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Elusive goal sought by many Daoist priest

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Immortality

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Effort by Europeans to revive Greco-Roman culture in the 14th century.

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Renaissance

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Political problem at the center of the Zhou state.

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Decentralization

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Castrated man Chinese emperors relied upon as high ranking civil servants.

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Eunuchs

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Chinese dynasty that prospered due to its establishment of a powerful, professional bureaucracy.

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Tang

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Style of scholarship in Europe that encouraged to return to Greek and Roman sources.

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Humanism

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Ethnic group that came to dominate trade in western Africa beneath the Saharah desert.

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Mande

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Native Chinese religion/philosophy that seeks to connect individuals to the universal force flowing through all creation.

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Daoism

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Institution upon which the Roman economy depended.

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Slavery

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Term used for humanlike beings who walked direct and proceeded modern humans.

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Hominids

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Basic duties every Muslim has to fulfill.

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Five pillars of Islam

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Body of Roman deletes it pretty much determined government policy in the old republic.

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Senate

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Group who conquered one of the largest empires in world history due to their horsemanship and mobility.

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Mongols

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Rich of Buddhism that urged followers to put off going into Nirvana in order to carry out acts of compassion for others.

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Mahayana

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Device mad he Madhyamika Buddhist used to demonstrate the shortcomings of reason.

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Paradox

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Era of Greek history that featured the philosophers of Cynicism, Stoicism, and Epicureanism.

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Hellenistic

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Faction of Muslims who supported the election of the first three Caliphs.

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Sunnis

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Literary language of India.

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Sanskrit

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Europeans began to seek an alternate route to China because of this.

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Ottomans

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Term used to do note the belief in multiple gods and goddesses like in Egyptian religion.

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Polytheism

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Earthquakes, floods, drought, and played were all signs of Chinese emperors may have lost this.

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Mandate of heaven

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System in which Christians in the Balkans paid the Ottomans attacks in young boys to enjoy living under the sultans rule.

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Devshirme

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Term that means “Chinese peace” that refers to the peace and prosperity associated with the Han Empire

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Pax Sinica

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Process of bringing a wild animal or plant under human control.

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Domestication

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Area of military expertise in which the Parthians excelled.

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Calvary

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Era of Egyptian history in which pharaohs identified themselves as protectors of the poor and “Shepherd’s” tending to the people of Egypt.

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Middle Kingdom

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Group whose conquest of India and patronage of Buddhism allowed the religion to spread into eastern Asia.

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Kushan

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Daoist inspired Chinese radicals who chafed under Han rule and worked to overthrow the dynasty to ensure a better life for peasants.

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Yellow Turbans

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Series of rules the Brahmans used to regulate the lives of the members of India’s caste system.

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Law of Manu

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Lock code that governs the spiritual and practical lives of Muslims .

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Sharia

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Institution that held the people of Western Europe together after the abdication of Romulus Augustulus in 476.

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Roman Catholic Church

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Figure at the center of the Roman Catholic Church

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Pope

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Class in Han China who were subject to many regulations and were belittled for not doing physical labor.

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Merchants

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Empire of Persia that grow Rich by controlling the silk Road trade.

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Sassanian

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Caliphate brought down by a violent Mongol invasion.

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Abbasid

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Indian city that served as the nucleus around which Islamic power would grow in the subcontinent.

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Delhi

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City that launched conquests due to migrations of foreign people’s, military reorganization, and political innovations.

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Rome

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South American empire that grew wealthy do too it’s highly integrated commercial economy.

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Chimu

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Petra and Palmayra are good examples of these.

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Caravan Cities

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Branch of Buddhism that rejects the existence of demigods and bodhissatvas.

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Hinayana

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First Ming emperor who solidified his grip on China by creating a bureaucracy personally loyal to him.

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Hongwu

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Group that represented the greatest military threat to Han China.

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Xiongnu

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Chinese dynasty that began to experiment with using paper money.

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Song

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This Macedonian conquer established an empire that included Grace, Egypt, Persia, in northwestern India and even Afghanistan!

