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Alexander the Great

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-Greek ruler
-350 BC
-Conquered most of the ancient worlds even all the way to India
-tutored by Aristotle
-est Alexandria, Egypt
-said to have loosed the Gordian knot

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Atilla the Hun

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-430 AD
-Conquered many parts of Central and Eastern Europe
-cruel destructive

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Augustus Caesar

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-reign 44BC-14AD during Christ’s time
-first emperor of Rome
-adopted son of Julius Caesar
-era of peace and prosperity. Considered a golden age of Romen empire
-month of August named after him
- Augustan age - when a nation is at it’s height of literature and art

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Aztecs

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-1200s-1600s AD
- Mexico native people
- Conquered by the Spanish

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Babylon

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-ancient Mesopotamia
-known for hanging gardens
-sensual lifestyle of it’s people
-Jews taken captive into Babylon in 600s BC

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Francis Bacon

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-1560-1620AD
-English author, scientist, politician
- leader during Renaissance in England

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Black Death

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-1340-1350AD
-BUBONIC PLAGUE

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Anne Boleyn

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-1533
-2nd wife of Henry the VIII
- accused of adultery and beheaded

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Bread and Circuses

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  • a term for government policies that seek short-term solutions to public unrest
  • coined by Roman writer to describe declining heroism in the populace “two things only the people anxiously desire - bread and circuses”
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Bronze Age

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4000BC

-before Iron Age
-bronze used for tools
-wheel and plow invented

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Byzantine Empire

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-330-1400s AD
-STARTED AS AN EASTERN PORTION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
-when Western Rome declined it rose in power
-Capital Constantinople now known as Istanbul
-conquered by Ottoman empire

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Caesar

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-family name of Julius Caesar and the next 11 rulers of Rome
- root for the German Kaiser and Russian Czar

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Caligula

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-37AD-41AD

-cruel and insane Roman emperor
-one of the 12 Caesars
- appointed a horse to the Senate to humiliate his other senators

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Carthage

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-ancient city in N Africa
-est by Phoenician traders
-commercial and political rival of Rome during 400-200BC
-Hannibal (Carthaginian) attempted to capture Rome

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Cato

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-Roman senator
- declared Carthage a permanent enemy to the Roman empire
- famously ended all of his speeches in the Roman Senate with the words “Carthage must be destroyed”

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Charlemagne

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-800 AD
- WAS THE KING OF FRANCE CROWNED FIRST EMPEROR OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE.

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Chivalry

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-training and standards of behavior for knights
-bravery, military skill, generosity, piety, courtesy to women

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Cleopatra

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-69BC-30BC
-Queen of Egypt
-lived for some time in Rome with Julius Caesar
-then lived in Egypt with Roman politician Mark Antony
-Romeo and Juliet situation

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Christopher Columbus

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-1492 AD
-funded by Spain hope to find a trade passage to India. Instead found North America
-also visited the Caribbean islands

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Constantinople

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-founded by Constantine the Great Roman emperor
-was the capital of the Eastern part of the Roman empire
-now Istanbul, Turkey

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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-1500s AD
-THEORIZED THAT THE EARTH REVOLVED AROUND THE SUN

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The Crusades

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-1000s-1200s
- European Kings and warriors set out to control the holy Land
-Conquered Jerusalem in 1099 but we’re driven out by late 1200s

-exposed Europeans to the goods technology and customs of Asia
-lasting legacy of bitterness against the Europeans / Christians among Muslims
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Dark ages

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-400s-1300sAD
- prevailing ignorance and barbarism of the time

