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History vocab Flashcards

1
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Neolithic revolution

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The change from hunting and gathering to creating farms and homes
domesticating animals

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Hunter/gatherer

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Moving from place to place with the food

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Pharaoh

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The title of an ancient Egyptian king

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Nile river

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The river running through Egypt
caused predictable floods
made Egypt fertile

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Tutankhamen

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King Tut’s full name
young king of Egypt
only tomb not raided

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Heiroglyphs

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Writing of the Egypt

mostly pictographs

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Pyramids

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Tomb of the pharaohs of Egypt
only for the rich
many were raided

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Ziggurat

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Mesopotamian temple 
rectangular 
sacrifices 
festivals 
fed and clothed the gods
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Babylon

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Mesopotamia

Between the Tigris and Euphrates river in the fertile land

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Lapis Lazuli

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Blue stone traded in Mesopotamia

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Hammurabi

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First king of the Babylonian empire

made law codes

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Hammurabi’s Law Code

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Oldest deciphered writing

over 300 laws

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13
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Ashoka

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Ruthless leader of India
took over Kalinga
built "hell on earth"
he later felt guilty for killing thousands of people so he converted to Buddhism 
empire called the Mauryan empire
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Kalinga

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Province that was taken over by Asoka
trapped India
included the Ganges river valley

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Buddhism

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Created by Siddhartha Gautama
religion
created in India

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Buddha

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Also known as Siddhartha Gautama
born rich, but after seeing a poor man he became a monk
meditated under the Bodhi tree until he reached Nirvana

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Hinduism

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Indian religion
uses a caste system
holy text is the Vedas
believes in rebirth

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Harappa

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Part of Indus Valley Civilization

disappeared without an explanation

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Mohenjo-Daro

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Part of the Indus Valley Civilization
one of the largest
disappeared

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Indus Valley Civilization

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Bronze age civilization
on the Indian subcontinent
more then 5 million people
cannot read their writing

21
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Han Dynasty

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After a power struggle in the Qin Dynasty the Han dynasty took over

22
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Qin Dynasty

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First dynasty
246-206 BCE
built much of the great wall

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Emperor Qin

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First emperor
unified the states after a civil war
made terracotta soldiers for his tomb

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Terracotta soldiers

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Eight thousand clay soldiers

for Qin’s tomb

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Xiongnu

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Nomadic group based on agriculture
considered barbaric and violent
lived beyond the Chinese border and part of Mongolia

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Feudalism

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King led the government and gave land to the lords
lords and warriors paid taxes
provided warriors to pay land
peasants farmed the noble’s land

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Salamis

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The battle in the Persian war when Xerxes burned Athens
population fled to the island of Salamis
two armies fought on the sea

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Delian League

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The alliance between many coastal and island city states
led by Athens
Pericles moved the treasury to Athens

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Marathon

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Darius sent two generals to meet the Athenians

Athens won

30
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Peloponnese league

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Created by Sparta

were in conflict with the Delian league for stealing their members

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Pericles

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Leader of Athens

wrote the funeral oration

32
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Hang-t’u

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Technique used to build the Great Wall of China

sticks and mud

33
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Thermopylae

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Sparta and Persia
Xerxes was taken by surprise by the Spartans
the Spartans were sent to stall the Persians so that the Athenians could get ready for battle
only two Spartans survived
Spartans were vastly outnumbered

34
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Persian Wars

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Started with the Ionian revolt
battles; Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis
Persia led by Darius and later Xerxes

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Peloponnesian Wars

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Between Sparta and Athens
in the beginning Athens owned the Martime empire
the war ended a 30 year peace treaty
the Spartans had a Helot revolt
Athens trapped themselves in a wall, starting a plaque

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Sulla

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Brutal dictator of Rome
killed anyone he did not like
retired from being dictator for life

37
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Julius Caesar

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Important senator of Rome
refused riches and power
popular
killed by the senators who did not want a single man to rule the government

38
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Augustus (Octavian)

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Caesar's heir 
killed the men who stabbed Caesar 
formed the Second Triumvirate with Marc Antony
shunned luxury 
refused to be called a dictator 
encouraged moral reform
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Julia

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Augustus’s daughter
rebellious
was banished by her father
forced to marry Agrippa (Augustus’s best friend), Tiberius (forced to divorce his wife to marry her, second emperor of Rome)

40
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Cleopatra

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Leader of Egypt 
forced to marry her younger brother 
had many relationships 
had a son with Caesar 
fell in love with Marc Antony
committed suicide after hearing of Marc Antony's false death
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Marc Antony

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Killed Caesar’s killers with Octavian
fell in love with Cleopatra and committed suicide after she did
adopted Caesar’s son with Cleopatra
held back when Caesar was killed

42
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Venus

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Also known as Aphrodite

mother of Romulus and Reamus

43
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Aeneas

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According to legends he was the founder of Rome

44
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Romulus and Remus

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sons of Venus
found the site for Rome
Romulus killed his brother over an argument about where the city should be

45
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The Sabine Women

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Women who were stolen by the Romans from the Sabine tribe
Rome’s population was low and they needed to repopulate
the women decided to stay because they are now mothers and wives

46
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The First Triumvirate

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Caesar, Pompey and Crassus
Crassus dies in battle
Pompey marries Caesar’s daughter Julius (who died in childbirth)
Pompey is later beheaded by the Egyptians when in battle with Caesar

47
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The Rubicon River

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The river that Caesar crossed to enter Rome

considered an act of war to cross that river with a army

48
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Civilization features

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Cities 
Religion 
Government 
Art/architecture 
Writing 
Public workings 
Social classes 
Jobs

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