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12437927Alexander The GreatKing of Macedonia from 336 to 323 BC; conquerer of Greece and Persia.0
12437928Aryana member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European1
12437929Vedassacred Hindu hymns or verses composed in Sanskrit around 1500-1000 B.C.E2
12437930UntouchablesMembers of the lowest casteof traditional Indian society or those outside the caste system;the Untouchable groups were those in polluting activities3
12437931Cyrus the Greatking of Persia and founder of the Persian empire (circa 600-529 BC)4
12437932Peloponnesian WarConflict between Athenian And Spartan Alliances. The war was largely a consequence of Athenian imperialism. Possession of a naval empire allowed Athens to fight a war of attrition. Ultimately, Sparta prevailed because of Athenian errors/Persian $$$ (135)5
12437933Philip II of MacedonKing of Macedon in 359 B.C and restored order before he won control of several Athens colonies in northern Greece.6
12437934Dharmain Hinduism, the duties and obligations of each caste7
12437935Alexandriathe chief port of Egypt8
12437936Roman RepublicWas declared a republic at about 509 B.C.E9
12514917Punic WarsRoman victory over Carthage10
12514918Carthageonly 130 miles across the narrow waist of the Mediterranean from Italy,had developed as a major trade outpost of Phoenician seafarers11
12514919HannibalHe marched tens of thousands of troops and thrity seven elephants.12
12514920Julius Caesardictator of Rome;worked with pompey as a generals13
12514921DiocletianHe was a general that became emperor in A.D. 284, introduced reforms14
12514922Augustus CaesarThe first empreror of Rome, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, help Rome come into Pax Romana, or the Age of Roman Peace15
12518360Neolithiclatest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere)16

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