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| | |[[Gentiles]] | | |[[Gentiles]] |
| − | |The term for people who are not of Hebrew (Jewish) descent. | + | |The term for peoples, such as Greeks, who are not of Jewish or Arab descent. |
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| | |Golden Age | | |Golden Age |
| − | |An age of great peace and prosperity. | + | |An age of great peace and prosperity, especially in ancient Greece between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars |
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| | |[[Gracchi brothers]] | | |[[Gracchi brothers]] |
| − | |Two tribunes of ancient Rome who wanted to help the poor by redistributing land from the rich | + | |Two tribunes (high elected officials) of ancient Rome who wanted to help the poor by redistributing land from the rich |
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| | |[[Great Wall of China]] | | |[[Great Wall of China]] |
| − | |the long and high wall in China that was built beginning with the Qin dynasty in 200 B.C. or so, in order to keep invaders out | + | |the long and high wall in China that was built beginning with the Qin dynasty in about 200 BC, to keep invaders out |
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| | |[[Greece]] | | |[[Greece]] |
| − | |The most significant ancient civilization, and it may have even been the greatest civilization of all time. Greece had many remarkable acheivments including, the invention of democracy, and the discovery of mathematics and philosophy. Intellectually, politically, and militarily, Greece had it all. | + | |perhaps the greatest ancient civilization: invented democracy, developed mathematics and philosophy, and adopted ethical standards like the Hippocratic Oath (which prohibits abortion) |
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| | |[[Greek drama]] | | |[[Greek drama]] |
| − | |Theatrical tradition of ancient Greece between 600 and 400 B.C. with two main types: comedies (good ending) and tragedies (bad ending) | + | |Theatrical tradition of ancient Greece, 600-400 BC, with two main types: comedies (good ending) and tragedies (bad ending) |
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| − | |[[Greek empire]]
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| − | |An important empire that produced some of the first works of literature and mythology that has impacted culture today
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| | |[[Gaul]] | | |[[Gaul]] |
| − | |A barbaric people who lived in what is now France and terrorized Roman Empire much to its fall. | + | |Now France, it was a place for barbarians to attack the Roman empire. |
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| | |[[Gupta empire]] | | |[[Gupta empire]] |