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|[[Hebrews]]  
 
|[[Hebrews]]  
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|God's chosen people and the ancestors of the Israelites
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|God's chosen people, and the ancestors of the Israelites
 
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|[[heliocentric]]  
 
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|[[Huns]]  
 
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|A tribe of people who fought with the Romans in what is now the Ukraine. They were considered by many Romans to be the most ferocious of enemies
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|A tribe of people who fought with the Romans in what is now the Ukraine. They were considered by many Romans to be the most ferocious of enemies
 
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|[[Ideograms]]  
 
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|[[Joan of Arc]]
 
|[[Joan of Arc]]
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|17 year old girl who heard God calling her to lead the French army against the English in the 15th century. Was later canonized by the Catholic Church
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|17 year old girl who heard God calling her to lead the French army against the English in the 15th century. Was later canonized by the Catholic Church
 
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|[[Judah, Kingdom of]]  
 
|[[Judah, Kingdom of]]  
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|[[Latin]]  
 
|[[Latin]]  
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|The language spoken in Rome. It has been influential in contributing to many modern day European languages including English   
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|The language spoken in Rome. It has been influential in contributing to many modern day European languages, including English   
 
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|[[Niccolo Machiavelli]]  
 
|[[Niccolo Machiavelli]]  
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|[[Mandate of Heaven]]  
 
|[[Mandate of Heaven]]  
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|Chinese mandate that held that he gods blessed good rulers and overthrew bad ones  
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|Chinese mandate that held that the gods blessed good rulers and overthrew bad ones  
 
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|[[Marc Antony]]  
 
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|[[Middle Ages]]  
 
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|A period of time, ranging from approximately 500 AD to 1500 AD, where lands were kingdoms and ruled by the system of [[feudalism]]
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|A period of time, also called the Medieval Ages, spanning from approximately 500 AD to 1500 AD, where kingdoms were ruled by the system of [[feudalism]]
 
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|[[Middle Kingdom]]  
 
|[[Middle Kingdom]]  
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|[[Moses]]  
 
|[[Moses]]  
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|The prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt. He also brought the Ten Commandments to the Israelites and is credited with writing the first five books of the Bible
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|The prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt. He also brought the Ten Commandments to the Israelites, and is credited with writing the first five books of the Bible
 
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|[[New Kingdom]]  
 
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|[[Peloponnesian War]]  
 
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|War fought between Athens and Sparta, 431-404 BC. The war was ultimately won by Sparta and its allies
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|War fought between Athens and Sparta, 431-404 BC. The war was ultimately won by Sparta and its allies
 
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|[[Pentateuch]]  
 
|[[Pentateuch]]  
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|[[Philip of Macedon]]  
 
|[[Philip of Macedon]]  
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|King of Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great  
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|King of Macedonia, and father of Alexander the Great  
 
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|[[Philistines]]  
 
|[[Philistines]]  
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|Group of people occupying the land of Canaan. Enemies of Israel and God.   
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|Group of people occupying the land of Canaan. Enemies of Israel and God.   
 
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|[[Phoenicians]]  
 
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|[[Plato]]  
 
|[[Plato]]  
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|Athenian Philosopher who wrote several treatises on philosophy, logic, ethics, rhetoric, and mathematics. He founded the Academy, of which Aristotle was its most famous student.
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|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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|[[polis]]  
 
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|[[Punic Wars]]  
 
|[[Punic Wars]]  
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|Enabled the Roman republic to get control of the Mediterranean Sea and access to many goods
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|Enabled the Roman republic to gain control of the Mediterranean Sea and access to many goods
 
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|[[pyramids]]  
 
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|[[Rome]]  
 
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|The capital city of the Roman Empire, and of modern day Italy. Founded by Romulus and Remus who supposedly fought over which one of them the city would be named after. Romulus killed his brother and had the city named after himself.
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|The capital city of the Roman Empire, and of modern day Italy. Founded by Romulus and Remus, who supposedly fought over which one of them the city would be named after. Romulus killed his brother and had the city named after himself.
 
