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World History Study Guide to 1648 (view source)
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|[[Ancient world]]
|[[Ancient world]]
|Civilized world before the fall of the [[Roman Empire]] in AD 476.
|Civilized world before the fall of the [[Roman Empire]] in AD 476.
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|[[Aneid]]
|A classic book written by the great Roman poet [[Virgil]]. The Anead is a fictional story written about how [[Rome]] was founded.
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|[[Anselm]]
|[[Anselm]]
|[[China]]
|[[China]]
|The world's oldest major civilization
|The world's oldest major civilization
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|[[Christian Catacombs]]
|Ancient graves of martyred Christians. These catacombs served as secret passage-ways for Christians to meet and worship God together. The Catacombs contain the bodies of thousands of ancient Christians.
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|[[City-states]]
|[[City-states]]
|[[Marc Antony]]
|[[Marc Antony]]
|A Roman commander and close friend of Caesar. He was in the 1st civil war of the Roman Republic
|A Roman commander and close friend of Caesar. He was in the 1st civil war of the Roman Republic
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|[[Marcus Crassus]]
|Ruled Rome along with [[Julius Caesar]], and Pompey the Great, as a part of the first [[triumvirate.]] He was as very wealthy.
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|[[Martin Luther]]
|[[Martin Luther]]
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|[[monotheism]]
|[[monotheism]]
|The belief in a religion worshipping only one god. [[Christianity]], [[Judaism]], and [[Islam]] are monotheistic religions.
|The belief in a religion worshiping only one god. [[Christianity]], [[Judaism]], and [[Islam]] are monotheistic religions.
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|[[Moses]]
|[[Moses]]
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|[[Nero]]
|[[Nero]]
| One of the most irresponsible, crulest emperors of Rome. Nero reigned from when he was sixteen years of age, until A.D. 69.
| One of the most irresponsible, cruelest emperors of Rome. Nero reigned from when he was sixteen years of age, until A.D. 69.
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|[[Nicene Creed]]
|[[Nicene Creed]]
|[[Plato]]
|[[Plato]]
|Athenian philosopher who wrote several treatises on philosophy, logic, ethics, rhetoric, and mathematics. He founded the Academy, of which Aristotle was the most famous student.
|Athenian philosopher who wrote several treatises on philosophy, logic, ethics, rhetoric, and mathematics. He founded the Academy, of which Aristotle was the most famous student.
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|[[Pompey the Great]]
|Ruled Rome as a part of the first [[triumvirate]] with [[Julius Caesar]] and [[Marcus Crassus]]. Pompey is well known for his noble act of ridding the Mediterranean sea of pirates.
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|[[polis]]
|[[polis]]
|[[Roman empire]]
|[[Roman empire]]
|Transition of Rome from a republic to having an emperor, starting with the appointment of Augustus Caesar as ruler in 27 B.C.
|Transition of Rome from a republic to having an emperor, starting with the appointment of Augustus Caesar as ruler in 27 B.C.
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|[[Roman law]]
|One of two ingredients in making [[Rome]] a great empire. The Roman law began by developing a code of laws inscribed in the twelve tables. Through these laws, the concept of ruling by principal, and not by whim was developed. The concept of “justice’ was also developed through these laws.
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|[[Roman Military]]
|[[Roman Military]]