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|[[Ideograms]]  
 
|[[Ideograms]]  
|A graphic symbol representing a concept or an idea  
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|In primitive societies, a graphic symbol (rather than alphabetic words like these) representing a concept or an idea  
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|[[Imperator]]
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|A title first used by Octavian (Augustus Caesar), literally meaning in Latin “general” or “commander”, giving him power over the entire army.
   
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|[[India]]  
 
|[[India]]  
|A country that was home to the Indus Valley civilization and dates back over 3,000 years
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|A country that was home to the Indus Valley civilization and dates back over 3,000 years, and was birthplace of Hinduism and (later) Buddhism
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|A very general classification of peoples that includes all the way from India to Egypt.
   
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|[[Indus River Valley]]
 
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|[[Iron Age]]  
 
|[[Iron Age]]  
|An era where tools and weapons were made primarily out of iron
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|An era following the Bronze age when tools and weapons were made primarily out of iron: 1200 BC in Europe, but 600 BC in China.
 
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|[[Isaac]]  
 
|[[Isaac]]  
|The promised son born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age. The father of the Israeli people.
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|The promised son born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age, whom Abraham offered to sacrifice to God despite his great love for Isaac. Isaac is the father of the Israeli people.
 
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|[[Ishmael]]  
 
|[[Ishmael]]  
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