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BCE:

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Before Common Era

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CE

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Common Era

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Ancient India
What century is 612?

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7th

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Ancient India
What is the Indus river valley civilization?

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Civilization in Ancient india

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Ancient India
What was the Indus river civilization like?

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It was very organized and carefully made.

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Ancient India
Name 3 declines in the indus civilization

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Deforestation, literature stopped, invaders from the north.

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Ancient india
** What is a dowry? **

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Financial payment from the brides family to the groom.

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Ancient India
Who was Asoka?

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He was a famous emporer of ancient india mauryan empire who killed many but stopped and converted and spread buddhism. -Grandson of Chandragupta-

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Hinduism
What is dharma?

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It is their duty, or responsibility

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Hinduism
What is Atman?

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Essence of being or the soul

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Hinduism
What is the goal of existence/ Moksha?

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The ultimate spiritual goal. Liberation of reincarnation and has the right behavior and rituals.

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Which religion had a Caste system?

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Hinduism. People are divided into 4 categories based on past life.
Brahmins
Kshatryas
Vaishyas
Sudras
Untouchables
India used it
Islam destroyed it

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Buddhism
4 noble truths

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Belief that all life is suffering and the solution is to end desires.

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Buddhism
Eight fold path

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By following the path, the person achieves nirvana.

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Buddhism
Who is siddartha Gautama?

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Founder and taught the 4 noble truths and to get enlightment you needed to use eight fold path.

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Buddhism
Who is Asoka?

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Asoka spread buddhism.

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Buddhism
How did they have to achive enlightment?

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The belief you can achieve enlightment during this lifetime.

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Differences of Buddhism and Hinduism?

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Hinduism you have to go through multiple lifetimes to achive enlightment.
Buddhism you can achieve it in this lifetime.

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Judaism
What kind of religion did they have?

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The first monotheistic religion.

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Judaism
What was their sacred book called?

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The torah

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Christianity
Who was jesus?

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He was the mesiah or savior.

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Christianity
Who was Constantine?

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The roman emporer who made christianity legal in rome.

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Islam
Who was mohammed?

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He was the last profit.

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Who was the sacred text of the Quran belonging to?

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Islam

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Islam
What are the five pillars?

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  1. Profession of faith- no god but allah
    2.Pray 5 times a day
    3.Have to give alms ($) to poor
  2. During ramadan you have to fast from sunrise to sundown.
  3. Pilgriamage to Mecca (optional unless u have enough money)
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Islam
Describe the sunni’s belief?

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After muhammed died,
Sunni believe that any muslim could replace muhhamed

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What did the shiite’s believe in?

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Shiite believe that the new succesor had to be related to muhammed.

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Islam
What was the “special tax” for people of the book (bible)?

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non muslims had to pay an imposed tax to keep their religion.

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Mayan society?
Mayan Culture?
Mayan Achievments?

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Society- Educated
Culture- sacrifices
Achievements- Created a calendar, and suns eclipse.

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Aztec society?
Aztec Culture?
Aztec Achivements?

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Society- Originated in modern day texas
Culture- Polytheistic, Human sacrifices.
Achievments- Created chinampas, started lots of festivals.

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Inca society?
Inca Culture?
Inca Achievements?

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Society- Famous for well made arcitecture
Culture- They spoke the language Quechwa
Achievementss- Terrace farming. They made a recording system called the Quipu

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Ancient Rome
What was their Government Structure?

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They had a representative democracy.

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Ancient Rome
Reason for decline:

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Political violence
High taxes
Workers got lazy and unmotivated
Frontier problems like climate change on crops.

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Ancient rome
Impact of huns and Atilla

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The hunsa invaded rome and Attila lead the huns andmade a deal with the pope to leave.

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Ancient rome
Julius Ceaser

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he wen from a senator to general and dictator because of a crisis. He was supposed to give his power back but he didnt.

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Ancient Rome
Nero

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He went insane from lead pipes. He was an emporer who blamed christians for burning parts of rome.

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Ancient Rome
Constantine

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He was a roman emporer who made christianity legal in rome.

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Ancient China
What was confucious’ impact on china?

