The position in the Hindu caste system that was determined by one’s birth

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Pastoralism

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The practice of herding

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Messiah

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The religious term for “any expected deliverer”

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Pax Romana

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The Roman Peace; the period of prosperity and stability throughout the Roman Empire in the 1st two centuries ce

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Untouchables

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The social division in the Hindu society that fell in a rank below the caste system; it was occupied by those who carried out undesirable occupations such as undertaking, butchering, and waste collection

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Agricultural Revolution

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The transition from foraging to the cultivation of food occurring about 8000-2000bc; also known as the Neolithic Revolution

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Cultural Diffusion

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The transmission of ideas and products from one culture to another

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