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Main river in egypt
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Nile
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3 ways nile shaped egypt
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Trade, Transportation, Unification, Silt/Water
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Who United Upper and Lower Egypt
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King Mienes
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King/God of Egypt
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Pharoh
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Assistant to Pharoh
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Vizer
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When were pyramids built
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Old Kingdom
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Greatest Egyptian King
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Ramses
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Female Pharoh
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Hepchepsut
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King of the Gods
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Ra
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God of Nile And Death
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Osiris
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Nubia
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traded, provided gold and soilders to egypt
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What was the spinx for
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No one knows, mabey to protect pyramids
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Who tried to replace Ra
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Akhennauten
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Book of the dead, contained
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Egyptians used it to get into afterlife, contained Negative Confesssion
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King tut was famouse for what?
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His tomb
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Two types of egyptian writing
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Hyrogliphics and Demonics
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Roseata Stone
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Allowed for the translation of Hyrogliphics because it also contained greek
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Who Decoded the Rosseata Stone
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Jean Paulian(Frenchie)
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Egyptian Calander
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Symiler to ours, 12 months with 5 extra days at the end of the year
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Preserving a Corpse
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Mumification
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Mesopitamia means what
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Between rivers
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Mesopitamia was between what two rivers?
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The Tigress and Euphrattes
(my aunts two cats) |
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The modern alphabet was developed by who?
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Phonecians
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Mesopitamia was called the crossroad of civilizations.
Por Que? |
It had no natural barrers(mountians, oceans) and was very flat and fertile allowing for easy conquest by invaders
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How was Mesopitamia Orgonized?
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Into City States
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How did the anciant Mesopetamian's write?
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Cuniform
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Mesopitamia had a number system based on what?
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6
(60 min. 360 degrees ect..) |
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Hammarabies Code
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Codified the laws
(wrote them down) |
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Book of the dead, contained
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Egyptians used it to get into afterlife, contained Negative Confesssion
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King tut was famouse for what?
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His tomb
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Two types of egyptian writing
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Hyrogliphics and Demonics
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Roseata Stone
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Allowed for the translation of Hyrogliphics because it also contained greek
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Who Decoded the Rosseata Stone
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Jean Paulian(Frenchie)
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Egyptian Calander
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Symiler to ours, 12 months with 5 extra days at the end of the year
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Preserving a Corpse
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Mumification
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Mesopitamia means what
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Between rivers
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Mesopitamia was between what two rivers?
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The Tigress and Euphrattes
(my aunts two cats) |
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The modern alphabet was developed by who?
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Phonecians
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Mesopitamia was called the crossroad of civilizations.
Por Que? |
It had no natural barrers(mountians, oceans) and was very flat and fertile allowing for easy conquest by invaders
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How was Mesopitamia Orgonized?
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Into City States
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How did the anciant Mesopetamian's write?
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Cuniform
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Mesopitamia had a number system based on what?
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6
(60 min. 360 degrees ect..) |
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Hammarabies Code
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Codified the laws
(wrote them down) |
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Book of the dead, contained
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Egyptians used it to get into afterlife, contained Negative Confesssion
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King tut was famouse for what?
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His tomb
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Two types of egyptian writing
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Hyrogliphics and Demonics
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Roseata Stone
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Allowed for the translation of Hyrogliphics because it also contained greek
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Who Decoded the Rosseata Stone
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Jean Paulian(Frenchie)
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Egyptian Calander
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Symiler to ours, 12 months with 5 extra days at the end of the year
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Preserving a Corpse
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Mumification
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Mesopitamia means what
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Between rivers
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Mesopitamia was between what two rivers?
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The Tigress and Euphrattes
(my aunts two cats) |
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The modern alphabet was developed by who?
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Phonecians
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Mesopitamia was called the crossroad of civilizations.
Por Que? |
It had no natural barrers(mountians, oceans) and was very flat and fertile allowing for easy conquest by invaders
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How was Mesopitamia Orgonized?
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Into City States
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How did the anciant Mesopetamian's write?
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Cuniform
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Mesopitamia had a number system based on what?
