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38 Cards in this Set
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Fertile crescent
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an arc of rich farmland in Southwest, between the persian gulf and the Mediterranean sea
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Mesopotamia
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greek for land in between the rivers
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city state
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a powerful city and the land around it
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dynasty
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a series of rulers from a single family
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culture diffusion
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the spreading of products or ideas from one culture to another
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polytheism
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the belief in more than one god
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empire
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a political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler
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delta
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a marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river
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hieroglyphics
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an ancient egyptian writing system where pictures were used to represent sounds or ideas
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papyrus
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a tall reed that grows in the nile delta, used by the ancient egyptians as a writing material
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monsoon
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a wind that shifts direction at certain times of the year
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Harappan civilization
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another name for the indus river valley civilization that arose possibly in 7000 b.c.
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loess
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a fertile deposit of windblown soil
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oracle bone
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one of the tortoise shells or animal bones that chinese priests used to communicate with their gods
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mandate of heaven
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in chinese history the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority
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dynastic cycle
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the historical pattern of the rise, decline and replacement of dynasties
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feudalism
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a political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to the king in exchange for the loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on it
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indo-europeans
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a group of semi nomadic who in about 1700 b.c. migrated down from southern russia to the indian subcontinent, Europe, and Asia
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steppes
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dry grass covered plains
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Mahahbarata
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a great indian poem about the struggles of the aryans as the moved into india
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reincarnation
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rebirth
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karma
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good deeds, bad deeds
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enlightenment
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in Buddhism a state of perfect wisdom in which one understands the basic truths about the universe
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nirvana
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release from the pain and suffering after the achievement of enlightenment
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Minoans
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a seafaring people that lived on the island of crete sometime between 2000 to 1400 b.c.
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phoenicians
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a seafaring people of southwest Asia who around 1100 b.c. began to trade and set up colonies around the mediterranean
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Torah
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the first 5 books of the hebrew bible the most sacred of jewish writings
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Monotheism
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the belief in a single god
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covenant
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a mutual promise or agreement
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Hyksos
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a group of nomadic invaders who ruled egypt from 1640 to 1570 b.c.
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assyria
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a southwest asian kingdom that controlled a large empire from 850 to 612 b.c.
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medes
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a southwest asian people who helped to destroy the assyrian
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Chaldeans
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a southwest asian people who helped to destroy the assyrian
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bureaucracy
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a system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of government
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I Ching
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a book of oracles consulted to answer ethical and practical problems
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yin and yang
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in chinese thought two powers that control aspects of every day life
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Qin dynasty
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a short lived dynasty that replaced the Zhou dynasty in 3rd century b.c.
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autocracy
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a government that has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner
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