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What philosopher taught about the 5 Constant Relationships

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Confucious

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Who one the Battle of Actium and was the first emperor of Rome

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Octavian

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What African king may have been the richest man in history

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Mansa Musa

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What gladiator led a famous slave revolt in 73 BC

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Spartacus

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Who was the main character in the oldest story ever writen

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Gilgamesh

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Who defeted the famos General Hannibal

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Skippo

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What emperor divided Rome into two parts to make it easier to rule

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Constentine

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What are three reasons Rome was an ideal location for a city

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7 Hills it was located on, it was inland, and it was next to a river

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What two rivers ran through Mesopotamia

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Tigris and Euphrates

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10
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The houes of Wisdom is in the City of Peace, what city is it refering to

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Bagdad

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What Roman city was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius

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Pompeii

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What nation did Chandragupta Maurya help unite

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India

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13
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What city did muhammad flee from during his hijrah

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Mecca

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What Hellenistic city had a famous lighthouse and a library and was the center of learning a culture during the Hellenistic Age

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Alexandria

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In the lliad what two famous people faced off outside of troy

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Archles and Hector

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What group invaded Egypt at the end of the middle kingdom

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Hyksos

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What was the name of the series of the wars fought between Carthage and Rome

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Punic Wars

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What battle did 300 Spartans held a Persian invasion for 3 days and inispered all of Greece to unite

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Thermoplyae

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What was the name of the Naval battle where the Greeks destroyed a third of the Persian fleet

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Salamis

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Who defeated the Persians at the Battle of Gaugamela despite being outnumbered 5 to 1

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Alexander the Great 

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21
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Describe the difference between high and low jihad

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low jihad - Physical Violence
High jihad - Struggle within

22
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What did the Edict of Milan do

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Made being Christian acceptalble

23
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Explain the difference between a democracy and an oligarchy

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Democracy - ruled by the people
Oligarchy - ruled by the few

24
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What Roman emperor started the persecution of Christians, killed his own mother, and is known as the worst emperor in Rome

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Nero

25
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How were kings in Africa different from kings in other regions of the world

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They were closer to the people

26
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Who formed the first Triumvirate

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Julius Ceaser, Pompey, and Crassus

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Why was the Dlian league formed

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In case of another Persin attact

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What was the title for the successor of Muhammad as political and religious leader of the Muslim world

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Caliph

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What does Hellenistic mean

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To copy the greeks

30
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Who developed the value of pi

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Archimedes

31
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The Five Pillars of Islam

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  1. God
  2. Prayer
  3. Charity
  4. Fasting
  5. Pilgramage
32
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What is Arete

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To honnor one through a struggle

33
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7 Wonders of the ancient world

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  1. Pyrmids
  2. Henging Gardens
  3. Statue of Zeus
  4. Light House of Alexandria
  5. Collosus of Rhodes
  6. Temple of Artemis
  7. Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
34
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Difference between karma and dharma

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  • Karma, energy made by your actions
  • Dharma, divine law of the universe
35
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What were griots

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African story tellers

36
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What does Suttee mean

A

wife jumps in husbands burrial fire

37
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What is a Ziggurat

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Sumerian Temple

38
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What is a Raja

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Princes of small kingdoms (India)

39
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What is a Patrician

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Rich person in Rome

40
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What is a Phalanx

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a fighting formation created by the Greeks

41
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What does Legalism mean

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people are bad, harsh laws are created

42
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What is a Peterfamilias

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The domimate male in a family

43
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What does AD stand for

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Ano Domini

44
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What pharaoh tried to make Egypt monotheistic

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Akenaton

45
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What calender system do we use

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Gregorian Calender

46
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What Greek philosopher was forced to drink poison by the Athenian Government

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Socrades

47
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Siddharha Gautama started what religion

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Buddism

48
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What civilization developed a 22-letter alaphabet and built a trade empire in the Mediterranean

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The Phoenicians

49
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Difference between primary and secondary source

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-Primary; from the person
-Secondary passed along

50
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Three reasons Rome fell

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Political Instability, Revolts, Plagues/ sickness

51
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Who created the Persian Empire

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Cryus the Great

52
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What was Pax Romana

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The time/ era of Roman Peace

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