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6
(60 min. 360 degrees ect..) |
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Hammarabies Code
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Codified the laws
(wrote them down) |
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Hammarabia was what
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Babolonian
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Codofied laws did what
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Allowed everyone to see them and deterred crime because you knew what your punishment would be
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Hittikes
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First to use iorn in wepons
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Asserians
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Warrior race
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Asserian capitals
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Azer and Niniva
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Neboconezer
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Defeated asserians, revived babolon, built hangging gardens
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Who concoured the revived babolon
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PERSIA!!!!
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Who orgonized the PERSIAN empire and what did he do
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Cyris The Great
Established Money Economy vrs. barter made roads, postal service and orgonized laws |
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How was the PERSIAN empire devided
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Satraps
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What was the PERSIAN religion
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Zorastorism
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Monotheism
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Belief in one God
(Jewish, Christian Zorastorism) |
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Book of zorastorism
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Zendefestin
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Main God of Zorastorism
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Ahora Mazda
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Phonecians
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Sailors/Traders
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Colonies
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Lands orgonized by forign nations
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Abraham
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Founder of jewish faith, maide convenent with yahway
(god) |
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First five book of bibe/Jewish Bible
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Toarah
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Who led the jewish people out of Egypt.
What was this known as? |
Moses(dugh)
The Exodes |
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Judge
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Jewish military leader who led only in times of conflict/times of battle
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How many Jewish trisbes were there?
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12
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The jewish kingdom brokle into two parts
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Judah and Isreal
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Babolonian captivity
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Babolonian's came burnt temple down, most jewish people lived in communites in babolon
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Despora
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Spread of Jewish people during and after the babolonian captivity
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First Greek speaking people
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Mycenians
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Great palace of the Mycenians
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Knosses
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Trojan war was between who
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Troy.....
And Myceians |
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Homer
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Wrote Illiad and Odessy
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Oddesy
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Written about Odessys's return home from trojian war
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Illiad
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about the trojan war
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Geography of Greece
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Surrounded by three oceans= penensula
Devided by mountian chains and rivers |
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How was greece orgonized
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City states because of mountian chains & rivers
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Polis
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City state
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Landholding elite
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Astocracy
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Rule by a small elite
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Oligarchy
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Profession of a Spartian
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Warriors
(SPARTANS WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION! AHO AHO AHO) |
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Rulers of sparta
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2 herititary kings in war
5 ephors in peace |
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Forighn Merchants in Sparta
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Pericoy
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Sparten farmer-slaves
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Helot
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Goverment type of athens
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limited dempcreacy
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why was the athenean government a limitrd democracy?
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limited because few were citizens. Had to be white,male, with an athenean parent.
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To be a citizen in sparta
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30+ white, male, member of a dining club, served in military, born and raised in sparta
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Salon
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Athenean leader outlawed debt slavery and started republic reforms
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Pysitratis
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Dictator who stalled democracy, neather help nor hinder
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Clystenis
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Dicator who established the assembly
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Counsul of 500
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Proposess laws to assembly
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Chief Greek God
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Zeuse
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Greek god of underworld
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Hades
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Greek God of War
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Ares
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Persian war started when
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ionia tried to revolt, athens sent ships. Revolt was crushed and ships were destroyed
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Darias attaked athens at___
What happend |
Battle O' marathon, greeks win. Scout runs 26.2 miles to announce victory before colapsing, dead
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After Darius dies ___ takes over
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Xeries
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Thermopolia
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TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL
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Battle where athens took out persian navy.
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Salamous
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Built up atheniean navy
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Thamistaklies
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Dillian leuge
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Formed to protect greece from persia, athens dominated
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Periclease
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Leader at the hight of Athens. Made a styphen(payment) for public servace. Also restricted citizenship, both parents had to be athenean
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Speech by Peraclese stressing the duites of citizenship
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Funeral Oration
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Peloponisian war
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Between Sparta and Athens
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How did Peloponesian war end?
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Persia helped sparta and Athens was no longer the dominate millitary power, thought it still was the cultural center
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Socrates
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Greek pholosopher, NEVER wrote anything down
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Secratic methed
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Series of questions to help ansewer find a depper truth. Named after its inventer socrates
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Socrates belived what was the ideal government?
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A republic headed by philosephers
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What would you say is Joe's Weight?
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450+ lbs.
