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The southern region of ancient Egypt, named so because it was located upriver with the Nile's flow. Cairo to Sudan.

The northern region of ancient Egypt, named so because it was located downriver with the Nile's flow.

human like australopithecines started 3 to 4 millions years ago. Oldest fossils found in Great Rift Valley (Africa) 1950s to 1960s lucy - greatest ever find

People who dominated Southern Mesopotamia through the end of the 3rd Millennium BCE. Responsible for the creation of irrigation technology, cunieform, and religious conceptions.

During the Old Kingdom. Around 2700 B.C.E.

a process of embalming and drying corpses to prevent them from decaying

Successors of Cyrus.

Babylon king who conquored the South Kingdom of Israel and destroyed Jerusalem in 586-587 BCE (6th century) and ruled for about 40-50 years - he was conquored by King Cyrus of Egypt

Live in covenant with God's law, God's chosen people, waiting for savior

Jerusalem

HINDUISM = reincarnation BUDDHISM = meditation, reach nirvana through good karma, no individual spirit, not multiple Gods.

Sanskrit

Siddhartha Guatama

Pilgrim routes to holy places, and to commemorate the life of Buddha.

Buddhist path of moderation, avoidance of extremes of vulgar materialism or a life of self-torture

Yellow River and Yangtze River

The creative rhythm of the universe, or "the way".

Chou.. Zhou

Chinese symbol that means complementary opposites; dark and happy

chinese philosphere and teacher; his belifs,known as confusoinism greatly influenced chinese life

A line of rulers from the same family, imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization

Liu Bang

An enormously divisive force in Greek life because the rugged terrain (Mountainous, rugged land surrounded by sea, Peninsula & Islands, few rivers or farmland, but good harbors) led to political fragmentation. Geographical Isolation = City States (culturally their own identity): No Central Government.

(Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology

(287-212 BCE) Greek mathematician and inventor. He wrote works on plane and solid geometry, arithmetic, and mechanics. He is best known for the lever and pulley.

The largest ancient Greek city-state, located on the southern Peloponnesus

Mainland Greeks from the Bronze Ages, greatly influenced by the Minoans; randomly wealthy families

Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)

Made athenian assembly-law making body, granted some citizenship to some imms. and former slaves. set-up council of 500, introduced Ostracism

Form of government in which power is centralized into a local city-state.

- Strong military - Everyone educated in military - Very vicious - First paid military * Located in Peloponnesus

Lasted 15 years, they were Legalists,believed in reward and punishment, Great rulers; still needed help

Siddhartha Gautama, a prince from Sakya, also known as Sakyamuni, Tathagata, Buddha. The Buddha for our era. Achieves enlightenment through his own reflective and meditative efforts.

Humans had evolved in africa. Hominids, austilopithica, ect.

Heavily armed Greek infantrymen who marched and fought in close ranks; most of the recruits were middle-class citizens

Nickname of Athens, by Pericles

Chinese dynasty that was the foundation of Chinese thought formed during this period: Confucianism, Daoism, Zhou Classics. Mandate of Heaven. Esclisped Shang. Nomadic invaded.