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Civilization is the term used to describe a society differentiated by levels of ___________ and________________ and in military, religious, economic, and political control are based in cities.

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Wealth, Power

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The paleolithic age, witnessed the development of cave _________?

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Cave paintings

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The diviion of labor between __________ and _________ and discovery of _________.

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Men, Women, Fire

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The neolithic Revolution was the move from hunting and gathering toward the systematic growing of what__________?

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Food/ Crops

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One of th ancient civilization in ______________ began in an Re known as Sumer around 3000 B.C.

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Mesopotamia

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Sargon the Great was the founder of the _________________ empire and esatblished the first empire in Mesopotamia.

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Akkadian

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The Epic of Gilgamesh is a great literary epic of the ancient________.

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Sumerians

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What was Mesopotamian known as Cuneiform?

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Eye for an eye

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What was Hammurabi most famous for ____________________ kings of Babylonian Empire who developed a significant set of laws.

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Retaliation

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7
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What was the most important river to help develope the Egyptian civilization?

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Nile

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Ancient ___________ history was dicived into three major periods. The New Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom, and The Old Kingdom

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Egyptian

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The egyptians were polytheistic during what kingdom- their cheif god was calld Re-the sub god of?

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Old Kingdom

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Osiris was an Egyptian god associated with what?

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Mumification

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10
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In the New Kingdom of Egyptians history rulers took on the title of what?

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Pharaoh

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Hieroglyphics was the primary writing system in ___________ it included symobols and represented sounds and objects.

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Ancient Egyptain

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12
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Egyptian number system what based of what number?

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10

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13
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The Greek, Latin, Persian and other languages belonged t what group?

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European

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14
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Minoan Civilization was located on what island in the Mediterranean Sea?

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Crete

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Linear was a primary script used to place religious writing if ________ Civilization?

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Minoan

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16
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What language group did Myceneaans belong to?

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German

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17
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The virtue of being a skilled warrior was considered most important to what?

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Trojan War

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18
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The earliest written for of __________ used by the Mycenaeans was known ad Linear B.

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Greek

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19
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In religious tradition Abraham is considered the patriarch of what people?

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Penataleuch

20
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King David is credited with the founder of ___________ and is consideded th greatest King of Isreal

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Jerusalem

20
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What occuued at hands of the Hewbrews Chaldeans?

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Babylonian Captivity

21
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________________ Religious Tradition contained three important aspects- The Covenant, The Law, and Prophets.

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Jewish

22
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What simplified alphabet and writting system was contributed near ancient East?

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Pheonicains alphabet

23
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Assyrians were warlike conquerors?

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Mesopatamia

24
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The _________ millitary used terror tactics, had a well trained and diciplined army the used iron weapons, used horse drawn war chariots.

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Assyriam

25
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The Hanging Garden of Babylon was on the the architectural achievments during what reign?

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Nebuchadnezzar II

26
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In the Greek Archaic age the Greek adopted _________ form the Phoenicians?

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Alphabet

27
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The Iliad was work of ___________ to tell a story of the Trojan War, with the wrath of a Greek hero named Achilles

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Homer

28
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The ________ was a Greek millitary formation where soldiers stood shoulder to shoulder in ranks ofter eight men deep.

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Phalanx

28
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The Greek ______ was an independent slef-governing city state.

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Polis

29
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Democracy involves rule by ___________________ and is not determined by birth or wealth.

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Political Reforms

30
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Cleithenes began a major reform that would create Athenians what?

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Democracy

31
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The __________ faced problems caused by family sold into slavey , as of result they turned power over to solon to save Athens.

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Areopagus

32
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Cyrus was the Great founder of _________?

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Persian Empire

33
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_____________ led Athenians to their allies to victory at the Battlw of Marathon.

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Miltiades

34
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Xerxes was the Persian ruler who led ___________ Invasion of Greece, with the force og 150,000 to 200,000 men.

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Persians

35
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Greek unity was destroyed as a result of the ___________ War?

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Peloponnesian War

35
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The Battle of Thermopylae was a heroic delaying action led by Kind Leonidas and his 300 ___________ to buy time for Athens to prepare for the Persian invasion.

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Spartans

36
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Herodotus wrote the “ Persian War” known of “ the Father of ___________?

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History

37
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Spartans’ famous Greek philosopher who was forced commit suicide by drinking hemlock for corrupting the youth of___________?

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Athens

37
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Hellenistic is the word used to describe the civilization based on _______________?

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Greece

38
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Philip II defeating an alliance of Thebans the Athenians at the Battle of _____________?

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Chaeronea

39
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Alexander the Great largest empire the world had ever known diffused_________?

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Greek

40
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The Battle of Granicus River, The Battle of Issus, and Gaugamela was most famous of who?

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Alexander

41
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The epic poem of The Argonautica was.

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Apollonius Rhodes

42
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Doctrine of Pleasure Founded by Epicurus

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Epicurus

43
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________ founded Zeno?

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Stoicism

44
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Groundbreaking astronomical theory of the Heliocentric view of the universe?

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Aristarchus

45
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_______ is best known for determining the circumference of the Earth?

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Eratosthenes

46
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_______ was most famous contribution of Elements, textbook on geometry

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Euclid

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