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World History Study Guide to 1648 (view source)
Revision as of 20:05, September 30, 2011
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|[[Fertile Crescent]]
|[[Fertile Crescent]]
|An area of land in the Middle East area where it was easier to grow crops
|An area of land in the Middle East area where it was easier to grow crops
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|[[First Punic War]]
|254-241 BC; Rome conquered the island of Sicily and developed a navy; though no match for the powerful Carthaginian navy, Romans invented a corvus, allowing them to board enemy ships and win the war
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|[[Four Noble Truths]]
|[[Four Noble Truths]]
|[[Scientific Revolution]]
|[[Scientific Revolution]]
|The beginning of modern science in the mid-1500s
|The beginning of modern science in the mid-1500s
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|[[Second Punic War]]
|218-202 BC; Rome fought against Hannibal, leader of Carthage, who crossed over the Alps with his army and elephants to surprise the Romans but ultimately could not conquer Rome; Rome acquired Spain as a result of this war
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|[[Senate]]
|[[Senate]]
|[[Thomas Aquinas]]
|[[Thomas Aquinas]]
|An Italian Christian philosopher whose ideas were influential in developing complex Christian theology.
|An Italian Christian philosopher whose ideas were influential in developing complex Christian theology.
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|[[Third Punic War]]
|Romans destroyed Carthage in 146 BC and then went into Macedonia and Greece to defeat the regions in revenge for having helped Hannibal; as a result, Rome controlled all the land around the Mediterranean, equivalent to the entire western civilized world
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|[[Thirty Years' War]]
|[[Thirty Years' War]]