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|[[Age of Pericles]]
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|The "golden age" of Athens led by Pericles who introduced a form of direct democracy from BC 461-429   
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|The "golden age" of Athens, led by Pericles, who introduced a form of direct democracy from BC 461-429   
 
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|[[Queen Ahhotep|Ahhotep]]  
 
|[[Queen Ahhotep|Ahhotep]]  
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|[[Demosthenes (Greek statesman)|Demosthenes]]  
 
|[[Demosthenes (Greek statesman)|Demosthenes]]  
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|A ancient Greek statesman who spoke against Philip II of Macedonia in speeches that came to be known as "Philipics". He also attempted to convince Greeks to rise up against Macedonian rule after the death of Philip's son, Alexander the Great.
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|A ancient Greek statesman who spoke against Philip II of Macedonia in speeches that came to be known as "Philippics". He also attempted to convince Greeks to rise up against Macedonian rule after the death of Philip's son, Alexander the Great.
 
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|[[Diocletian]]  
 
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|[[Etruscans]]  
 
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|People who settled in the Italian peninsula prior to 700 BC. Most Etruscan cities ran on a democratic-style system. Their culture influenced the later Roman empire.
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|People who settled in the Italian peninsula prior to 700 BC. Most Etruscan cities ran on a democratic-style system. Their culture influenced the later Roman Empire.
 
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|[[Euripides]]  
 
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|[[Exodus]]  
 
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|The abrupt departure of the people of Israel from Egypt, as told in the Book of Exodus in the Bible.
 
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|[[Five Good Emperors]]  
 
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|Five consecutive Roman emperors who ruled between 96 AD to  180 AD and were elected due to talent rather than family connections.
 
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|[[foraging society]]  
 
|[[foraging society]]  
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|A pre-farming economy based upon scavenging, hunting, and gathering resources.
 
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|[[Four Emperors Era]]  
 
|[[Four Emperors Era]]  
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|A series of Roman emperors who ruled in quick succession in 68-69 AD.
 
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|[[Franks]]  
 
|[[Franks]]  
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|A Germanic people that, beginning in the 4th century AD, eventually conquered the areas of France, Benelux, Belgium, The Netherlands and portions of Germany.
 
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|[[Gaul]]  
 
|[[Gaul]]  
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|The Roman name for the area comprising modern-day France and Belgium, and parts of northern Italy, western Switzerland and Germany, and the Netherlands. This area was under Roman rule for most of its existence.
 
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|[[Golden mean]]  
 
|[[Golden mean]]  
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|Is considered the middle between two extremes in philosophy. 
 
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|[[Great Canal]]  
 
|[[Great Canal]]  
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|A canal that connected the Nile River to the Red Sea, built during the Middle Kingdom of Egypt.
 
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|[[Hadrian]]  
 
|[[Hadrian]]  
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