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This is the growing list of study terms for [[World History Lectures|World history]], from creation to 1648 (the same midpoint used by the [[CLEP]] exams).
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This should grow from 315 to 500 terms -- about half basic and half honors -- and every term should be described in the table.  ''An examination on this material will be given in November 2011''.
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==Basic terms==
 
==Basic terms==
 
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|[[Acropolis]]  
 
|[[Acropolis]]  
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|Portion of a town or city that is built on a hilltop for easy defense. Best known Acropolis is in Athens, where the democratic assembly met. Most Greek city-states had an Acropolis.
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|Portion of a town or city that is built on a hilltop for easy defense. Best known Acropolis is at Athens, where the democratic assembly met. Most Greek city-states had an Acropolis.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Aesop]]  
 
|[[Aesop]]  
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|Ethiopian slave in 600s BC in Greece. Famous for ''Aesop's Fables'', such as "The Fox and the Grapes" and "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing".
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|Ethiopian slave in 600s BC in Greece. Famous for "Aesop's Fables," such as "the fox and the grapes" and "the wolf in sheep's clothing."
 
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|-
 
|[[Alexander the Great]]  
 
|[[Alexander the Great]]  
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|[[Code of Manu]]  
 
|[[Code of Manu]]  
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|Hindu law containing rules and codes of conduct.
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|[[Colosseum]]  
 
|[[Colosseum]]  
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|[[Council of Nicaea]]
 
|[[Council of Nicaea]]
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|A council of bishops called by Constantine to obtain agreement on various aspects of Christianity such as the doctrine of the Trinity and the role of the Roman Bishop (the Pope).
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|A council of Bishops called by Constantine to obtain agreement on various aspects of Christianity such as the doctrine of the Trinity and the role of the Roman Bishop (the Pope).
 
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|-
 
|[[cuneiform]]
 
|[[cuneiform]]
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|The earliest known form of writing.
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|[[David]]
 
|[[David]]
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|-
 
|[[Diaspora]]  
 
|[[Diaspora]]  
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|The migration or scattering of a people away from their ancestral home.
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|-
 
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|[[Direct Democracy]]  
 
|[[Direct Democracy]]  
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|-
 
|[[heliocentric]]  
 
|[[heliocentric]]  
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|A theory where the Sun is the center of the universe.
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[Hellenistic]]  
 
|[[Hellenistic]]  
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|Meaning either of or from the Greeks.   
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|Meaning of or from the Greeks.   
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[hieroglyphics]]  
 
|[[hieroglyphics]]  
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|A form of pictographic writing developed by the ancient Egyptians.
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[Hinduism]]  
 
|[[Hinduism]]  
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|-
 
|[[Hippocrates]]
 
|[[Hippocrates]]
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|"The father of medicine", developed the [[Hippocratic Oath]] which all medical students worldwide take as a condition of graduation.
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[Homer]]  
 
|[[Homer]]  
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|An early Greek poet, famous for lengthy sagas such as ''Iliad'' and ''The Odyssey''.
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|An early Greek poet, famous for lengthy sagas such as Illiad and The Odyssey  
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Huns]]  
 
|[[Huns]]  
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|A tribe of people who fought with the Romans in what is now the Ukraine. They were considered by many Romans to be the most ferocious of enemies
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|A tribe of people Who fought with the Romans in what is now the Ukraine. They were considered by many Romans to be the most ferocious of enemies
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Ideograms]]  
 
|[[Ideograms]]  
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|-
 
|[[Ishmael]]  
 
|[[Ishmael]]  
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|Bastard son born to Abraham and Sarah's servant, Hagar.  
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|Bastard son born to Abraham and Sarah's servant.  
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Israel]]  
 
|[[Israel]]  
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|-
 
|[[Joan of Arc]]
 
