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|[[Thomas Aquinas]]  
 
|[[Thomas Aquinas]]  
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|An Italian Christian philosopher whose ideas were influential in developing complex Christian theology.
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|(AD 1225–1274) A medieval priest who merged Aristotle's insights with Christian faith.
 
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|[[Third Punic War]]
 
|[[Third Punic War]]
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|Romans conquered and destroyed Carthage in 146 BC and then went into Macedonia and Greece to defeat the regions in revenge for having helped Hannibal; as a result, Rome controlled all the land around the Mediterranean, equivalent to the entire western civilized world
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|Romans conquered and destroyed Carthage in 146 BC and then went into Macedonia and Greece to defeat them in revenge for having helped Hannibal; Rome then controlled the entire western civilized world (all the land around the Mediterranean)
 
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|[[Thucydides]]  
 
|[[Thucydides]]  
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|Greek scientific historian, wrote ''History of the Peloponnesian War'', the first work of historical analysis
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|Greek historian who wrote ''History of the Peloponnesian War''
 
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|[[Toltecs]]
 
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| The northern Mexican nomadic tribe that reigned over a city called Tula, in present-day Mexico City.
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|northern Mexican nomadic tribe that reigned over a city called Tula, in present-day Mexico City.
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|The Jewish name for the five books of Moses, meaning Law. The first five books of the modern Bible.
   
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|[[tragedy]]  
 
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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.
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|a type of drama or poetic saga that has an unhappy ending.  Common in ancient Greece, this type of work focused on the followed the fall of a character, often because of a specific character flaw such as envy or greed.
 
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|[[Troy]]
 
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