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What is the Christian calendar system based on?

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Christianity

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Who is the most important person in the Christian calendar system?

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Jesus of Nazareth

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Christos?

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Greek; anointed one

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What was Jesus’ nickname

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Christos

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What do people not the of the Christianity religion uses when they live in a place that uses it?

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Western System

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B.C.?

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Before Christ

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A.D.?

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Anno Domini; latin; in the year of our lord

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B.C.E.?

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Before Common Era

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C.E.?

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Common Era

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10
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How much is a Millennium?

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1,000 years

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What was the most important event in the Christian calendar system?

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The birth of Jesus

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What was the Muslim calendar system based on?

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Mohammed’s flight from Mecca to Medina

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Muslamic people’s culture is based on what?

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The religion of Islam

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14
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How is the Muslim calendar system dated?

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Before and after his death

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B.H.?

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Before Hegirae

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A.H.?

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Anno Hegirae

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Anno Hegirae?

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Latin; in the year of the flight

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Hegirae?

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Latin; the flight

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The Hebraic, Chinese, and Japanese calendar are all..?

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Continuous Calendars

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Continuous Calendars start where?

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They all start where they thought the world began. No special date. Pick and go

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Anno Mundi

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Latin; the year of the world

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22
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When was the oldest human writing dated back to?

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4241 B.C.

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What is the difference between Prehistoric Period and Historic Period

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The invention of writing

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Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic are all apart of what?

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The prehistoric period

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What is Aristotle the father of?

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Anthropology

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What is Anthropology?

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Study of human beings

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27
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Paleolithic?

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Greek; old stone age
Paleo - old
Lithic- stone

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28
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Hominid?

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Human Like

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29
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What did people living in a nomad life do?

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Moved around a lot

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30
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What were the different types of Australopithecus Africanus?

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East African Man, Java Man, and Peking Man

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Homo Sapiens?

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Latin; wise man

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32
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What were the two type of people that lived a nomadic life?

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Neanderthals, and Cro-Magnons

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Meso?

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Middle

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34
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Paleo?

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Greek; old

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35
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Meso?

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Greek; middle

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36
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What happened during the mesolithic age?

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  1. Domestication of animals
  2. Alloys (combination of two metals)
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Cogito Ergo Sum?

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Latin; I think therefore I am

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38
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Who said the latin quote I think therefore I am?

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Rene Descartes

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39
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Neo?

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Greek; new

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40
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What happened during the neolithic age?

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  1. Food production
  2. Trade & commerce
  3. Permanent settlements
  4. Wheel & sail
  5. Writing Systems
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41
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Barter System was..?

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When there was no money and people traded. ex) how much corn for a chicken

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Logia

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Greek; the study of

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43
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Civilization

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  1. Any organized attempt by humans to create order and stability in their environment.
  2. A human group of several different societies who share a common origin and or/ common characteristics.
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Raison d etre

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French; reason for being

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45
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Why do people want to form civilization

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It makes life easier and they hope it will increase your chance of survival and improve quality of life.

46
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Das Kapital

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German; the capital (money)

47
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Every civilization has a way to what..?

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Organize people

48
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Patriarchy?

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Rule by father (boy)

49
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Matriarchy?

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Rule by mother (girl)

50
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Archy?

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Latin; to rule

51
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What is the organic system

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A government system created by Karl Marx were each person gives what they can and receives what they need; everything is equal.

52
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What is school kind of like?

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Alma mater ; foster mother

53
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Poly?

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Greek; many

54
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Mono?

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Greek; one

55
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Theos?

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Greek; god

56
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Ism?

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Greek; belief

57
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What major world religions are monotheistic?

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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

58
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What major world religions are polytheistic?

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Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, and Taoism

59
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What is the cost of civilization?

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Sacrifice of personal freedom and individual liberty.

60
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What gender is the Sun?

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Male

61
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What is the gender of the Earth?

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Female

62
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What were the most common gods?

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The Sun and the Earth

63
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What is a civilization?

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A human group of several different societies that share a common origin and/or common characteristics

64
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Who do the four beginning human civilizations belong with?

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Themselves

65
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What are the first four human civilizations?

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Mesopotamian, Nile, Yellow, and Indus

66
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What was Charles L. Woolley obsessed with?

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Genesis

67
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Where is Mesopotamia?

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Between the Tigris and Euphrates

68
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Which direction is the occidental civilization?

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West

69
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What number did the sumerians base their math on?

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60

70
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Where the Sumerians Polytheistic?

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Yes

71
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Who created cuneiform?

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Sumerians

72
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Who created the Tower of Babel

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Babylonians

73
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Who thought that the location of the stars impacted your personality?

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Babylonians

74
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Who created zodiac?

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Babylonians

75
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Who was the chief of Babylon

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Markduk

76
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Where were the hanging gardens

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Babylon

77
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Pseudo?

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False

78
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Who were very interested in the stars

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Babylonians

79
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What are Hitties very protective of?

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Iron and bees

80
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Which warriors were the scariest?

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Assyrians

81
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What was Assyrians system of government?

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Fascism

82
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What is Assyrians largest city?

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Nineveh

83
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What was the Persians capital?

A

Perserpolis

84
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Who is the Hebrews god?

A

Yahweh

85
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Who created Zoroastrianism?

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Zoroaster

86
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What does Ahura-Mazda mean?

A

Good

87
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What does Ahriman mean?

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Evil

88
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What direction what the Oriental Civilizations

A

East

89
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What were the most important discoveries in Ancient Eygpt?

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Rosetta Stone and Tomb of Tutankhamon

90
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Eygptology?

A

The study of Eygpt

91
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Who found the tomb of Tutankhamon?

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Howard Carter

92
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Why was the tomb of Tutankhamon so important?

A

It had no been raided

93
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Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?

A

It had a language that they understood on it and was able to translate other Ancient Eygpy languages

94
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What was the symbol of a city in Ancient Eygpt?

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A circle with thick x

95
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What was the symbol of life in Ancient Eygpt?

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A T with a circle over it

96
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What is a cartouche?

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It is a oval or rectangle that joins that put symbols together to create a bigger word like a name

97
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Sociology?

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The study of human groups

98
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Pharoh?

A

Great house

99
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Where is upper Eygpt?

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South

100
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Where is lower Eygpt?

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North

101
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What is upper Eygpt represented by?

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Vulture

102
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What is lower Eygpt represented by?

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Cobra

103
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What did Mexes create?

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The Dynasty Rule

104
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Helipolis?

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Greek; City of the sun

105
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What is the orignial name of Helipolis?

A

On

106
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What is a delta?

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The mouth of a river

107
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Helio?

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Greek; sun

108
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Polis?

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Greek; city

109
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Who invaded the Nile

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Hyksos invaded the Nile

110
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Why did the Eygptian councor their neigbors of the south (Nubia)

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For gold

111
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What all happend during the Empire period?

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Exodus, Tutankahamen, Aenhotep IV, Hatshepsut, Ramses II

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