Lindsay Brame 1st Period WORLD HISTORY FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 1. Key Traits of a Civilization: p 20-21‚ 1. Advanced Cities 2. Specialized workers 3. complex institutions (ie. Government‚ religion‚ economy) 4. Record Keeping 5. Advanced Technology 2. Sumerians p 20-23‚ 31-32‚ 29-30 One of the first groups of people to form a civilization: around 3000BC. Sumerian scribbles (record keepers) invented a system of writing called cuneiform in 3500 BC. First to use potter’s wheel
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ID: International Dialogue‚ A Multidisciplinary Journal of World Affairs 3 2013 Review Essay Jerusalem Obscured The Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary Pamela Berger. Leiden and Boston: Brill‚ 2012. 393pp. . Curtis Hutt To begin with‚ what is it? In order to answer this question one must‚ of course‚ qualify it by asking—to whom? Pamela Berger in The Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary has done a
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Constantine the Great - Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Constantine The reign of Constantine the Great forms a most important epoch in the history of the church. Both his father Constantius and his mother Helena were religiously inclined‚ and always favourable to the Christians. Some years of Constantine’s youth were spent at the court of Diocletian and Galerius in the character of a hostage. He witnessed the publication of the persecuting edict at Nicomedia in 303‚ and the horrors which followed
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[pic] [pic]Silk Road From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Silk Route) Jump to: navigation‚ search |[pic] |Please help improve this article by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page. (October 2008) | For other uses‚ see Silk Road (disambiguation). [pic] [pic] The Silk Road extending from Southern Europe through Arabia‚ Somalia‚ Egypt‚ Persia‚ Pakistan‚ India‚ Bangladesh‚ Java‚ and Vietnam until it reaches China. Land routes
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The Romans - Clothing Roman clothes were made of wool‚ spun into cloth by the women of the family. Later on the richer people had slaves to do this work for them. If you could afford to buy clothes‚ you could buy linen‚ cotton or silk‚ which was brought to Rome from other parts of the Empire. Washing clothes was difficult because the Romans did not have washing machines or soap powder. They used either a chemical called sulphur or urine. These are the clothes that Romans wore The Toga This man
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Gnosticism The doctrine of salvation by knowledge. This definition‚ based on the etymology of the word (gnosis "knowledge"‚ gnostikos‚ "good at knowing")‚ is correct as far as it goes‚ but it gives only one‚ though perhaps the predominant‚ characteristic of Gnostic systems of thought. Whereas Judaism and Christianity‚ and almost all pagan systems‚ hold that the soul attains its proper end by obedience of mind and will to the Supreme Power‚ i.e. by faith and works‚ it is markedly peculiar to Gnosticism
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ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE The Middle Ages is like no other period in terms of the time span it covers. Caedmon’s Hymn‚ the earliest English poem to survive as a text‚ belongs to the latter part of the VII century. The morality play‚ Everyman‚ is dated "after 1485" and probably belongs to the early-XVI century. In addition‚ for the Middle Ages‚ there is no one central movement or event to organize a historical approach to the period. When did "English Literature" begin? Any answer to that
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Alexander the Great The World Generals Series “Palgrave’s World Generals Series will feature great leaders whose reputations have transcended their own nations‚ whose bold characters led to new forms of combat‚ whose determination and courage gave shape to new dynasties and civilizations—men whose creativity and courage inspired multitudes. Beginning with illustrious World War II German Field Marshall Irwin Rommel‚ known as the Desert Fox‚ the series will shed new light on famous warrior-leaders
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Chapter one the first civilization I. Introduction A. The Idea of Civilization The West is an idea that developed slowly during Greek and Roman civilization. Initially the Greeks referred to their homeland as the Europe—or “West.” The Romans took up the concept and applied it to the western half of their empire. Asia—or the East—was similarly a geographical innovation of the Greeks and Romans. Asia was that land that belonged to non-Greek cultures of Asia Minor‚ particularly the Persians
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Remember that you will have to answer a question comparing a convention‚ so do not just list the setting or the characters‚ rather make notes on the significance of the setting‚ or how characters are developed. 5th Business: Narration: * Narration: first person perspective from Dunstan Ramsay. Though reliable‚ observant‚ narrator (opening paragraph) all events are subjective and can’t be verified. Events that occur outside of Dunny’s experience must be relayed to him through third party.
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