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| state where one ruler controls many people and places |
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| rulers of an empire that are descendants from previous leaders |
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| form of government where a sovereign leader is at the top |
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| city that governs itself independently |
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| ancient people who ruled the babylonians during the Chaldean empire |
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| religious belief in many gods |
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| religious belief in one god |
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| belief in one god- started around Jerusalem |
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| belief of a God, and Jesus is the son of God. Came from Judaism around the 30s AD |
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| belief in a God, Allah, and a prophet, Muhammed. |
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| the way that governments keep peace. Order will keep the society from having too many criminals. |
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| pyramid-style social class |
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| place between Euphrates and Tigris |
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| land in middle east that first civilizations emerged |
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| place where the first city-states emerged |
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| founding place of Judaism |
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| man-made object from a long time ago |
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| bones of a dead person or animal or other life-form compressed in rock |
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| power is given to warlords in exchange for obedience |
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| land marks and formations in a place |
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| indus valley civilization city w/≈35000 people |
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| indus valley civilization city w/≈35000-40000 people |
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| descendants from indus valley civilization |
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| what aryans called Dravidians-means savages |
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| warlike tribe that invaded indus valley civilization- means noble ones |
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| Chinese ruler that ended feudalism- Qin dynasty |
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| Vedism and Indus religion combined to make Hinduism |
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| Hindu belief that people are separated by occupation and religious purity |
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| British historian who was pro-caste |
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| confucian belief that inferiors should respect superiors |
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| being polite and doing ritual |
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| person who is good and does ritual |
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| government system based on teaching to be good so that people will follow rules based on shame |
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| government system with harsh punishments |
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| code of laws that discriminates based on gender and class |
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| Mesopotamian ruler who created the first empire |
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| Mesopotamian ruler who made the first universal set of laws |
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| Ruler who made library of Nineveh, and conquered a lot of land such as Egypt |
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| Mesopotamian ruler who conquered Jerusalem and sent Jews into exile |
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| Freed the jews, and built a society based on love, not fear |
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| When the husband dies, he was burned in a pyre women jumped in the fire of her husband |
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| force or energy that determines how someone will be born |
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| Hinduism belief that people are separated by religious purity and occupation |
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| reincarnation in Sanskrit |
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| principle of non-violence towards other living things |
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| During Chou dynasty, kings didn't have authority, warlords fought over land |
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| good dynasty, mandate of heaven--> loses authority and society starts to crumble--> revolution--> new dynasty gains mandate of heaven |
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| belief that the gods are helping their dynasty |
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| river east of mesopotamia |
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| river west of mesopotamia |
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| indus valley civilization |
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| early Indian civilization in Indus river valley |
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| Oral, and later written down, book of Vedism's beliefs |
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| people of higher castes wouldn't have anything to do with lower castes, because they were "impure" |
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| Hinduism belief of being reborn after death |
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