|[[Joan of Arc]]
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|17 year old girl who heard God calling her to lead the French army against the English in the 15th Century. Was later canonized by the Catholic Church
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|17 year old girl who heard God calling her to lead the French army against the English in the 15th Century. Was later Canonised by the Catholic Church
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Judah, Kingdom of]]  
 
|[[Judah, Kingdom of]]  
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|-
 
|[[Latin]]  
 
|[[Latin]]  
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|The language spoken in Rome. It has been influential in contributing to many modern day European languages including English   
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|The language spoken in Rome. It has been influential in contributing to many modern day European languages including English   
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Maize]]  
 
|[[Maize]]  
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|Corn, first grown by Native Americans
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|Corn, first frown by Native Americans
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Mandate of Heaven]]  
 
|[[Mandate of Heaven]]  
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|-
 
|[[Michelangelo]]  
 
|[[Michelangelo]]  
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|A Renaissance painter and sculptor, known for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, among many masterpieces. The archetypal Renaissance man.
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|[[Middle Ages]]  
 
|[[Middle Ages]]  
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|-
 
|[[Nirvana]]  
 
|[[Nirvana]]  
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|The ultimate goal of Buddhism, the end of all suffering
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|The ultimate goal of Buddhism, the end of all sufffering
 
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|-
 
|[[Old Kingdom]]  
 
|[[Old Kingdom]]  
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|-
 
|[[Peloponnesian War]]  
 
|[[Peloponnesian War]]  
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|War fought between Athens and Sparta, 431-404 BC.  The war was ultimately won by Sparta and its allies
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|War fought between Athens and Sparta, 431-404BC.  The war was ultimately won by Sparta and its allies
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pentateuch]]  
 
|[[Pentateuch]]  
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|-
 
|[[Plato]]  
 
|[[Plato]]  
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|Athenian Philosopher who wrote several treatises on philosophy, logic, ethics, rhetoric, and mathematics.  He founded the Academy, of which Aristotle was its most famous student.
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|Athenian Philosopher who wrote several treatises on philosophy, logic, ethics, rhetoric, and mathematics.  He founded the Academy, of Which Aristotle was its most famous student.
 
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|-
 
|[[polis]]  
 
|[[polis]]  
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|-
 
|[[Saul]]  
 
|[[Saul]]  
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|The first king of Israel appointed by God.  He turned out to be a very flawed character, afflicted by jealousy for David.
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|The First king of Israel appointed by God.  He turned out to be a very flawed character, afflicted by jealousy for David.
 
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|-
 
|[[Scholasticism]]  
 
|[[Scholasticism]]  
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|-
 
|[[Torah]]  
 
|[[Torah]]  
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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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|The Jewish name for the five books of Moses, meaning Law. The first five books of he modern Bible
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Tragedy]]  
 