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|[[Rosetta Stone]]  
 
|[[Rosetta Stone]]  
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|Ancient piece written on stone that tells how to figure out Egyptian hieroglyphics
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|Ancient text written on stone in three different languages that enabled the first translations of Egyptian hieroglyphics
 
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|[[Royal Road]]  
 
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|[[Saul]]  
 
|[[Saul]]  
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|The first king of Israel appointed by God. He turned out to be a very flawed character, afflicted by jealousy for David.
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|The first king of Israel appointed by God. He turned out to be a very flawed character, afflicted by jealousy for David.
 
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|[[Scholasticism]]  
 
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|[[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]]  
 
|[[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]]  
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|A listing of the most impressive public works in the world, by Greek writer Antipater
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|A listing of the most impressive public works in the world written by Greek writer Antipater in the 2nd century BC.
 
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|[[Siddhartha Guatama]]  
 
|[[Siddhartha Guatama]]  
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|[[Socrates]]  
 
|[[Socrates]]  
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|An Athenian philosopher who believed that the world we experience is a poor substitute for reality.  His philosophy inspired Plato and in turn Aristotle; and became the accepted Orthodoxy until modern times.   
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|An Athenian philosopher who believed that the world we experience is a poor substitute for reality.  His philosophy inspired Plato and in turn Aristotle, and became the accepted Orthodoxy until modern times.   
 
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|[[Solomon]]  
 
|[[Solomon]]  
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|Third King of Israel. Wrote ''Proverbs'', ''Ecclesiastes'' and ''Song of Solomon''.
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|Third king of Israel. Wrote ''Proverbs'', ''Ecclesiastes'' and ''Song of Solomon''.
 
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|[[Sparta]]  
 
|[[Sparta]]  
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|A Greek city-state well known for its military prowess. Fought (and won) the Peloponnesian war against Athens.  
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|A Greek city-state well-known for its military prowess. Fought (and won) the Peloponnesian war against Athens.  
 
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|[[Spread of Buddhism]]  
 
|[[Spread of Buddhism]]  
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|Buddhism traveled outside of India per the Silk Road
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|Buddhism traveled outside of India along the Silk Road
 
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|[[St. Augustine]]
 
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|[[Sumer]]  
 
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|A civilization in modern Iraq that invented many things including the first known form of writing
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|Homeland of the Sumerians, located in Mesopotania, in present-day Iraq
 
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|[[Sumerians]]  
 
|[[Sumerians]]  
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|The earliest civilizations living in the Middle East  
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|The earliest civilizations living in the Middle East; invented many things including the first known form of writing
 
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|[[Sun Tzu]]
 
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|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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|A war that left Germany and its neighbors fighting for decades
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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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|Greek scientific historian, wrote History of the Peloponnesian War
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|Greek scientific historian, wrote ''History of the Peloponnesian War'', the first work of historical analysis
 
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|[[Torah]]  
 
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|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
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|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
 
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|[[Vedas]]  
 
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|[[Virgil]]  
 
|[[Virgil]]  
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|Well known Roman poet and philosopher
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|Well-known Roman poet and philosopher
 
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|[[Vishnu]]  
 
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|[[Warring States Period]]  
 
|[[Warring States Period]]  
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|War period in China known for philosophy developed
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|War period in China also known for the philosophical schools that flourished
 
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|[[Yahweh]]  
 
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|[[Ziggurat]]  
 
|[[Ziggurat]]  
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|Manmade step-sided structures that resemble pyramids that were built in Mesopotamia
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|Manmade step-sided structures resembling pyramids that were built in Mesopotamia
 
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|[[Zoroastrianism]]  
 
|[[Zoroastrianism]]  
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|Dualistic religion founded in modern Iran
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|Dualistic religion founded between 1200 BC to 600 BC in what is now modern Iran
 
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