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- Paleolithic age
- a prehistoric period that lasted from about 2,500,000 to 8,000 bc
- Neolithic age
- Agricultural revolution- the far reachings changes in human life- biggest turning point in the development of man
- Oracle bones
- used by ancient chinese priests to communicate with the gods
- Fertile Crescent
- An arch of rich farmland in south west asia between the persian gulf and the mediterian sea
- Polytheism
- belief in many gods
- Monotheism
- BELIEF IN ONE GOD
- ATHEISM
- BELIEF IN NO GOD
- Animism
- animal worship
- Shintoism
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native religion of japan "way of the gods"
-no complex rivals of philosophy - Pharaoh
- a king in ancient egypt considered a god as well as a political and military leader
- Pilgrimage
- long journey to a special destination
- Yahweh
- Hebrew name for god
- Allah
- Islamic name for god
- City-state
- (polis) a fundimental political unit in ancient greece made up of a city and its surrounding country side
- Twelve tables
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A written law code for rome
-hung in the forum - Direct democracy
- government where citizens rule directly
- Republican government
- power is in the hands of representitives that are elected by the people
- Absolute monarchy
- a king or queen has absolute power and seeks to control all aspects of society
- Primogeniture
- eldest son or oldest male relitive gets the throne after the current ruler dies or is over thrown
- Limited monarchy
- Parliment makes laws to limit the monarch
- Constitutional monarchy
- a monarchy in which a rulers power is limited by the constitution
- Dictatorship
- leader has absolute power
- theocracy
- leader is viewed as a divine figure
- Silk road
- a system of ancient caravan routes across central asia, along which traders carried silk and other trade goods
- Mesoamerica
- an area extending from central mexico to honduras where several of the ancient societies formed (the olmec)
- Golden age
-
the highest reign of a civilization
- a time of great prosperity - Ethical conduct
- -JUDIASM- HAVE TO BE ETHICAL, MORAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHRISTAINS AND MUSLIMS
- Patriarchal
- leading bishop of the east
- Patriarchal social structure
- social strusture led by the males
- Scholar gentry
- china's upper class
- Extended family
- a persons parents, children, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts uncles and cousins
- Bride price
- the price the father of a bride has to pay
- Polygamy
- the practice of having more than one wife
- Filial Piety
- respect towards elders
- Footbinding
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when a chinese womens toes are broken and wrapped underneath the foot
-considered a sign of high social status - Kamikazi
- Divine wind that protected japan form the mongols
- Feudalism
- a political system in which nobles are grated the use of the land
- Shogun
- Japanize military commander
- Ainu
- the original race of japan
- Dark ages
-
600 years of european history were called the dark ages because the previos advances in technology were reversed
-learning and living standards went down
-no single unified government - Interdependence
- the depending of nations on other nations
- Constantinople
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capital of the Byzantine Empire
-Byzantium-Constantinople-Istanbul - Ethnocentrism
- believeing that your society is better than others
- Middle passage
- the voyage that brought captured africans to the west indies and later north and south america to be sold as slaves
- Triangular Trade
- a transalantic trading network along which slaves and other goods were carried between africa, england, europe, west indies, and the colonies in north america
- Mercantilism
- an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and exporting more than they import
- Columbian exchange
- the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases, that occured during the european colonization of the americas
- The encounter
- when the europeans can in contact with the indians
- Magna carta
- an attempt by nobles to limit king johns power
- Bill of rights of 1689
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Placed limits on william & marys power
-they could not-
*suspend the laws of the parliment
*levy taxes wihtout consent of parliament
*Infer with freedom of speech in parliment
*penalize a citizen for petitioning the king - Heliocentric theory
- that the sun is in the center of the solar system
- Enlightenment
- based on reason, emphasis on experiance, tested by observation, growth of trade, interest in worldy things, a growing power of parliament and king
- Natural rights
- life, liberty, property
- Social contract
- an agreement by which people created government
- Philosophe
- people that believed that they could apply reason to all aspects of life
- Separation of powers
- that government power would be seperated between 3 branches of government
- Enlightened despot
- monarchs who embraced the new ideas and made reforms that reflected the enlightenment spirit
- Salon
- Regular social gatherings where philosophes, writers, artists, scientists and other great intellects met to discuss ideas and enjoy artistic performances
- Checks and balances
- measure designed to prevent any one branch of government from getting to powerful
- Federal system
- Power is divided between national and state governments
- Bill of rights
- Basic rights such as freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion, The philosophes who supported these rights were Voltaire, Rousseau, and Locke