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What was known as hunters and foragers era

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Palaeolithic

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How did the change of new agriculture start

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Began to learn about new grains, learned they didn’t have to chase their food could start herding

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Why could herding not happen everywhere

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Because not all animals were able to be domesticated

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Mesopotamia was located in:

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The Fertile Crescent (between Tigris and Euphrates river)

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What kind of infrastructure flourished during the Mesopotamian time period

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Ziggurats

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Ziggurats were used for

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Worshiping the Gods

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What were some inventions (mathematical and scientific)

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Base 60 system (60 seconds per minute ext.)

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8
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The Babylon people of Mesopotamia used their math system to

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Study the stars

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9
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One of the first forms of writing…

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Was developed on slabs of clay and developed into first form of writing 32,000 BCE

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10
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Greece developed:

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Eastern Mediterranean

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The two powerful city states were:

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Sparta and Athens

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Greece spread to the

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Italian peninsula

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Geography like mountains and rivers separated…

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Multiple city states

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All city states had a gov that was

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Independent and local to their group

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Greece became competition with the Persian empire due to

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Access of sea and trade

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16
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What does the word Polis mean

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City states(different groups)

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17
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Greece was ruled by

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Men(patriarchy)

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18
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Spartas main goal

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To have the most powerful military base

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19
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Young boys were

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Taken away to train for military (starved and abused)

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20
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Women in Sparta could

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Own land have education

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21
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Sparta relied on slaves too

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Feed everyone in the group

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22
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Helots definition

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captured slaves

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Sparta was run by a

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Oligarchy (rich land owners)

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24
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Athenian democracy was known for their

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Intellectual and political achievements

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25
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Athens were ruled by a

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Monarchy

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Athenians slowly fell into being ruled by tyrants because

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Rich land owners believed they had a say and gov and when there demands were not fulfilled they turned to small farmers to support tyrants

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Tyrants meaning

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Leaders who seize power with the support of their people

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28
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Athens became a

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Democracy

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29
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Who was Socrates

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A man who question Athenian gov and religion was put to death for it

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30
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Who was Plato

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Kept the idea of Socrates alive studies literature

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31
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Greeks believed in

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Multiple Gods

32
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Greeks created the

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Olympics ode to Gods

33
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Who were leaders of Persian empire over time

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Cyrus the great

Darius (522-436 BCE)

34
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About the reign of Darius

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He was a man who ruled a large empire he created the idea of local leaders (Sartrap)

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Sartraps duty was too

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Report back to Darius about issues with local gov

36
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Royal road was

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A road expanded across the empire brought trade and goods people rode on camels

37
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The Persian empire believed in

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One God (monotheistic)

38
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Persian empire brought the concept of

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Haven and hell belief

This belief was followed by the richer class

39
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Persian empire owned slaves so

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So they didn’t have to do there own farming

40
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Persian empire let women

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Have rights

41
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Persian empire created

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Irrigation systems

42
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Persia and Greece went too

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War

43
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The Athens and Sparta came together

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To defeat Persia

44
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The polonesian war was between

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Spartans Athens against the Persian empire

45
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What did Alexander the Great do

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He extended Greece into Asia, spread world wide culture,

46
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Death of Alexander the Great lead to

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The fall of Greece and Rome taking over

47
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Ancient Rome started as a small village

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Bear the Tiber river

48
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How was Rome divided

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Regal/republican/imperial

49
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The regal democracy consisted of

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A-bunch of kings, was the beginning of Rome

50
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The republican democracy was

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A time were people were ruled into power ( Julius Caesar’s time or rule)

51
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The imperial democracy’s was

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The first emperor was elected his name being Octavian (Pax Romana)

52
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Rome created infrastructure like

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Aqueducts road systems coliseums

53
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Why did Rome flourish with expanding

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Because they didn’t force religion on the people they conquered

54
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Romans were heavily influenced by

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The Greek culture

55
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As the rise of Christianity began to arise

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Rome started to slowly decline

56
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Jews under Rome were captured (530-79 BCE) did Roman’s use Christianity?

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Romans accepted it but had no intent of practicing Christianity, when Jews rebelled it led to the destruction and persecution of Jews

57
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Jesus emerged to challenge

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The belief of Roman’s

58
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Christianity was most popular amongst

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Poor people slaves and women in need of answer about hardness of life and after life

59
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Petter and Paul what did they do

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Peter and Paul spread the word of Christianity around Rome both who became catholic priest in Rome inspired preachers from then on

60
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Who was the Roman Empire that believed in Christianity and changed tomes religion

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Constantine was the emperor who changed Rome and created it into being Constantine

61
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Why did Christianity fall when Jesus died

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Because Rome began to kill Jews who still believed in him and went back to the belief of multiple gods

62
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When do we begin to see major issues with Rome

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300 CE such as plague revolting attacks and threats

63
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When was Jesus killed

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29 CE

64
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What was the caste system

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Was a social class formed around jobs in ancient India

65
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What was the order highest class to lowest

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Brahmins-Kshatriyas-vaishyas-Dalits

66
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If you weren’t in the same class

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You couldn’t marry love or have certain jobs

67
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What was the idea of Jainism

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Jainism was the belief that all living things have a soul (had very few followers

68
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About Buddhism

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Had four noble truths, belief in reincarnation, doing good in life till you achieve enlightenment (nirvana)

69
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Where was Buddhism started

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Northern India

70
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Mauryan empire was more focused on the religions rather than form of gov

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71
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Guapta dynasty began and ended in

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3-4 century to 6th century

72
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Guapta dynasty was called the

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Golden age

73
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Some of quaptas dynasty achievements were

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The building of hospitals and new surgeries and skills and the development of 0-9 numbers

74
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About Mauryan empire

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Had provinces and spy’s, thete leader Ashoka also known as Buddha

75
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Buddhism spread through

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The Silk Road

76
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After budha dies there was a

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Division of his people (skism)

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