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means old stone

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paleolith

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means new stone

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neolith

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small chipped stone-attached as spearheads on arrows

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microlith

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arc of land (fertile)between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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Fertile Crescent

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means land between the rivers

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Mesopotamia

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evidence of plant/animal preserved in stone

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fossil

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objects left by early peoples

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artifact

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dictates how the soul moves

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karma

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Guatama’s new identity

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Buddha

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state of being free of pain and sorrow (Buddhism)

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Nirvana

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cast of untouchables/outcasts

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pariah

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wall paintings depicted life in Early Greece

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frescoes

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epic poem telling of the Trojan Wars

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The Iliad

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epic poem telling of Greek warriors return to home

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The Odyssey

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Creek city-state

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polis

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ruler who seizes power unlawfully

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tyrant

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slaves of Spartan society

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Helots

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blending of Greek and Roma civilizations

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Hellenistic

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first settlers of Rome

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Latins

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Roman class of wealthy landowners

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Patricians

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Roman class of commoners

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Plebians

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body of 300 aristocrats; governed Rome

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Senate

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3 man commission who governed Rome

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triumvirate

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March 15, 44 B.C.; death of Julius Caesar

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Ides of March

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Blend of Greek and Roman cultures

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Greco-Roman

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Roman innovation of bringing water to city of Rome

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aqueducts

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referred to Eastern half of Roman empire

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Byzantine

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appointed dictator for life of Rome in 44 B.C.

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Julius Caesar

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co-conspirator in plot to murder Caesar

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Brutus

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Caesar’s great nephew and heir

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Octavian

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Egyptian leader; allies with Marc Antony

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Cleopatra

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first emperor of Rome; new title

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Augustus

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holiest shrine of Islam

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Kaaba

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holy month of Islam

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Ramadan

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Muhammed’s journey from Mecca to Medina

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hegira

36
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“Successor to Prophet” Muhammed

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caliph

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a Muslim temple

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mosque

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holy city of Islam

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Mecca

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refers to Islamic “holy war”

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jihad

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one true god of Islam

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Allah

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“city of the Prophet”

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Medina

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angel who delivered messages to Muhammed

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Jibreel

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end of classical period and beginning of modern world

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medieval period

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agents employed by Charlemagne to administer law

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Missi Dominici

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large self-sufficient estates of medieval Europe

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manor

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peasants bound to the manorial estates

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serf

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Known as this after his victory at Hastings 1066

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William the Conqueror

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Monarch forced into signing the Magna Carta

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John I

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document which limited the king’s authority (1215)

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Magna Carta

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a greater noble of feudal Europe

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lord

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lesser lord, granted land by a noble

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vassal

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feudal estate granted by a lord to a vassal

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fief

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published the Prince; ruler govern by any methods

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Machiavelli

54
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introduced moveable type to printing press

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Gutenberg

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his attack on church led to Reformation

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Martin Luther

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French Calvinists

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Huguenots

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special court only tried heresy

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Inquisition

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Spanish soldier/explorer

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conquistador

59
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crossed Panama and sighted the Pacific Ocean

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Balboa

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searched for the Fountain of Youth

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Ponce de Leon

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Aztec chief at the time of Spanish conquest

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Montezuma

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Inca chief at time of Spanish conquest

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Atahualpa

63
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Spaniard who conquered the Aztecs

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Cortez

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Spaniard who conquered the Incas

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Pizarro

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private firm that sold shares to investors

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joint-stock company

66
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studied and detailed the human anatomy

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Vesalius

67
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proposed the law of universal gravitation

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Newton

68
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1588 King Phillip of Spain attempts to conquer England

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Spanish Armada

69
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another name for the Puritans

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Separatists

70
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wanted to purify the Anglican Church

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Puritans

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legislative group of nobles and clergy

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House of Lordsf

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legislative body of burgesses and gentry

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House of Commons

73
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were professionals and merchants in the English towns

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burgesses

74
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land owners of England

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gentry

75
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Time before recorded history

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prehistory

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