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Exchange of goods and ideas between people; helped civilizations grow

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Cultural diffusion

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Era when nomadic life was replaced by permanent settlements due to farming and animal domestication

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Neolithic revolution

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Anything used to manipulate the environment beyond biological means

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Technology

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Characteristics shared by humans who developed permanent settlement around agriculture

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Civilizations

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Belief in many gods

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Polytheistic

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The god King in Egypt who controlled all political decision making

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Pharaoh

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Area between Tigris & Euphrates rivers where many early city-states emerged

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Fertile Crescent

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Pyramid-like temples that demonstrated the power of religion

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Ziggurats

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Writing system used for record keeping purposes

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Cuneiform

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Groups of states/territories under the control of one ruler

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empire

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Written & harsh legal code used in Babylon

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Code Of Hammurabi

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Chinese belief that their culture was the center of the earth; ethnocentric

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Middle Kingdom

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A family who passes authority to rule to its own members over many generations; Shang & Egyptians

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Dynasty

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A divine approval to rule, belief that God told them to rule

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Mandate of Heaven

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Local lords controlled their own regions but owed military service to the ruler

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Feudalism

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A leader of the Qin, proclaimed himself Shi Huangdi “First Emperor”

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Qin

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Lasted 400 years, taxes were reduced & eased harsh policies

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Han Dynasty

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18
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Rules over the first united Indian empire

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Maurya Empire

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A system of managing government through departments that are run by appointed officials

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Bureaucracy

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20
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Rejected further conquest, hoping to rule by moral example rather than violence

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Asoka

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21
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A city-state

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Polis

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A government rules by the landowning elite

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Aristocracy

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Large # of the male citizens actually took part in day-to-day running of the government

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Direct democracy

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Preservation of Greek and Roman cultures

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Hellenistic

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Officials were chosen by the people

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Republic

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Most powerful governing body

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Senate

27
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Landowning upper class

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Patricians

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Who made up most of the population- had little power (Farmers, merchants, artisans, traders)

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Plebeians

29
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Roman peace, Roman Empire speed stability

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Pax Romana

30
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Written laws inscribed on 12 tables

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Law of the 12 tables

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Bridge-like stone structures that carried water from the hills to the cities

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Aqueducts

32
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Trade route that linked China with lands as far as West Mesopotamia

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Silk Road

33
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Han emperor, conducted many military campaigns to secure & expand China

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Wudi

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Control of a business by 1 group/person

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Monopoly

35
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A trade route stretching from China’s capital to the Mediterranean Sea

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Silk Road

36
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Rules roams from 31 BC - AD 14, stabilized the government

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Augustus

37
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Belief that anything(living & nonliving) has a spirit

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Animism

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1 unifying spirit, too complex for humans(the Creator)

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Brahman

39
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Rebirth of a soul in a new body

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Reincarnation

40
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All deeds of a persons life that affect his/her existence in the next life

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Karma

41
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Good deeds, moral & religious duties that are expected

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Dharma

42
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Philosophical dialogues about Hindu beliefs

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Upanishads

43
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Founder of Buddhism. “The enlightened one”

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Buddha

44
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Union with the universe & release from the cycle of death & rebirth

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Nirvana

45
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Belief in one God

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Monotheistic

46
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Binding agreement by God to be the God of Hebrews

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Torah

47
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Jewish word for savior sent by God

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Messiah

48
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Sacred text of Christianity, 2 parts; old & New Testament

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Bible

49
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Journey to Mecca, touring point for Islam

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Hijra

50
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Provides a guide to Muslims; sacred text for Muslims

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Qur’an

51
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Immense body of laws, covers all aspects of life

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Sharia

52
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People dedicated to spreading a religion

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Missionaries

53
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When the Romans expelled Jews from Palestine, it’s the scattering of people

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Diaspora

54
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People during the Paleolithic era who move from place to place

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Nomads

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