3203977622 | Minoan | civilization on Crete island Women had religious duties | 0 | |
3203977623 | Pre Qin China government | Palace civilization | 1 | |
3203977624 | Phoenician | Civilization in fertile crescent - writing is called the alphabet | 2 | |
3203977625 | Celts | People who settled France Britain and much of europe | 3 | |
3203977626 | Civilization | All people under submission have same religion language and belief | 4 | |
3203977627 | Empire | Many different beliefs and people under one government | 5 | |
3203977628 | Optimates | Nobles and conservatives in roman empire | 6 | |
3203977629 | Diaspora | spread of judaism | 7 | |
3203977630 | Stupa | tiny temple, contain relics/remains of buddhist priets, place of meditation | 8 | |
3203977631 | Bodhisattva | Buddhist teacher | 9 | |
3203977632 | Ancestor veneration | the respect for ones elders/ancestors | 10 | |
3203977633 | Mandate of heaven | Justify dynasties, beginning/end NOT JUST RULERS | 11 | |
3203977634 | Ephors | main part of spartan senate, counsel, 5 elected, have power of branches | 12 | |
3203977635 | Gerousia | spartan council of elders, men over age 60 & 2 kings | 13 | |
3203977636 | Filial piety | respect for father/elder/ancestors - confucian philosophy | 14 | |
3203977637 | Nestorians | christian doctrine disunion between human nature and jesus | 15 | |
3203977638 | Manichaeism | religion founded by iranian prophet | 16 | |
3203977639 | Oedipus rex | athenian tragedy | 17 | |
3203977640 | Gandharan buddha | sculptures of buddha that share greek ideas of human body | 18 | |
3203977641 | Syncretism | the attempted/succeeded merging of cultures | 19 | |
3203977642 | Xiongnu | configuration of nomads, attacked chinese borders | 20 | |
3203977643 | Mencius | Mencius was a Chinese philosopher who is the most famous Confucian after Confucius himself | 21 | |
3203977644 | Twelve tables | Roman Law Code | 22 | |
3203977645 | Latifundia | a large landed estate or ranch in ancient Rome | 23 | |
3203977646 | Eunuch | a man who has been castrated, one employed to guard the women's living areas at an oriental court. | 24 | |
3203977647 | Manumission | act of a slave owner freeing their slaves | 25 | |
3203977648 | Attila the Hun | ruler of huns, fierce military leader, | 26 | |
3203977649 | Constantine | Roman emperor, moved western capital from Rome to Constantinople - caused weakness, allowed germanic invasion | 27 | |
3203977650 | Diocletian | roman emperor, divided Roman Empire into eastern and western parts | 28 | |
3203977651 | Axum | Trading nation Contained largest port or east African coast traded animal hides, rhino horn, ivory, tortoise shell | 29 | |
3203977652 | Onion | crop NOT domesticated by early humans | 30 | |
3203977653 | Chavin | ceremonial center, focus of religious movement that swept through peru | 31 | |
3203977654 | Moche | had complex irrigation system northern peru coast governed by warrior priests women important status | 32 | |
3203977655 | Wari and Tiwanaku | coastal civilizations, llama caravans linked distinct centers little conflict between each other wari more tightly controlled | 33 | |
3203977657 | Chaco phenomenon | large above ground settlement in chaco canyon, no wheeled carts, highly skilled astronomers | 34 | |
3203977658 | Cahokia | dominant center of mound builder civilization, corn based agriculture built earth mounds called earthworks, geometric patterns | 35 | |
3203977659 | Niger valley civilization | Created city based civilization, similar to greek, absence of state structure | 36 | |
3203977660 | Meroe | river valley civilization on nile, governed by monarch, sometimes woman considered very wealthy | 37 | |
3203977661 | Piye | tried to restore egypt | 38 |
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