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He created an ethical system that continued social order and political behavior. Taugh harmony.

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Ancient china
What is the civil service exam?

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It was an exam chinese people could take, and if you succeeded and did well the government would hire you and give you lots of money.

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Ancient China
What is the Mandate of Heaven?

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The idea that a leaders power comes from a higher power.

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Who was Shi Huangdi? And which empire did her rule?

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He was a chinese emperor.

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Ancient china
What did Shi Huangdi achieve or create?

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He started the great wall of china and the silk road.

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Ancient china
What were some downfalls of Shi Huangdi?

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What was the Qin dynasty, and who was the ruler?

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Dynasty of Shi Huangdi.

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What is the Zhou dynasty?

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It was the longest standing empire ever.

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What is legalism? And which empire uses it?

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It is to ensure strict following of laws and The qin dynasty used it (Shi Huangdi)

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Who was justinian?
What empire was he from?

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He was the byzantines famous ruler. He hoped to restore the empire by reclaiming roman land.

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Byzantines impact on Russia:

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The byzantine empire sent missionaries to interact with the russian slavs.

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What was the 4th crusades impact on constantinople?

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Constantinople was destroyed by christians in ital during the 4th crusade.

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What did the ottoman empire seek to do to constantinople? And why?

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The byzantine empire was falling apart so the ottomans shot cannons, destroyed the water chains and constantinople became istanbul and was captial of ottoman empire.

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What caused the ottoman empire to succeed or rise?

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During their golden age, Sultan suleiman was a general and his army was very modernized because of gunpowder. The rule extended and they became very powerful.

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What caused the ottoman empire to fall?

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What caused the Ummayad empire to rise?

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  1. Jihad allowed them a justified attack against whoever decided to destroy islam.
    2.The byzantine and persian empires were weak.
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What caused the Ummayad empire to fall? ** needs to be done

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What is/did the Dehli Sultanate achieve?

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It was an empire. It created trade connections between india and muslim lands.

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What was The safavid empires success?

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The Shah Abbas were the powerful miliatary. They had an alliance with the Ottomans. Reduced taxes on farmers.

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What caused the decline in the safavid empire?

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Death of Shah Abbas. Ottomans conflicts.

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Where was islam appealing to?

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It spread to india and the lower class members recieved it very well because it accepeted all.

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Who are the shah Abbahs and where did they originate from?

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The shah abbas were from the safavids and were a very powerful miliatary who eventuall died and led safavid to their downfall.

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Who is sultan suleiman and which empire did he originate from?

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he was a briliant general for the ottoman empire who led a very modernized army.

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Who was Mansa Musa? And where is he from?

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He was the richest person ever because of gold and salt. He is from Africa (Mali)

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Why is Mansa Musa famous?

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He is famous for his pilgriamage to mecca which gained mali closer with islam and also brought him riches of salt and gold.

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How did camels impact trade? And where did it impact trade?

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In the kingdom of Ghana, people used camels to travel through the sahara which is how Ghana started and how everyone now kept coming in to trade because of camels.

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Where was the kingdom of ghana?

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In Africa.

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What made everyone want to come to Ghana?

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Because they had very valuable material including salt and gold.

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How did Ghana become so rich?

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Their surplus in salt and gold but also because everytime someone foreign entered Ghana they had to pay a toll.

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What are/location was an education center in Mali?

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Timbuktu became the center of learning.

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Who would travel to study in Timbuktu?

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Mostly Islamic scholars and also other people.

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What brought Mali closer with Islam?

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Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca.

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What kingdom in africa is located farther south?

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The kingdom of Zimbabwe.

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Why did Zimbabwe fall apart?

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Because they were Landlocked and had no global trade because of that.

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Why didnt Europeans believe africans built the kingdom?

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Because they were racist and unbelieving.

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What is India surrounded by?

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The hymalaya mountains.

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What is central india known for?

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The Deccan Plateau.

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What were the 2 major rivers in india?

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Indus and the Gangas

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Decline in the indus civilization?

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Deforestation, invaders from north, writing halted.

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What is the root of the caste system?

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Reincarnation, karma.

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Where is the byzantine empire located?

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Old Ancient rome

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