|[[Tragedy]]  
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==Honors terms==
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!Term
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!Definition
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|[[Age of Metal]]
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|[[Age of Pericles]]
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|d
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|[[Queen Ahhotep|Ahhotep]]
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|[[Akkadian Empire]]
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|[[Alluvial]]
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|d
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|[[Arianism]]
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|d
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|[[Ark of the Covenant]]
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|d
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|[[Aryans]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Ashoka]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Bantu]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Barracks Emperors]]
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|d
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|[[Battle of Marathon]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Bhagavad Gita]]
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|d
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|[[Caesar's Commentaries]]
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|d
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|[[Caligula]]
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|d
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|[[Canaan]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Catal Huyuk]]
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|d
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|[[Cato the Censor]]
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|d
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|[[Champollion, Jean]]
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|d
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|[[Chandragupta Maurya]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Cicero]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Cincinnatus]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Claudius]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Cleopatra]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Confucianism]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Constitutional monarchy]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[consul]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Copts]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Covenant]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Cynicism]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Cyrus]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Darius]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Delian League]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Demosthenes]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Diocletian]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Dorians]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Dravidians]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Empress Lu]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Epicureanism]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Etruscans]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Euripedes]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Exodus]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Five Good Emperors]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[foraging society]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Four Emperors Era]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Franks]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Gaul]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Golden mean]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Great Canal]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Hadrian]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Han empire]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Harappa]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Hatshepsut]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Hellenistic culture]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[helot]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Herodotus]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Hiram]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Hittites]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Horace]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[humanism]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Hyksos]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Iron Smelting]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Iliad]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Jericho]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Josephus]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Kassites]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Khufu]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Khyber Pass]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Kush]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Larger Vehicle]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Last Roman Emperor]]
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|d
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|-
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|legalism
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|d
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|-
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|[[Legions]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Lesser Vehicle]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Livy]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Loess]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Mahayana]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Manichaeism]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Marathon]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Marcus Aurelius]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Marius]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Masada]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Menes]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Meroe]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Minoan Civilization]]
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|-
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|[[Moksha]]
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|-
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|[[Mount Sinai]]
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|-
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|[[Mycenaean Civilization]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Nebuchadnezzar I]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Nebuchadnezzar II]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Neolithic Age]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Nero]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Nerva]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Nineveh]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Nok culture]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Octavian]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Odyssey]]
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|-
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|[[Olmec]]
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|-
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|oracle bone
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|d
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|-
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|[[Ostrogoths]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Ovid]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Paleolithic Age]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[papyrus]]
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|d
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|-
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|pariah
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|d
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|-
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|[[Parthenon]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[patricians]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Peru]]
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|-
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|[[Philippides]]
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|-
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|[[Philo]]
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|-
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|[[Pisistratids]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[plebian]]
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|-
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|[[Plutarch]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Pompey]]
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|-
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|[[praetors]]
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|-
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|[[Prehistory]]
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|d
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|-
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|purdah
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|d
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|-
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|[[Pythagorus]]
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|-
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|[[Ramayana]]
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|-
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|[[Ramses II]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Rig Veda]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Romance of Three Kingdoms]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Romulus and Remus]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[rule of tyrants]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Sargon the Great]]
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|-
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|[[Sati (Buddhism)]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Satrap]]
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|-
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|[[Saxons]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Schliemann, Heinrich]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Scipio]]
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|-
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|[[Seneca]]
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|-
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|[[Shang dynasty]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Shang Yang]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Shi]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Shiva]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Solon]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Sophocles]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Steppes]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Stoicism]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Stone age]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Stupa]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Sulla]]
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|d
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|-
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|Sunna
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|d
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|-
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|[[Sumuabum]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Suttee]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Tacitus]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Taj Mahal]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[terra cotta]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Theravada]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Thutmos III]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Tiber River]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Tiberius]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Tigris and Euphrates]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Titus and Domitian]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Trajan]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Tribal Assembly]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Triumvirate]]
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|A triumvirate is a system of governance led by 3 leaders.  The two most important triumvirates of ancient times was that of Rome, lead by  Julius Caesar, Pompeius Magnus ("Pompey the Great") and Marcus Crassus; and that lead by  Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.  It was the failings of these triumvirates that lead to the downfall of the Republic and the emergence of the Roman Empire. 
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|-
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|[[Twelve Tables]]
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|d
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|-
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|[[Untouchables]]
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|[[Upanishads]]
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|[[Ur]]
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|d
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|[[Vandals]]
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|[[Vespasian]]
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|d
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|[[Wheel]]
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|d
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|[[Xenephos]]
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|d
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|[[Xerxes]]
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|A Persian King in the 5th century BC who attacked and conquered much of Greece, before being defeated in a naval battle in the Battle of Salamis and being forced to withdraw back to Babylon
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|[[Zealots]]
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|A group of Jews in the 1st Century AD who sought the violent overthow and expulsion of Rome from Israel.  Their most famous battle (and defeat) came at the Masada, a mountain fortress that still holds spiritual significance for Israel today. 
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|[[Zeno]]
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|d
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