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A Hebrew word meaning "law," referring to the first five books of the Old Testament.

Epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing with the struggle between two rival families

Time period when Greek culture spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa.

Language that spread throughout N Africa & Middle East due to expansion of religion of Islam.

Greek thinkers believed individuals could discover  truths by investigating and by reasoning.

He conquered most of the ancient world from Asia Minor to Egypt and India, 

Why did many European nations explore other parts of the world in the 1400s and 1500s?

Heard a call from God to save France, helped defeat the English 

A garment worn by females in India that is typically wrapped around the body

Rome's first code of law; laws written on tablets that decribed the rights of each person

Time period of nomads, hunters, only hunting and gathering

Rome's first code of law; written on tablets that described rights of people.

Political and social system that developed Middle Ages; (King, Lord, Knight, Serf)

A.D. 800 to 1050 fierce warriors sailed from Denmark, Norway, & Sweden raided  towns in Europe.

Descendants of the first settlers in the Japanese Island.

A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims

A Muslim place of worship

Religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation 

North-south lines that measures distance east or west of the prime meridian.

Which culture is the following from?

Ruled by a King or Queen. Subjects obey the rulers.

East-west lines parallel to the equator, measures distance north or south of the equator

A record of a survey by William the Conqueror to see how much wealth  was in his new kingdom

A body of water that is partially enclosed by land (is usually smaller than a gulf)

Which religion includes; Siddhartha, Four Noble Truths, Path to Enlightenment?

A scientist who learns about the past humans by studying artifacts and fossils

A legal code developed by King of Mesopotamia. It was not equal justice

King of Uruk, a city-state in Sumer, he became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature

Greek city-state ruled by an oligarchy, focused on military, discouraged the arts

A type of government in which the Monarch has complete power over the citizens or inhabitants.

An ancient technique for growing crops on hillsides or mountain slopes

First emperor of Rome

System in which one set of goods or services is exchanged for another.

Native Americans of the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions lived by hunting & fishing from the sea;

What explains changes in government from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy?

Period of ten years

A religion based in Japan, marked by worship of nature and reverence for ancestors

A giant ocean wave that forms after a volcanic eruption, submarine earthquake, or landslide

A canal or ditch used to carry water from one location to another

A Hindu holy book

What was a long-term effect of ancient trade routes?

"The gift of the Nile"

Building dams, channels, walls, and ditches to bring water to crops.

Belief in many gods

During the middle ages, where literary (classical) texts were created and preserved?

Land bridge earliest Americans are believed to have migrated from Asia into the Americas.

1215 document listed rights of English citizens and limited the power of the English monarch. 

A belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean. Source of Japan's earthquakes and volcanoes.

The respect and loyalty the children owe their parents.

Belief in one God

A period of 100 years

The comparative study of past and present cultures.

German monk who, in 1517,  nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the castle church in Wittenburg.

Roman epic poem  by Virgil describing the journey  Aeneas from the destroyed city of Troy 

Which river played an important role in the development of the Indian civilization?

Series of holy wars 1096-1270 AD by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule.

A social structure in which classes are determined by person's birth, wealth, occupation; Hindu

 A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city

A body of water completely surrounded by land.

Founded by Lao-tzu in 6th cent. B.C. people should open themselves to nature and  the universe.

Became the emperor of Rome in A.D. 312; was the first Christian Roman Emperor

Language, values, beliefs, traditions, and customs people share and learn.

Time period of discovery of farming and permanent settlements

Ruler of Normandy who in 1066 defeated Harold, the Anglo-Saxon king, to become King of England

holy book of Islam

Late 14th to mid-17th century An era which emphasizes education, art and critical thinking.

What type of writing is this?

Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.

A period of 1000 years

What type of writing is this?

A large temple dedicated to the goddess Athena on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece

Who fought against each other in the Peloponnesian War?

Also called the Black Death

800 AD crowned by the Pope as the head of the Holy Roman Empire

Emperor of Rome A.D. 312; first Christian Roman Emperor; moved capital from Rome to Byzantium.