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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".
|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".
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|[[Ahuramazda]]
| The creator in the Persian's religion of Zoroastrianism.
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|[[Alexander the Great]]
|[[Alexander the Great]]
|[[Anselm]]
|[[Anselm]]
|A Christian philosopher, founder of scholasticism, and archbishop of Canterbury
|A Christian philosopher, founder of scholasticism, and archbishop of Canterbury
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|[[Antisthenes]]
|A disciple of Socrates; founded Cynicism.
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|[[Archimedes]]
|[[Archimedes]]
|[[cuneiform]]
|[[cuneiform]]
|The earliest known form of writing. Consists of lines and dashes to represent different concrete things, such as fish.
|The earliest known form of writing. Consists of lines and dashes to represent different concrete things, such as fish.
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|[[Cynicism]]
|Philosophy that focuses on the negative things of life. Founded by Antisthenes.
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|[[David]]
|[[David]]
|[[Peter]]
|[[Peter]]
|A disciple and apostle of Jesus, who taught in areas such as Jerusalem and Palestine
|A disciple and apostle of Jesus, who taught in areas such as Jerusalem and Palestine
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|[[phalanx]]
|Common Greek military formation. Rectangular, also the Greek word for "finger".
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|[[pharaoh]]
|[[pharaoh]]
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|[[Zoroastrianism]]
|[[Zoroastrianism]]
|Dualistic religion founded between 1200 and 600 B.C. in what is now modern Iran
|Polytheistic religion founded between 1200 and 600 B.C. by the Persians.
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