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Semester 1 Final Flashcards

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Tarquin

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Last Etruscan king overthrown by the Latin’s

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Diocletian

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Divided empire into 4 parts of easier ruling

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Theodora

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Byzantine empress, wife of Justinian, helped run empire, worked for woman’s rights, large person of saving the thrown

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Galen

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Greek doctor who emphasized on anatomy

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Visigoths

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Germanic tribe who killed Odoacer, rebelled against Rome, and raided it.

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Ptolemy

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Scientist who mapped 1,000 stars, and thought the earth was the center of the universe

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Hagia Sophia

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Largest church in the Byzantine empire

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Patrician

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Wealthy/upper class Romans

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Plebeian

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Poor/lower class Romans

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Pax Romana

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Era of Roman peace that lasted 200 yrs

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Stoicism

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Encouraged Romans to live in a practical way, a philosophy that comes from doing ones duty

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509 B.C.

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Rome became a republic

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476 A.D.

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The fall of the Western Roman Empire, the last Roman emperor is overthrown

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Mosque

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Muslim house of worship

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Minaret

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Towers on top of Mosques, a crier cries from here

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Bazaar

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Market place

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Kaaba

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A stone religious site (square), that houses idols.

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Islam

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Surrendering to the will of Allah

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Shiite

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Muslim group who believed in the descendent a of Muhammad as leaders

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Sunni

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Accepted Umayyad elected leaders

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Caliph

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Successors of Muhammad

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Sultan

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Seljuk ruler who ran the government, means “holder of power.”

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Suleiman

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Ottoman sultan- great general, who built many schools and mosques

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Goods traded from the East

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Gems, spices, silk

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The order of the Islamic empires

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Umayyad, Abbasids, Ottoman

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These united the Umayyad dynasty

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Religion, art, trade

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The dates of Muhammad’s lifetime

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A.D. 570-632

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Griot

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Storyteller

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Dhow

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An Arab sailboat

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Kente

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A colorful woven cloth- means basket, and was worn by tribal chiefs

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Clan

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A group of families related by blood or marriage(or having the same ancestors)

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Matrilineal

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Refers to a group that traces descent through mothers rather than fathers

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Askia Muhammad

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He set up the first Bureaucratic government

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Mansa Musa

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He is know for his hajj,or pilgrimage, that showcased Mali’s wealth, zither golden age of Mali was under him

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Sundiata

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“Lion Prince”

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Sunni Ali

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Ruled from 1464 to 1492(same time of Columbus’s voyages

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Order of the West African Empire

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Ghana, Mali, Songhai

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Wendi

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A.D. 581 declared himself emperor, reunited China by force.

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Yangdi

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Wendi’s son who rebuilt the Great Wall and his largest building project was building the a Grand Canal.

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Empress Wu

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Only woman in Chinese history to rule on her own. (Also added officials to govt. and strengthened China’s military forces)

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Pi Sheng

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Chinese printer who invented the movable type

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Li Bo

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Popular poet of the Tang era, his poems centered around nature

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Confucius

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Believe a good government depended on having wise leaders who ruled to benefit the people.

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Zheng He

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Famous voyager from the Ming dynasty, who was a Chinese Muslim court official, he also spread culture.

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Marco Polo

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Famous European traveler from Venice, Italy who wrote about his travels and China

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Genghis Khan

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Temujin was appointed this, means “strong ruler”, he brought together Mongol laws and a new code, he fought to conquer lands beyond Mongolia, he also brought Mongolians together for the first time

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Neo-Confucianism

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Means new Confucianism- created to reduce Buddhism’s popularity, and was adopted as the official philosophy of the Tang Dynasty

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This reform was restored by the Tang Dynasty

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Civil service exam

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These items were traded by the Chinese

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Silk, tea, porcelain

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Many Chinese people became Buddhists in the late A.D. 100 because

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To find peace and comfort in a time of war and famine

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This was the style of painting in the Song Dynasty

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Landscapes

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Overview of the Yuan dynasty

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Kublai Khan started this dynasty- means “beginning” lasted 100 yrs, was the first of the Mongol dynastys- conquered lots of people and was dominated by Mongol leaders

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Style of a Chinese poetry in the Tang Dynasty

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Often celebrated nature

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Accomplishments of the Mongols

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Conquered, used terror, made a large empire, and they were good with weapons

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Purpose of the Grand Canal

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Irrigation, travel, encouraged trade between Northern and Southern China

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Overview of the Forbidden City

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Inside of the Imperial City, only for the emperor(it was his home) and high officials. Built in the Ming dynasty

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Animism

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All nature has spirits

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Clan

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Group of families related by blood or marriage

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Constition

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Plan of government

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Yayoi

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Ancestors of Japanese

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Hokkaido

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On of the four largest islands

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Feudalism

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A bond between a lord and his vassal

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Shogun

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Commander of all the emperor’s military forces

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Samurai

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Warriors who lived by the strict code of conduct

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Daimyo

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Powerful military lords who ruled small territories

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Martial arts

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Sports that include combat and self defense

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Headed the Yayoi clans

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Influence of Chinese culture on Japan

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Everything

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Shintoism

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All natural things have spirits

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Belief of Samurai

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Would rather did than betray lord(code of conduct)

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Zen Buddhism

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Finding inner peace through self control and a simple way of life

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Legacy of Yamato

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Jimmu- line of descendants never broken: today’s emperor is descended from the Yamato

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When Mongols attacked Japan their ships were destroyed by

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