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| | |[[Aesop]] | | |[[Aesop]] |
| − | |a Greek writer famous for writing ''[[Aesop's Fables]]'' (around 600 B.C.), such as "The Fox and the Grapes" and "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing". | + | |a Greek writer famous for writing ''[[Aesop's Fables]]'' around 600 B.C., such as "The Fox and the Grapes" and "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," to teach about life. |
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| − | |Stories and fables written by [[Aesop]] around 600 B.C. They contain moral teaching.
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| | |[[Ahuramazda]] | | |[[Ahuramazda]] |
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| | |[[B.C.E.]] | | |[[B.C.E.]] |
| − | |Flawed secularized term to denote "Before Common Era" same dating system as B.C. but secularized. | + | |A non-Christian term for "B.C." "B.C.E." means "Before Common Era" instead of "Before Christ." |
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| | |[[Bible]] | | |[[Bible]] |
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| | |[[C.E.]] | | |[[C.E.]] |
| − | |Secularized term for A.D. same dating system as A.D. But Means Common Era instead of In the Year of our lord. | + | |A non-Christian term for "A.D." "C.E." stands for "Common Era" instead of "Year of our Lord." |
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| | |[[Chaldeans]] | | |[[Chaldeans]] |
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| | |[[Comedy]] | | |[[Comedy]] |
| − | |In a classical sense, a play with a happy ending. All classical plays were either a "comedy" or a "tragedy". | + | |In ancient Greece, a play with a happy ending. All classical plays were either a "comedy" or a "tragedy". |
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| | |[[Confucius]] | | |[[Confucius]] |
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| | |[[Council of Nicaea]] | | |[[Council of Nicaea]] |
| − | |325 AD. A council of bishops called by Constantine to obtain agreement on various aspects of Christianity such as the doctrine of the Trinity and the role of the Roman Bishop(the Pope)and also in order to address disunity in the Church stemming from Arianism. | + | |A.D. 325, a council of bishops called by Constantine to obtain agreement on various aspects of Christianity (e.g., the Trinity) and to end heresies (e.g., Arianism). |
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| | |[[cuneiform]] | | |[[cuneiform]] |
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| | |[[Third Punic War]] | | |[[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 | | |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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| − | |Primarily a religious conflict as Catholic states sought to suppress Protestantism. It began as a fight between Bohemian Protestants and Hapsburg Catholics in 1618, and soon became a political conflict for power that included Spain, Holland, Denmark, France, Sweden, and The Habsburgs of the Holy Roman Empire. The war ended with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648.
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| | |[[Thucydides]] | | |[[Thucydides]] |
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| | |[[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. |
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| | |[[Triumvirate]] | | |[[Triumvirate]] |
| − | |A political regime dominated by three individuals. The first being Julius Caesar, Marcus Crassus, and Pompey the Great. | + | |A political regime dominated by three individuals, especially the ancient Roman triumvirate of Julius Caesar, Marcus Crassus, and Pompey the Great. |
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| | |[[Troy]] | | |[[Troy]] |