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Alexander the great

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This Indian war Lord, inspired by the example of Alexander the great, launched a series of conquests that led to the creation of the Mauryan empire.

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Chandragupta Maurya

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This Mahrian Emperor promoted the concept of dhamma, which encouraged people to be obedient to the natural order, to be tolerant of others, and to have respect for all lifeforms.

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Asoka

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This Han emperor was devoted to Taoism and the principle of spontaneous living, which caused him to adopt a “hands off” approach to ruling his vast empire.

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Emperor Wu

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This minister seized power from the Han but was overthrown himself by a group called the “red eyebrows.”

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Wang Mang

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The first creed, or statement of belief, for the Christian church was rendered at this important church meeting in Turkey.

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Council of Nicaea

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Pope urban the second called on Christian warriors in 1083 to join in this set of military campaigns, he’s ultimate aim was to seize the holy land from the Muslims.

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Crusades

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This ruler of Mali gained a worldwide reputation after handing out copious amounts of gold on his hajj to Mecca.

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Mansa Musa

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As a result of this epidemic, Western Europe rallied around traditional Catholic believes about the same time continuing to fragment into autonomous states headed by powerful national monarchies.

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Black death

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This leader of the red turbans overthrew the Yaun dynasty and establish the new Ming Dynasty.

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Hangwu

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This Carthaginian general led his forces across the Alps and invaded Italy in the second Punic war.

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Hannibal

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This mesoamerican group developed a system of writing, hd a religion focused on blood sacrifice, and developed calendars that dictated the performance of religious rituals.

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Maya

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In 750, the Tang were driven from Turkestan by Muslim forces following a defeat at this pivotal battle.

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Battle of Atalanta River

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This city was the capital of Toltec Empire, which was created by migrants who moved from the North.

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Tula

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During the Ming era, this substance became a big export from China to the West.

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Porcelain

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The longshan culture, which flourished in this area, was known for making black pottery.

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China

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As a result of its victory at the Battle of Megiddo, this empire established a presence in Palestine.

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Egypt

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The Chavín culture was located in this part of Latin America.

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Andes

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As a result of the conquests of Alexander the great, trade began to spring up between Europe and this far flung country.

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China

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Shi Huangdi, founder of the Qin dynasty, ended the Warring States Period by conquering all his rivals and bringing unity to this country.

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China

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This Hellenistic Kingdom was important because it served as a bridge between South Asia and the Greek work of the Mediterranean

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Bactria

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In 378, the Goths overwhelmed Roman forces under the command of the Emperor Valens, leading to a shocking defeat for the Romans.

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Battle of Adrianople

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After the fall of the Roman Empire in the west, the spirit of Rome continued in Byzantium, the eastern half of the old empire headquartered at this city.

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Constantinople

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The temple known as Angkor War in Cambodia demonstrates the level of influence on Southeast Asia of this country.

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India

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While Western Europe turned to Rome for cultural and religious leadership, the Russians turned to this city, the capital on Byzantium.

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Constantinople

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In 1453, Mehmed the Conqueror transformed the Ottomans into a world power by seizing this city.

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Constantinople

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Newly-converted Christians, including former Jews and Muslims, were closely monitored by a special church court called the Inquisition in this country.

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Spain

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While the Wei Dynasty ruled northern China, they were really non-Chinese “barbarians” from this region.

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Mongolia

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This mesoamerican city, famous for its giant ruin, helped transmit the culture of the Olmecs to the Maya.

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Teotihuacan

73
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This country first emerged as an independent entity in 668 under the rule of the Kingdom of Silla

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Korea

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The Vikings were seafaring explorers from these three modern countries who visited North America, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, and the Mediterranean.

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Denmark
Norway
Sweden

75
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The Mississippians built this important trade hub next to the Mississippi River in modern day Illinois.

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Cahokia

76
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When the forces of the Mongol commander Hulagu took this city, they captured that last Abbasid caliph, rolled him up in a carpet, then trampled him to death with their horses.

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Baghdad

77
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Figure in the Islamic world who holds all Temporel and spiritual power.

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Caliph

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