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1
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Fought between Sparta and Athens because of their rivalry

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Peloponnesian War

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Athens lost because the Persian empire supported Sparta

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Peloponnesian War

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Three wars fought between Rome and Carthage over trade dominance in the Mediterranean

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Punic Wars

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Rome won all three wars and destroyed the city of Carthage at the end of the third one

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Punic Wars

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5
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Qin, Han, and Sui

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Chinese Dynasties

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United China under when Shi Huang (existed as competing kingdom before)

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Qin

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7
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harsh measures to enforce certain behaviors

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Legalism

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8
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Collapsed because of feuding factions

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Qin

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9
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Confucianism became increasingly important with the implementation of civil service exams

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Han

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10
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Chinese expansion south (dynasty)

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Han

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Beginnings of the silk road (dynasty)

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Han

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12
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Unified Northern and Southern dynasties

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Sui

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13
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Canal system connected agricultural areas to cities (dynasty)

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Sui

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14
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Vedic Religion, Upanishad Texts, Buddhism, Hinduism

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Religions in India

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15
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Centuries old
Focused on rituals and religious hierarchies
(Religion)

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Vedic Religion

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16
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More individualized
Focused on meditation and understanding the soul (atman)
(Religion)

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Upanishad Texts

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Focused on achieving enlightenment,
Taught against discrimination that occurs when people are trapped in a false duality and don’t understand reality
(Religion)

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Buddhism

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18
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Spread under emperor Ashoka (Religion)

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Buddhism

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19
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Mixture of Buddhism, Vedic, and Upanishad beliefs
Spread along the Indian Ocean Trade Route (Buddhism did as well)

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Hinduism

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20
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Central Asia
Mainly shipped luxury goods

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Silk Road

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21
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East and west with India at the center
Shipped the most goods and the largest variety of goods

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Indian Ocean Trade (Sea Road)

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22
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Northern Africa (Sahel)
Spread Islam westward (Trade Routes)

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Sahara Trade (Sand Road)

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23
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Took over neighboring peoples and created a flow of resources towards their centers
Had the most advanced scientific achievements in the world

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Islamic Empires

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24
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Production of olives and wine in the Mediterranean funded

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expansions that included colonies for growing grain

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25
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Moving up the disease gradient was ______

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Difficult

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26
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Yangtze river valley not settled until _______

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Han Dynasty

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27
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Hinduism and Buddhism spread in India as people began to focus on

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more spiritual than material aspects of life

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28
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Athenian

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A major epidemic

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29
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Antonine plague

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A major epidemic

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30
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Plague of 251-266 CE

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A major epidemic

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31
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Justinian plague

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A major epidemic

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32
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What increase the appeal of Christianity

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The confluence of disease pools

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33
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What facilitated the spread of disease

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Trade

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34
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When were populations able to rebound after the confluence of disease pools

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900 CE

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35
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The middle east remained _______ ________ by the confluence of disease pools

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relatively unharmed

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36
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Golden Horde

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violent

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37
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Left Governments functioning

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Mongol ruling

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38
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dynastic

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Mongol ruling

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39
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Religions allowed to continue as long as they prayed for the Mongol Ruler

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Mongol ruling

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40
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Resettlement of Specialist through empire

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Mongol ruling

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41
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diplomatic, adapted to the region they controlled (including religion)

42
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Stability, but seen as foreigners

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Yuan Dynasty

43
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grew in size and prominence because of cooperation with Mongols (city)

44
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Sacked in 1258, 200,000 people killed (city)

45
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killed Mongol emissaries, entire population save two priests were executed in retaliation. (city)

46
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Yuan Dynasty capital, decided by Kublai Khan (city)

47
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United Mongol peoples, promoted based (person)

48
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ilkhanate Leader, self declared Sultan, became defender of Islam

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Ghazan Il-Kah

49
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Finished conquest of China 1279, founded Yuan Dynasty, moved capital to Beijing. (person)

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Kubilai Khan

50
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raveled to Mongol Empire and met someone from his hometown.

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William of Rubruck

51
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plague, wiped out roughly a third of Europe

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Black Death

52
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Human response to the Black Death

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Flagellants, Quarantine

53
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Types of the plague

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Bubonic, Pneumonic, Septicemic

54
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plague that killed people the fastest

55
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leprosy (Hansen’s and Yaws)

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Disease competition

56
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300 ships, sailing around the Indian ocean spreading Chinese influence

57
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Largest shipyard in the work, standardized work system modern day assembly line

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Longjen Shipyard

58
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127 meters long, 51 meters wide, 7 floors

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treasure boats

59
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Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal

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Gunpowder Empires

60
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Byzantine empire area- take constantinople (gunpowder)

61
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unite almost all of the muslim world (gunpowder)

62
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Janissary armies (gunpowder)

63
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Peaked under Suleiman the great (gunpowder)

64
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Decline over a long period of time, gone by the end of WWII (gunpowder)

65
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Persia (gunpowder)

66
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large armies helped them maintain control (gunpowder)

67
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Shah Abbas (religious toleration) (gunpowder)

68
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Persian carpets and unique, mini paintings- Fall in 1747 (gunpowder)

69
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India- independent northern kingdoms called sultanates (gunpowder)

70
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Babur officially started this empire (gunpowder)

71
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Akbar - famous for architecture (Taj Mahal) (gunpowder)

72
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Weaken in 1700s because of overspending and Hindu revolts (gunpowder)

73
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Conquistador, arrives 1519 in Mexico to eventually conquer the Aztec Empire

74
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Discovers the strait under South America

75
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A man buried in Moche in 50 CE, showing a concentration of wealth.

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Lord of Sipan

76
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Babur’s grandson, ruled during the most prosperous time, expanded to almost India

77
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Dominated Trade in Mediterranean

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Venice and Genoa

78
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Home to 200,000 people, 8 sq miles, no writing, sacked in 550 CE, massive architecture, the Sun Pyramid

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Teotihuacan

79
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Center of Aztec Empire, center of Mexico City, formed alliances with two other tribes

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Tenochtitlan

80
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A Peruvian chieftain that arose after Chavin faded in 200 BCE

81
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1518 (disease)

82
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1530 (disease)

83
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1546 (disease)

84
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1558 (disease)

85
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1650 (disease)

86
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1648 (disease)

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Yellow Fever

87
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1648 (disease)

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Yellow Fever

88
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Became the most powerful city state in the 1300’s, Pachakuti began conquering large areas in 1438.

89
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What incas called their state

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Great apparatus

90
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agricultural limits, lack of large-bodied animals in large packs, evidence of invasion of Eurasian plants

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Biological vulnerability

91
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Amerindian populations pressed hard against their limits set by cultivable land, the amount they produced vs consumed. What happened during a food shortage? How vulnerable did this make them to disease brought from outsiders?

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Population decay

92
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Writing becomes more prominent (civ)

93
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Bloodletting and the artifacts associate with it (civ)

94
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Traditional Mesoamerican ballgame (Civ)

95
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Most deadly of the black deaths

96
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When the Incas/Aztecs conquered a town they moved half the people to somewhere else so they couldn’t gang up on them

97
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Inca jobs

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Soldiers
Priests
Merchants

98
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Disease that went away as people had wood and better clothing

99
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McNeil thought it turned into Syphilis

100
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Extreme quarantine country

101
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City wide quarantine country

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