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| | |[[Aeneas]] | | |[[Aeneas]] |
| − | |According to legend, a prince who escaped from Troy who's son began Rome and grandson, Brutus began the Britons. | + | |according to legend, a prince who escaped from Troy whose son founded Rome and whose grandson, Brutus, founded the Britons in England |
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| | |[[Aeschylus]] | | |[[Aeschylus]] |
| − | |The oldest of the three great Athenian tragic playwrights (next to [[Sophocles]] and [[Euripides]]), 525-456 B.C. | + | |the oldest of the three great Athenian tragic playwrights (next to [[Sophocles]] and [[Euripides]]), 525-456 BC |
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| | |[[Age of Metal]] | | |[[Age of Metal]] |
| − | |discovery of metals for use in tools: copper (beginning 3500 B.C.), iron (beginning 2500 B.C.), and bronze (beginning 1200 B.C.) were developed as tools. | + | |discovery of metals for use in tools: copper (beginning 3500 BC), bronze (beginning 2500 BC), and iron (beginning 1200 BC) were developed as tools. |
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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 BC |
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| | |[[Ahuramazda]] | | |[[Ahuramazda]] |
| − | | The Creator in Persia's religion of Zoroastrianism. | + | |the Creator in Persia's religion of Zoroastrianism |
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| | |[[Queen Ahhotep|Ahhotep]] | | |[[Queen Ahhotep|Ahhotep]] |
| − | |A Middle Kingdom Pharaoh who repelled Hyksos from Egypt. | + | |a Middle Kingdom Pharaoh who repelled the Hyksos people from Egypt |
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| | |[[Akkadian Empire]] | | |[[Akkadian Empire]] |
| − | |A Sumerian empire (2360-2180 B.C.) located in the fertile crescent in the lower Mesopotamia and north of the Sumer River. | + | |a Sumerian empire (2360-2180 BC) located in the fertile crescent in the lower Mesopotamia and north of the Sumer River |
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| | |[[Alluvial]] | | |[[Alluvial]] |
| − | |A deposit of sediment (alluvium) in a river bed. | + | |a deposit of sediment (alluvium) in a river bed |
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| | |archons | | |archons |
| − | |in the early Greek empire (around 700 B.C.), archons were government officials elected by the land-owning aristocrats. The archons then made the law. | + | |in the early Greek empire (around 700 BC), archons were government officials elected by the land-owning aristocrats; the archons then made the law |
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| − | |A heresy spread by Arius in A.D. 320, denying that Jesus was God; rejected and banned by the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325.
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| | |[[Aristophanes]] | | |[[Aristophanes]] |
| − | |Athenian playwright, a writer of comedies and political satires. 456-380 B.C. | + | |(456-380 BC) an Athenian playwright who wrote comedies and political satires |
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| | |[[Ark of the Covenant]] | | |[[Ark of the Covenant]] |