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World History Study Guide to 1648 (view source)
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|[[Classicism]]
|[[Classicism]]
|A Renaissance movement in the arts, looking back to ancient Rome and Greece for inspiration
|A Renaissance movement in the arts, looking back to ancient Rome and Greece for inspiration
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|[[Code of Hammurabi]]
|An elaborate code of law created by Hammurabi that called for harsh punishment, such as an eye for an eye, a foot for a foot.
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|[[Code of Manu]]
|[[Code of Manu]]
|[[Judah, Kingdom of]]
|[[Judah, Kingdom of]]
|the southern kingdom of a divided Israel
|the southern kingdom of a divided Israel
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|[[Judaism]]
|The monotheistic religion of the Hebrews, also the oldest religion that remains currently active.
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|[[Julius Caesar]]
|[[Julius Caesar]]
|[[Phoenicians]]
|[[Phoenicians]]
|An ancient people who lived and traded goods on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and who developed a new language based on an alphabet of 22 letters. All Western alphabets, such as English and French and Italian and Greek and Latin, are based on it.
|An ancient people who lived and traded goods on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and who developed a new language based on an alphabet of 22 letters. All Western alphabets, such as English and French and Italian and Greek and Latin, are based on it.
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|[pictograph]]
|A pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. Pictographs are the foundation for cuneiform and hieroglyphics, having been discovered in Egypt and Mesopotamia from before 3000 B.C.
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|[[Plato]]
|[[Plato]]
|[[Tragedy]]
|[[Tragedy]]
|A type of drama and/or poetic saga that was common in Ancient Greece. It normally followed the fall of a character, often because of a specific character flaw such as envy or greed. The production and study of tragedies was very important in early philosophical movements, particularly that of Aristotle
|A type of drama and/or poetic saga that was common in Ancient Greece. It normally followed the fall of a character, often because of a specific character flaw such as envy or greed. The production and study of tragedies was very important in early philosophical movements, particularly that of Aristotle
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|[[Tutankhamen]]
|A young Egyptian pharaoh whos tomb's discovery by Howard Carter shed light on Egyptian culture.
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|[[Vedas]]
|[[Vedas]]
|[[Nerva]]
|[[Nerva]]
|d
|d
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|[[Nile River]]
|A river that ran throughout all of Egypt and fueled its entire agricultural and economic system.
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|[[Nineveh]]
|[[Nineveh]]
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|[[Sargon the Great]]
|[[Sargon the Great]]
|d
|The first person in recorded history to create an empire or multi-ethnic state.
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|[[Sati (Buddhism)]]
|[[Sati (Buddhism)]]