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Definitions and terms related to major ancient civilizations and religions around the world. Topics include agriculture's impact on human life, characteristics of civilizations, influential figures and deities, and the impact of these civilizations on later people. Terms cover mesopotamia, egypt, indus valley, phoenicians, assyrians, zoroaster, buddhism, hinduism, jainism, confucianism, and various wars.
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near east- wheat, cattle, goats, sheep, pigs east asia- rice, millet, pigs america- corn, cassava africa- yams TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 permanent settlement, trade, population growth, more material goods TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 a hierarchal government ability to keep records (writing) laws wealth that produces monuments specialization cities agricultural surplus TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 mesopotamia- ziggurates (monuments), writing, and cities (Ur) egypt- pyramids (monuments), hieroglyphics (writing), and cities (Thebes) indus valley- citadels (monuments), writing, cities (Harappa, Mohenjo Daro) TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 mesopotamian story about a hero's search for immortality
god that ruled the afterlife TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 son of osiris, rules the living, in the person of the pharaoh TERM 8
DEFINITION 8
DEFINITION 9 sea-going traders known for their purple dye, and for developing the alphabet TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 known for their violence, and the use of iron and siege weapons
the responsibility of each person to know his duties, to his family, to his caste, and to his society, and then do them. TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 in this eternal universe, souls acquire a coating of karma which must be scrubbed off nby discipline. they dont kill other living souls, they disapprove of sex, lying, and attachment to possessions. there are no gods. TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 sought to define the role of government in creating moral people. people should be aware of their own responsibilities relative to the varying status of those around them. Good government creates stability. TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 follow the way, in harmony with the contrasting forces of male and female, activity and inactivity. basically: everything is what it is. TERM 20
DEFINITION 20 won't speculate about eithics, accepts that people are unethical and are to be controlled by a mixture of fear and appeals to their greed. its a government's job to create the laws that will maintain order, and then enforce these laws.
athens and sparta together manage to defeat the greatest empire in the world, thus proving the superiority of the free greeks over barbarians. TERM 22
DEFINITION 22 athens and sparta go to war with each other, ending a time of athenian creativity, and sending all of greece into a series of wars, during which mercenaries rank as a greek export right up there with olive oil.