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Neanderthal
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Type of homo sapien
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Homosapien sapiens
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1st ppl look like us
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Why were paleolithic ppl nomads?
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Had no choice but to follow their food
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what is the paleolithic age called?
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old stone age
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what created change in the neolithic revolution?
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systematic agriculture
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what allowed humans to make settlements
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domestication
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how do historians identify a civilization?
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complex cultural
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What is anthropology?
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study of human life and culture
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homoerectus
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up right human being
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How fast did modern humans spread across the world?
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2-3 miles per generation
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what is the nickname for the neolithic age?
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new stone age
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what did farming in mesopotamia create?
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civilization
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What is hammurabi known for
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code of hammurabi
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what are the 10 lost tribes?
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scattered israelites
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what is the difference between jewish profits & early religions?
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Had 1 god
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What kept the Persian empire strong?
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Roads
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What is a theocracy?
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Govt by divine authority
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who created cunieform writing?
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symmerians
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name the 3 major periods of old egyptian history is divided into?
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*old
*middle *new |
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What is the importance of the phoenician alphabet?
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we still use it today
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who was the king of israle when it was at its peak?
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solumn
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who created the caste system in india?
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aryans
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who was buddah?
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siddhartha gautama
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what was the silk road?
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trade route
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the first Han emperor discarded what?
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harsh policies
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who were the aryans?
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indo - european nomads
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what did buddah believe caused suffering?
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attchment to things of the world
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what was india's greatest ruler?
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Asoka
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what indian created the decimal system?
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Abyharth
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What is Dao
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Proper way
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who were the first humans to use fire?
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homo erectus
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What is pre-history?
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Before age of writing
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In 1974 where did they find Terra-Cota warriors?
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East of Xian in an underground pit near the burial mound of the 1st Qin Emperor
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What is a polis?
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For of govt in which a small group of ppl exercises control
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How did Plato say you could achieve a good life?
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Ideal State
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What did the conquest of Alexander the Great create?
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Enormous legacy
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Eratosthenes - What did he create & determine?
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Earth was round and the circumference
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What is epicurus? What is stoicism?
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*Happy was the goal of life
*School of thought |
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What was homer's Iliad & Odyssey?
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Epic Poems
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What did Cleisthenes create?
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new council of 500 that dealt with foreign affairs
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Who lived on Mt. olympus?
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The Gods
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Euclid - Wrote a book on elements what was it about?
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Geometry
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Who made up the Roman Senate? Patricians or Plebians?
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200 Patricians
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What is a republic?
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A form of govt. where the leader is not a king
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What happened to Julius Caesar?
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Assassinated
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What was Pax Romana?
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Time of peace and prosperity
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What is the Augustan Age called?
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Golden age of Latin literature
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who was the first christian empire?
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Constantine
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Who split the empire into 4 parts?
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Diocletian
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At its height how big was Rome's eimpire?
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*50 million ppl
*35 million sq miles |
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What did the reforms of Diocletian and Constantine do to the empire?
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They destroyed it
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What does the term bread and circuses refer to?
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(still have to figure this answer out)SORRY
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Who said the unexamined life is not worth living?
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(still have to figure this answer out) SORRY
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What's an oligarchy?
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rule by the few
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