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Test 1 Flashcards

1
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Sumer

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Ancient Mesopotamian civilization around 3,000 BC

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2
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Cultural Being

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???

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3
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Sargon

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Akkadian King that conquered Sumer

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4
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Ziggurat

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Temple

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5
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Bronze Age

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3100-1200 BC

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Mesopotamia

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Civilization between Tigris & Euphrates, full curriculum, polytheistic

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7
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Epic of Gilgamesh

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Creation story

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Cuneiform

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writing style: clay tablets & styli

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Hammurabi

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Brought security & unity

Law Code- business, marriage, criminal laws

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Gif of the Nile

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Annual flooding to revitalize land

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11
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Pharaoh

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Ruler of Egypt & god

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12
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Ma’at

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Soul (balance)

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Old Kingdom (Egypt)

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c. 2700-2200 BC

Pyramids

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14
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Menes

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United Egypt

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15
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Hieroglyphic

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Logographic writing system

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16
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Egyptian gods

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Amon-Ra- sun god
Osiris- god of dead
Isis- universal mother
Seth- evil brother of Osiris
Anubis- god of mummification
Horus- falcon god, son of Osiris
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17
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Moksha

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Release from wheel of life

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18
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Book of the Dead

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Instructions for afterlife

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19
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Ka

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Spirit, soul, new form… etc

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20
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Bhavagad Gita

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Devotional text

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21
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Hyksos

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Semitic people from Arabia
Adopted Egyptian culture
Introduced chariots

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22
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New Kingdom (Egypt)

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Wealth & Imperialism

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23
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Akhenaten

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Attempted monotheistic change

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24
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Tutankhamon

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Returns old religion

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25
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Ramses II

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Most powerful point

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26
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Hittites

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Introduced iron weapons & farming tools

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27
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Phoenecians

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The “purple people”
Sea-fairing merchants
Alphabet

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28
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Chaldeans (Neo-Babylonians)

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Defeated Assyrians & rebuilt Babylon

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29
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Nebuchadnezzar II

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King of Chaldeans
Conquered Judah
Ordered construction of Hanging Gardens

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30
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Cyrus the Great

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Allowed religious & cultural independence

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31
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Darius

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The Battle of Marathon

32
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Xerxes

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Failed to conquer Greece

Conquered western India

33
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Persian Empire

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20 large satrapies (provinces ruled by satrap)
Coinage
The Royal Road (Asia Minor to E. Iran)

34
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Israel/Judah

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Israel- Nation

Judah- Tribe (nation)

35
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Abraham

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Migrated from Ur to Canaan

Jacob & Joseph

36
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Hapiru

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Hebrews as named by Egyptian sources

37
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Moses & Exodus

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Self Explanatory

38
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Covenant

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Formal agreement between Yahweh & people

39
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David

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King David

40
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Zhou Dynasty

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Defeated Shang

Decentralized, agrarian society ruled by warriors

41
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Mandate of Heaven

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King should rule justly

Justification for overthrow of previous gov’t

42
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The 5 Major Chinese Philosophical Schools

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Rhetoricians- art of persuasion
Logicians- focused on relativity
Cosmologists- Yin & Yang
Mohists- universal love, utility, strong gov't
Strategist- Sun Tzu
43
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Sun Tzu’s Art of War

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Book on military strategy

44
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Confucius

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Filial Piety- The 5 Cardinal Relationships

45
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Mencius

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Gov’ts should educate & care for people

46
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Xunzi

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Human nature is self centered

Shape behavior through good education

47
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Daoism

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The way; whole natural order
Laozi- Teacher (original simplicity, extreme action initiates reaction, too much gov’t=oppression, denies verbal language meaning)

48
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Legalism

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Human nature is selfish
Approved of productive farmers
Strong gov’t rests on effective laws & procedures

49
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Vedic Artifacts

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???

50
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Indus

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Valley (India)

51
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Vedas

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Ancient texts from oral tradition

52
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Upanishads

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Later Vedas (forerunner to Hinduism)

53
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Caste System

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Priest-Warrior-Merchant-Peasant

54
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Aryans

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Nomadic herders

Warrior tribes w/ chiefs

55
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Early Vedic gods

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Agni- fire
Soma- hallucinogen
Yama- dead

56
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Hinduism: Samsara, Karma, Dharma

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Samsara- reincarnation
Karma- total of good & bad deeds
Dharma- duty, moral law

57
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Brahman-Great World Soul-Absolute Reality

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Unborn, unchanging, infinite

58
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Hindu gods

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Brahma- creator
Shiva- destroyer
Vishnu- preserver

59
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Jainism

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Extreme asceticism

60
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Buddhism

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Siddhartha Gautama
Meditation
Compassion, reincarnation, nirvana

61
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Four Noble Truths

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All of life is suffering
Desire & attachment causes this suffering
To eliminate suffering, eliminate attachment
Follow eightfold path

62
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Sutras

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Sayings of Buddha

63
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Reincarnation

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Moving of the soul from one existence into the next

64
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Mauryan Empire

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Created regular army

65
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Chandrugupta

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Defeated Seleucus

66
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Kautilya

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Royal political advisor

67
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Pataliputra

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Capital city of Mauryan Empire

68
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Shang Dynasty

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Central power allied with local power

69
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Anyang

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Center of Shang civilization

70
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Bronze Technology

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weapons & chariots

71
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Chinese Language

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Logographic
Literacy restricted to elite
Perfected in Shang Dynasty

72
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High Priest of Deity Above

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Zhou

73
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Saul

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Israeli King

David

74
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Zoroaster

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Light vs. Darkness

Final Judgement

75
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Solomon

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Social changes

Temple

World Civ 1 (4 decks)

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