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World History Study Guide to 1648 (view source)
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|[[Abraham]]
|[[Abraham]]
|Aprx. 2000 B.C. Father of Jewish people; God made a covenant with him to make his descendants great in number. Arabs claim descendance from Abraham's son Ishmael.
|Approximately 2000 B.C. Father of Jewish people; God made a covenant with him to make his descendants great in number. Arabs claim descendance from Abraham's son Ishmael.
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|[[Acropolis]]
|[[Acropolis]]
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|[[Constantinople]]
|[[Constantinople]]
|Modern day Istanbul, it was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire from 330 AD. Also known as Byzantium.
|Modern day Istanbul, it was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire from AD 330. Also known as Byzantium.
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|[[Council of Nicaea]]
|[[Council of Nicaea]]
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|[[Hammurabi]]
|[[Hammurabi]]
|King of Babylon who developed the Code of Hammurabi, based on the concept of an eye for an eye
|King of Babylon who developed the Code of Hammurabi, which is based on the concept of an eye for an eye
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|[[Hannibal]]
|[[Hannibal]]
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|[[Hieroglyphics]]
|[[Hieroglyphics]]
|A phonetic alphabet that uses the pictographic symbols to represent both an object and/or a phonetic sound. This language was developed by the ancient Egyptians .
|A phonetic alphabet developed by the ancient Egyptians that uses the pictographic symbols to represent both an object and/or a phonetic sound.
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|[[Hinduism]]
|[[Hinduism]]
|A major religion. It is polytheistic and is practiced in many places, most notably India.
|A major religion. It is polytheistic, and is practiced in many places, most notably India.
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|[[Hippocrates]]
|[[Hippocrates]]
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|[[Kassites]]
|[[Kassites]]
|Eastern Tribe which controlled babylon.
|Eastern Tribe which controlled Babylon.
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|[[Latin]]
|[[Latin]]
|The language spoken in Rome. It has been influential in contributing to many modern day European languages, including English
|The language spoken in ancient Rome that has contributed to many modern day European languages, including English
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|[[Niccolo Machiavelli]]
|[[Niccolo Machiavelli]]
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|[[Marc Antony]]
|[[Marc Antony]]
|A Roman commander and close friend of Caesar. He was in the lst civil war of the Roman Republic
|A Roman commander and close friend of Caesar. He was in the 1st civil war of the Roman Republic
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|[[Martin Luther]]
|[[Martin Luther]]
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|[[Nile]]
|[[Nile]]
|River in Egypt which flowed towards the Mediterranean sea and supplied egypt with water.
|River in Egypt which flows towards the Mediterranean Sea and supplies Egypt with water.
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|[[New Kingdom]]
|[[New Kingdom]]
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|[[polytheism]]
|[[polytheism]]
| A religion with many Gods. This was the norm in ancient times until Judaism and Christianity emerged
| A religion with many gods. This was the norm in ancient times until Judaism and Christianity emerged
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|[[Ptolemy]]
|[[Ptolemy]]
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|[[Rome]]
|[[Rome]]
|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.
|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]]
|A listing of the most impressive public works in the world written by Greek writer Antipater in the 2nd century B.C.
|A listing of the most impressive public works in the world written by Greek writer Antipater in the 2nd century B.C.
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|[[Siddhartha Guatama]]
|[[Siddhartha Gautama]]
|The Buddha, and the founder of the religion of Buddhism
|The Buddha, and the founder of the religion of Buddhism
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|[[Sumer]]
|[[Sumer]]
|Homeland of the Sumerians, located in Mesopotania, in present-day Iraq
|Homeland of the Sumerians, located in Mesopotamia, in present-day Iraq
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|[[Sumerians]]
|[[Sumerians]]
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|[[Tutankhamen]]
|[[Tutankhamen]]
|A young Egyptian pharaoh whos tomb's discovery by Howard Carter shed light on Egyptian culture.
|A young Egyptian 18th dynasty pharaoh who ruled from approx. 1341 B.C. to 1323 B.C. The discovery of his tomb by Howard Carter in 1922 shed light on Egyptian culture.
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|[[Vedas]]
|[[Vedas]]
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|[[Visigoths]]
|[[Visigoths]]
|A confederacy of Germanic tribes who were ultimately fell to the Moors
|A confederacy of Germanic tribes that ultimately fell to the Moors
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|[[Warring States Period]]
|[[Warring States Period]]
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|[[Ziggurat]]
|[[Ziggurat]]
|Manmade step-sided structures resembling pyramids that were built in Mesopotamia. The [[Tower of Babel]] described in Genesis 11 may have been a giant ziggurat.
|Manmade step-sided structures resembling pyramids that were built in Mesopotamia. The [[Tower of Babel]], described in Genesis 11, may have been a giant ziggurat.
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|[[Zoroastrianism]]
|[[Zoroastrianism]]
|Dualistic religion founded between 1200 to 600 B.C. in what is now modern Iran
|Dualistic religion founded between 1200 and 600 B.C. in what is now modern Iran
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