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Socrates's student
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Playto
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What book did Playto write?
Why did he distrust democracy |
Wrote the rupublic
Distrusted democracy because it killed socrates and he thought it led to mob rule and warring factions |
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Playto's ideal government
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Mixed aristocracy/oligarchy
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Teacher of Alexander the great
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Aristotle
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Alexiander the great was what naccionality
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Maccadonian
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How far did alexander concour?
Why did he stop? |
Into India
He died of sickness |
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Anciant Mathamatecian figured out how to tell the ength of the 3 sides of a triangle
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Pythagoras
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To be a citizen in sparta
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30+ white, male, member of a dining club, served in military, born and raised in sparta
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Salon
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Athenean leader outlawed debt slavery and started republic reforms
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Pysitratis
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Dictator who stalled democracy, neather help nor hinder
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Clystenis
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Dicator who established the assemble
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Counsul of 500
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Proposess laws to assembly
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Chief Greek God
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Zeuse
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Greek god of underworld
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Hades
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Greek God of War
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Ares
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Persian war started when
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ionia tried to revolt, athens sent ships. Revolt was crushed and ships were destroyed
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Thermopolia
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TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL
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Battle where athens took out persian navy.
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Salamous
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Built up atheniean navy
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Thamistaklies
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Dillian leuge
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Formed to protect greece from persia, athens dominated
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What is the Geography of italy
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wipe flat plains with few mountians or streams
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What was the geography of Italy
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Wide flat feretile vallys with no large mountians or streams. Surrounded by three oceans, a penninsula which allowed easy trade and fishing.
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What is the small mountain chain running through the center of italy
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Apennine
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Who were the earlyist romans concured by
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Etruscians
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The early romans did what to the Etruscans
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Kicked them out and set up the republic
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According to legend, Rome was founded by who
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Remules and Romules
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Weathly Romans
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Patricians
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Poor Romans
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Plebians
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Most powerfull governing body in the Roman Republic
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Senate
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What were the two elected officals that served for a year and headed the military?
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Consuls
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What could the two consuls do to each others decisions?
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Vieto
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In the roman republic, when was a dictator chosen
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At a time of war
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Who was the Model Dictator and why
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Cincinnates, defeated the enemy and then stepped down
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Wife of osirsi
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Isis
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Introduced Chariots to Egyptians
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Hyksos
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These advances helped plebeans
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Law Of the 12 tables, Consul of Plevieans and tribunes
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Wemon in
Athens Sparta Rome |
Secluded life, rarley allowed outdoors
Expected to exercise and take care of the farm while the men were away, most important job was to produce more citizens Fairly free life, were allowed to run buissnes and such |
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Roman Slavery
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Could be good or bad, household slaves led a fairly good life as touters or cheifs were clothed and fed, but a mine slave lived a dirty dangerous exestance. Slaves could buy there freedom and once bought they could do everything a citizen could, except vote. Only very poor citizens wouldnt have a slave
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Main unit of the Roman army
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Legion
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How did Rome treat concured lands
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Fairly well, local government was alowed to stay in place as long as they recognized roman rule and paid taxs.
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Punic wars between
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Carthage and Rome
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First Punic war
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Fought mainly in Scicaly, Rome won Sicicaly, Corsica and Sardinia
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2nd Punic war
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Cartheninan General Hanabal makes daring manouver, attacks rome through alps, but has to surrounder because Romans surround Carthage
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3rd Punic War
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Rome sacks and burns carthage killing or selling its population into slavery. Sows salt into the feilds so no crops could grow.
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Wealthy Roman Estate
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Latafounda
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Julias Cesar Kills Pompey
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And Becomes Roman Dictator, signaling the fall of the Rupeblic
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Octavion
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A.K.A. Agustus
First Roman Emporer, First Julian-Claudin Emporer Establishes the Pretorian gaurd, Conducts one of the first extensive Censuses |
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Tiberus
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Secceded Octavion
Emporer during the public death and ministry of Jesus Christ Goes of to his little pleasure island to touch boys and leaves Sejanus in charge. Sejanus end sup being a *%^ hole so Tiberus has him Killed. Killed by Pretorian Gaurd |
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Caligula
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AKA "Little Boots"
Suceded Tiberus At first popular, recalled exiles, freed prisoners and burnt files of sajanus, but then got sick. After ilness was crazy. Started projects and then forgot them, Gauthers u an invasion foce to conur britan and then collected seashells, killed people(like priests) for no reason. Declared himself a living god. Partied with Jupeter and talked to herculease. Killed by Pretorian Gaurd |
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Cladius
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Succeded caligula
Chosen because he was weak and ugly. He was smart though and passed good laws. Added britan as a province. killed by wife |
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Nero
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Succeded Claduis.
