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Contributions of the Ancient World
Indian and Chinese civilizations, Nefertiti, Great Silk Road
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10th Grade
09/27/2010
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Confucius
 Definition
founder of Confucianisn
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Laozi
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founder of Taoism
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The Five Classics
 Definition
five texts used as basis of Confucianism
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Shi Huangdi
 Definition
China's first emperor
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monsoon
 Definition
seasonal wind that brings rain to Asia
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Sanskrit
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ancient language in India
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Vedas
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"knowledge"; sacred Hindu texts
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varnas
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any of the 4 original castes
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dharma
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the principle that orders the universe (Hindu)
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reincarnation
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embodiment in a new form
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gurus
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Hindu/Buddhist teacher
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scholar-gentry
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powerful and smart
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Raja
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prince/king of India
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The Silk Road
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trade route between China and the Mediterranean
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Jati System
 Definition
caste system
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Kalidasa
 Definition
classical Sanskrit writer
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Aristocracy
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government where prominent rule
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Mandate of Heaven
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insistence that the ruling family is divine
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The Analects
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Confucious writings
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regime
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government
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Censorate
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Chinese advisors
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Wisdom Literature
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any sacred books
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civil religion
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political religion
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Seleucids
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Greek dynasty descended from Seleuces
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Ashoka
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greatest Indian emperor
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well-maintained roads and way stations
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were crucial to sustaining the Persian Empire
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Judaism
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monotheistic
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Siddhartha Gautama
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founder of Buddhism
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water mills
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was one of the technological advances of the Han dynasty
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suffering is
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attachment to things of this world
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Aryabhata
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one of the first scientists to use algebra
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the central bureaucracy of the Qin dynasty was divided into
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civil, military, and the censorate
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Liu Bang
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founder of the Han dynasty
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paper
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led to expansion of trade
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to end suffering
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end desire for selfish goals
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Aryan Empire
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traded with Asia, China, and the Mediterranean
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Zhou dynasty
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Mandate of Heaven
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Confucian belief
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government should be open to all men of superior talent
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Qin Shihuangdi
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unified the Chinese world by creating one monetary system
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Xia dynasty
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beginning of China's history
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Confucian view of Dao
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the idea that humans are evil by nature
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in 1974 farmers found
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Terracotta army
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Harappa-Moheno Daro
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1. Cotton
2. Agricultural
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Aryan
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1. Iron
2. Caste system
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Mauryan
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1. unfies India
2. Buddhism to India
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Kushan
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1. trade
2. Animistic, Buddhist, Zorastrian
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Gupta
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1. peace
2. Golden Age
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Xia
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1. Federal
2. Bronze
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Shang
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1. Big territory
2. standing military
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Zhou
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1. Mandate of Heaven
2. Confucianism/Daoism
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Qin
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1. First Empire
2. Great Wall
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Han
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1. Paper
2. Silk Road
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Nefertiti
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"the beautiful one"
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Nefertiti time period
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NEW KINGDOM (1370-1330 BCE)
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Nefertiti where?
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Valley of the Kings
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Valley of the Kings location
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Thebes
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Memphis
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original capital of Egypt
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Dr. Joanne Fletcher
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Ancient Egyptian hair
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Dr. Zahi Hawass
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Egypt's leading archaeologist, mummy hunter, secretary of antiquites
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Nefertiti indicators
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1. double ear-piercing
2. band mark around the head
3. facial damage
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Amenhotep's palace
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Malquatta
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Amun Ra
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God of ancient Egypt
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Thebes' temple complex of Karnac
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purification rituals
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Aten
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God of life
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leave Thebes
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Akhenten and Nefertiti
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Akhenaten's omen
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sun's position between the cliffs
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Armana
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first planned settlement
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Kiya
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gave birth to son of Akhenaten
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Hatsheput
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First female pharaoh
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Smenhkare
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Nefertiti
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King Tut's parents
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Kiya and Akhenaten
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