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| Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee, Guns, Germs, and Steel, and Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed |
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| Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies is a 1997 book by Jared Diamond, professor of geography and physiology at the University of California, Los Angeles |
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| the last Inca emperor of Peru (1525-33), who was put to death by the Spanish under Pizarro |
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| Spanish conqueror of Peru. He landed in Peru (1532), murdered the Inca King Atahualpa (1533), and founded Lima as the new capital of Peru (1535). He was murdered by his own followers |
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| the Spaniards invaded the incan territory and the Spanish leader captured Atahualpa and beheaded him. |
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1. The monotheistic religion of the Jews, tracing its origins to Abraham and having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Hebrew Scriptures and the Talmud.
2. Conformity to the traditional ceremonies and rites of the Jewish religion.
3. The cultural, religious, and social practices and beliefs of the Jews.
4. The Jews considered as a people or community. |
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1. The Christian religion, founded on the life and teachings of Jesus.
2. Christians as a group; Christendom.
3. The state or fact of being a Christian. |
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1. A monotheistic religion characterized by the acceptance of the doctrine of submission to God and to Muhammad as the chief and last prophet of God.
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a. The people or nations that practice Islam; the Muslim world.
b. The civilization developed by the Muslim world. |
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1. The teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct, wisdom, and meditation releases one from desire, suffering, and rebirth.
2. The religion represented by the many groups, especially numerous in Asia, that profess varying forms of this doctrine and that venerate Buddha. |
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| A principal philosophy and system of religion of China based on the teachings of Lao-tzu in the sixth century b.c. and on subsequent revelations. It advocates preserving and restoring the Tao in the body and the cosmos. |
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Of, relating to, or characteristic of Confucius, his teachings, or his followers.
An adherent of the teachings of Confucius. |
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| a group of people connected by a common factor i.e. language, ancestors,race. |
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| A large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory. |
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Supreme power or authority.
The authority of a state to govern itself or another state. |
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The governing body of a nation, state, or community.
The system by which a nation, state, or community is governed |
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anarchy
aristocracy
autocracy
communist state
state of nature
monarchy
democracy
totalitarianism
oligarchy
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Resolves social conflict,
Provides public services,
Provides national security/common defense,
Sets goals for public policy, Preserves culture |
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the right to live
the right to |
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The rights belonging to an individual by virtue of citizenship, especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and by subsequent acts of Congress, including civil liberties, due process, equal protection of the laws, and freedom from discrimination.
adj. or civ·il-rights (svl-rts)
1. Of or relating to such rights or privileges: civil rights legislation.
2. Of or relating to a political movement, especially during the 1950s and 1960s, devoted to securing equal opportunity and treatment for members of minority groups. |
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| Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments |
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| where there was no instated government men are allowed to govern themselves |
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The period in western Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the high Middle Ages, c.ad 500–1100, during which...
A period of supposed unenlightenment: "the dark ages of racism". |
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The revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.
The culture and style of art and architecture developed during this era. |
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The action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened.
The attainment of spiritual knowledge or insight, esp. (in Buddhism) that which frees a person from the cycle of rebirth. |
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| Greek philosopher. A follower of Socrates, he presented his ideas through dramatic dialogues, in the most celebrated of which (The Republic) the interlocutors advocate a utopian society ruled by philosophers trained in Platonic metaphysics. He taught and wrote for much of his life at the Academy, which he founded near Athens in 386. |
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| Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato, the tutor of Alexander the Great, and the author of works on logic, metaphysics, ethics, natural sciences, politics, and poetics, he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system, which led him to criticize what he saw as Plato's metaphysical excesses, theory follows empirical observation and logic, based on the syllogism, is the essential method of rational inquiry. |
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| Italian political theorist whose book The Prince (1513) describes the achievement and maintenance of power by a determined ruler indifferent to moral considerations. |
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| English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings |
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| English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704). |
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| French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778) |
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| was a French social commentator and political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment. He is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers, taken for granted in modern discussions of government and implemented in many constitutions throughout the world. He was largely responsible for the popularization of the terms feudalism and Byzantine Empire. |
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| The Divine right of kings, the doctrine that a monarch derives his or her power directly from God |
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| last true monarch of France. he was forced to abdicate his throne during the french revolution he and his wife Marie Antoinette were executed by guillotine |
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| the hierarchical descent of power from the people with the most power to the next like nobility or such then down to the priests or people like that then it goes down to the lowest class the peasants and other people like them |
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| radical(far left) conservative(left) moderate(middle) liberal(right) reactionary(far right) |
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