Another nut, burnt down city then blamed christians. Killed his mother. Wandered the streets in wigs stabbing people. Emporer during the Jewish rebellion. Driven out of rome by senate and declared a public enemy, killed himself. |
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Vespesian
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First of the Flavian dynasty
Built the colloseum, put the treasury back togeather, apponted non romans to the senate |
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Hadrian
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Canceled debts to the state, codified laws, built Hadrians wall in britan to keep scotts out.
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Antonius and Marcus Aurelius
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Last good emporers, had a reighn of peace and prosperity
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Pax Romana
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Roman Peace. Time of peace when Rome was engaged in no major wars though there were rebellions
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Bread and Circuses
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Roman government gave free entertainment at coliseum and circus maximums and free food so the population would be loyal to government
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Circus Maximums
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Where chariot races were held (think Ben Hurr)
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Pantheon
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Famous temple dedicated to the gods (famous for its round shape)
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Livi and Tasitus
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Famous Roman Historians
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Paul
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roman citizen who spread the word of Jesus because he was roman couldn’t be wipped or crucified so he was decapitate
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Edict of Milan
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Issued by Emperor Constantine (first Christian emperor) granted religious freedom to everyone in Rome. (including Christians)
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Martyrs
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Someone who dies for their beliefs
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Heresies
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Teachings that went against the church (heretic is someone who practiced heresies)
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Teterarchy
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Split Roman Empire into two parts east and west for easier management. At first it was still one empire but later they split into two different empires. Began under Diocletian
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Constantine
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moved the roman capital from Rome to Constantinople Issued idect of Milan first Christan Emporer
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Huns
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were barbarians who invaded from Asia
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Visigoths Ostrogoths Vandals and Franks
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all invaded from Germany
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Odoacer
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Ousted the Last Roman Emperor
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Attila the Hun was persuaded from sacking Rome by
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the Pope
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Mercenaries
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hired warriors
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Agalos-Saxons-Jutes
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England
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Visagoths
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Spain
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Ostrogoths and Lombards
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Italy
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Franks
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France
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Merovingian’s
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Known as the “do nothing” kings
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Charles Martle defeated the Muslims at the battle of
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Tours
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When was Charlemagne crowned holy roman emporer?
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Christmas day 800
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Charlemagne
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sent out missi dominichi improved education revived Latin and spread Christianity
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St. Patrick converted
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Ireland
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Fief
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is lands given to a vassal from a lord
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Lords provided
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lands and protection
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Liege lord
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lord to whom vassal owes first loyalty
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Chivalry
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Code of conduct for knights
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Eleanor Aquitaine
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Queen of both England and France
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Tournaments
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Knights practiced their combat skills
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Dowry
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$ given to the husband of a bride by the woman’s family
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Serf
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Peasant bound to the land
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Benedictine Rule
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Rule for life in monasteries founded by St. Benedict
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Monks would
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get up early pray do some kind of labor be it manual in the fields or copying documents eat pray and sleep
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Interdict
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A punishment from the church excluding a person or area from the sacraments
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Franciscans and Dominicans
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Medieval orders of monks
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Cannon Law
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Law of the Church
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Church had both Temporal and spiritual power
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power on the earth and spiritual power
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The medieval church was good and bad
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There was some corruption but it also had many accomplishments
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Agricultural Revolution
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Use of 3 field system, iorn plow and horse harness, allowed for much faster production of crops
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Charter
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Granted by a king or a ruler in exchange for money, spelled out the rights of a city
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Middle class
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New in the middle ages, below nobles and above peasants
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Path of a skilled worker in a trade guide
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ApprenticeJourneymanMaster
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Feudal system broke down because of
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cities and trade
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