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Fall of Rome

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476AD

-PLUNDERING OF THE CITY OF ROME BY INVADING VANDALS

-abdication by the last Roman emperor Romulus Augustulus

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Feudalism
Middle Ages 800s-1400s - King owns all the land -King gives leading nobles land in return for their loyalty and military service -nobles allowed peasants and surfs to farm the land in return for a portion of their produce -under feudalism people were born with a permanent position in society no upward movement Root of futile?
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Genghis Khan
1160-1230AD -Mongolian general and emperor -Concord fast portions of Northern China and southwestern Asia -known for cruelty
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Guilds
Middle Ages 800s-1400s -groups of similar artisans that sought to regulate the price and quality of their products - guilds continued into the 1700s -guilds were precursor to trade unions
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Johannes Gutenberg
-1440AD - Inventor PRINTING PRESS -Gutenberg Bible first book printed
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Hammurabi
-1790-1750BC -BABALONIAN KING -known for putting the laws of his country into a formal code
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Hannibal
-218 BC sparked the second Punic war -took an army of 100k including elephants from Spain into Italy crossing the Alps -still regarded as one of the greatest military movements in history -was not able to conquer Rome but did have several victories along the way
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Henry VIII
1509AD -established himself as head of Church of England instead of the Pope after the Pope refused to let him divorce Catherine of Aragon -since then England has been officially a Protestant nation -also executed his close friend Thomas Moore because he didn't support Henry making himself head of the the Church -6 wives Div-Catherine of Aragon B-Anne Boleyn Died-Jane Seymour Div-Anne of Cleves B-Catherine Howard Sur-Catherine Parr
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Hundred Years' War
1350-1450AD -Kings of England tried to capture the French throne. Towards the end of the war Joan of Arc drove them out
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Ides of March
March 14, 44BC DAY THAT JULIUS CAESAR WAS ASSASSINATED
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Incas
1200s-1550AD -native peoples in Cusco, Peru -conquered by the Spaniards, Francisco Pizarro
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Inquisition
-1250ad -court established by the Catholic Church to try cases of heresy -very active in Spain -used torture and all manner of means to elicit " confessions" -continued in Spain until the 1800s
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Joan of Arc
-1450ad -17-year-old French military leader -thought against the English during the hundred years of war -claims to have heard God speak to her -was convicted of heresy and burned at the stake -is now a saint of the Catholic Church
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Magna Carta
1215AD -signed by King John of England under pressure from the nobles -a list of rights and privileges -King could not levy taxes without consent of parliament -no Freeman could be deprived of liberty or property except through trial or legal processes
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Mayas
-750 BC- 1600s AD - generally came before Aztecs -native peoples of Mexico and Central America -known for their astronomical observations, accurate calendars, sophisticated hieroglyphics, and pyramids
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Medici
-1400s-1600s The Renaissance -Italian family of skilled politicians and patrons of the arts -Florence Italy -produced two queens of France
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Medieval
-late 400s-late 1400s AD Known as middle ages -The term may now be use describing outdated ideas or customs, inhuman practices
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Middle Ages
-late 400s to late 1400s AD -begins with the fall of Rome ends with the Renaissance -sometimes called the dark Ages -
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Thomas More
1500AD -ENGLISH STATESMAN AND SCHOLAR -author of Utopia -Saint in Catholic Church -a close friend of Henry VIII who was beheaded because he refused to acknowledge Henry as self-appointed head of the Church of England
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Nero
60AD -cruel -persecuted Christians. Is said to have put Peter and Paul to death -blamed Christians for setting fire to Rome but legend says he set the fire himself - was said to " fiddling while Rome burns" indifferent to catastrophe
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Pax Romana
Latin The peace enforced by ancient Rome
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Pericles
400BC Greek statesman who tried to unite the country under the leadership of his own city Athens -promoted democracy -his rule is known as the Golden Age of Greece -Parthenon built
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The Reformation
1500s -an attempt to reform the Catholic Church but resulted in founding Protestant churches -leaders: Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Knox -established in England after Henry VIII declared himself head of the church of England
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Renaissance
1400s-1650sAD -cultural rebirth in Europe based on the discovery of literature of Greece and Rome -America discovered -Reformation began -Major figures: Galileo, Shakespeare, DaVinci, Michelangelo
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Roman empire
753BC-450AD -legend of Remus and Romulus -ruled by Kings until around 500 BC when Roman Republic was established -centralized government, massive public works roads, aqueducts
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War of the Roses
-1450 to 1480s AD -House of Lancaster and House of York -House of Lancaster won - Henry Tudor ( Henry VII father of Henry VIII) became King
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Rosetta Stone
1799AD -discovered in Egypt with both ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and the Greek translation -The key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphics
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Rubicon
-river in Northern Italy that Julius Caesar crossed with his army in violation of orders from leaders of Rome -civil war followed, Caesar won -"The die is cast" -The expression "Crossing the Rubicon" means taking a dangerous irreversible step
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Serf
Feudalism A peasant bound to his Lord's land and subject to his will but entitled to his protection
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Spanish Inquisition
See Inquisition Lasted longer here than other places in Europe
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1066
Norman conquest of England -William the conqueror of Normandy, France, defeated forces of England and declared himself King
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William the conqueror
1066AD Norman conquest of England -William the conqueror of Normandy, France, defeated forces of England and declared himself King
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Trojan war
1200 BC - thought between mainland Greece and outlying regions in what is now the Turkey
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Vikings
800-1000AD -Raided much of coastal Europe -explored, sailed -discovered and settled areas such as Iceland Greenland Canada
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Frothy
-massive small bubbles -light and entertaining but of no substance
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Vapid
-not stimulating or challenging
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Pervade
-(smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of
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Irksome
Irritating, annoying
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Capillary attraction
- tendency of liquid in a thin tube to rise higher than surrounding liquid
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Irreducible
-not able to be reduced or simplified -not able to be brought to a certain form or condition
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Auspices
-sponsorship, patronage
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Educative
-intended to educate or enlighten, educational
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Bootstraps
-loop at the back of a boot -get yourself out of a situation with what you have
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Pretense
-attempt to make something that is not the case appear true -false or ambitious claim
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Palatable
- food pleasant to taste -action acceptable or satisfactory
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Buncombe
Unacceptable behavior Ludicrously false statements Hogwash drivel garbage

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