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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," to teach about life.
 
|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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| The creator in the Persian's religion of Zoroastrianism.
   
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|[[Alexander the Great]]  
 
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|[[Augustus Caesar]]
 
|[[Augustus Caesar]]
 
|63 B.C. - A.D. 14. Succeeded Julius Caesar and became first Roman Emperor. Ruler during the birth of Christ. Defeated Mark Antony for rule of Rome.
 
|63 B.C. - A.D. 14. Succeeded Julius Caesar and became first Roman Emperor. Ruler during the birth of Christ. Defeated Mark Antony for rule of Rome.
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|Ezana was the king of Axum, in Africa. He ruled from A.D.330 to A.D.350. He was the first Christian king in Africa.
   
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|[[Babylon]]
 
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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.
 
|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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|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]]
 
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|War period in China also known for the philosophical schools that flourished  
 
|War period in China also known for the philosophical schools that flourished  
 
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|Famous Greek writer, Writer of renowned historical work "The Anabasis."
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|The ancient Mesopotamia invention, originally in the form of a potter’s wheel. This is considered the first and greatest of man's inventions.
 
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|[[Yahweh]]  
 
|[[Yahweh]]  
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|God as described in the [[Old Testament]], written as YHWH in the original Hebrew.
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|God as described in the [[Old Testament]], written as YHWH in the original Hebrew (which lacked vowels).
 
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|[[Yangtze River]]
 
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|[[Yin and Yang]]  
 
|[[Yin and Yang]]  
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|Daoist idea that everything in the universe stays in harmony
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|Taoist (Daoist) concept that two opposing forces in the universe stay in harmony
 
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|[[Zeus]]  
 
|[[Zeus]]  
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|[[Age of Pericles]]
 
|[[Age of Pericles]]
 
|The "golden age" of Athens, led by Pericles, who introduced a form of direct democracy from 461-429 B.C.
 
|The "golden age" of Athens, led by Pericles, who introduced a form of direct democracy from 461-429 B.C.
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| The Creator in Persia's religion of Zoroastrianism.
 
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|[[Queen Ahhotep|Ahhotep]]  
 
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|[[Exodus]]  
 
|[[Exodus]]  
 
|The abrupt departure of the people of Israel from Egypt, as told in the Book of Exodus in the Bible.
 
|The abrupt departure of the people of Israel from Egypt, as told in the Book of Exodus in the Bible.
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|Ezana was the king of Axum, in Africa, ruling from A.D. 330-350. He was the first Christian king in Africa.
 
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|[[Five Good Emperors]]  
 
|[[Five Good Emperors]]  
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|[[terra cotta]]  
 
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|A hard fired clay, distinctively brownish-red colored traditionally used for architectural purposes, especially ornamental, and for pottery and sculpture.   
 
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|Terracotta army
 
|Terracotta army
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|[[Thirty Years' War]]  
 
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|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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|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 Habsburg dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire. The war ended with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648.
 
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|[[Thutmos III]]  
 
|[[Thutmos III]]  
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|[[Triumvirate]]  
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|A triumvirate is a system of governance led by 3 leaders. The two most important triumvirates of ancient times were those of Rome: one led by Julius Caesar, Pompeius Magnus ("Pompey the Great") and Marcus Crassus; and that led by Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. It was the failings of these triumvirates that lead to the downfall of the Republic, and the emergence of the Roman Empire.  
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|A triumvirate is a system of governance led by 3 leaders. The two most important triumvirates of ancient times were those of Rome: one led by Julius Caesar, Pompeius Magnus ("Pompey the Great") and Marcus Crassus; the other led by Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. It was the failings of these triumvirates that lead to the downfall of the Republic, and the emergence of the Roman Empire.  
 
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|[[Twelve Tables]]  
 
|[[Twelve Tables]]  
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|[[Ur]]  
 
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|[[Vandals]]
 
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|[[Vespasian]]  
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|(A.D.9-79) Was the Roman Emperor AD 70-79. He was a Roman general in charge of putting down the Jewish revolt in the later 60s A.D.
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|The Roman Emperor AD 70-79, a general in charge of putting down the Jewish revolt near the end of A.D.
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|The ancient Mesopotamians invented the wheel, originally in the form of a potter’s wheel. This is considered the first and greatest of man's inventions.
   
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|[[Xenephos]]  
 
|[[Xenephos]]  
 
|(435-354 B.C.) Was historian, philosopher, and military commander, born at Athens, son of an Athenian of good position; was a pupil and friend of Socrates.  
 
|(435-354 B.C.) Was historian, philosopher, and military commander, born at Athens, son of an Athenian of good position; was a pupil and friend of Socrates.  
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|Famous Greek writer, Writer of renowned historical work "The Anabasis."
 
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|[[Xerxes]]  
 
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|a Greek philosopher and follower of Parmenides who devised a number of famous arguments (his Paradoxes) directed against the opponents of Parmenides.  His most famous was to explain how a finite distance can be divided into an infinite number of segments, each time traveling half the distance towards the destination such that destination would never be reached.
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|a Greek philosopher who proposed Paradoxes, such as how a destination is never reached if the traveler goes half the distance to the goal an infinite number of times.
 
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