First Greek Srate Mycenae Shouted Eureka after discovering specific gravity Archimedes Greek hero from the Iliad Achilles "to imitate Greeks" Hellenistic City-state Polis Wrote History of the Persian Wars Herodotus Rule by the few Oligarchy Ruled by Philip ll Macedonia Athenian who ran from Marathon to Athens Pheidippides Playright who wrote Oedipus Rex Sophocles Determines age of an object by measuring light given off by electrons Thermoluminescence dating Keeping animals and growing food on a regular basis Systematic Agriculture Study of Human Life and Culture Anthropology "new stone" Neolithic Period before writing was developed prehistory Neolithic farming village near the Dead Sea Jericho Items left behind by earlier people artifacts "wise human being" Homo Sapiens Study of past societies from what people have left behind archaeology determines an object's age through C-14 measurement radiocarbon dating Force generated by a person's actions determining how the person will be reborn in the next life Karma Had vast terra cota army buried with him Qin Shihuangdi Hindu divine law Dharma Papermaking invented during their rule Han Dynasty "union" yoga checked on govt' officials to make sure they were doing their job censorate "wisdom" bodhi "Way" Dao simple message that is the basis of Buddhism 4 Noble Truths Trade route between China and Roman Empire Silk Road enabled the emergence of civilization abundance of food Created the largest empire the world had seen and established satapries to administer it Persians basic units of Sumerian civilization city-states established one of the world's first libraries Assyrians Semitic people living north of Sumeria Akkadians a collection of laws from Mesopotamian society Code of Hammurabi became the "Ten Lost Tribes" Kingdom of Israel Society dominated by men patriarchal Built in the time of the Old Kingdom Pyramids believing in many gods polytheistic First Semester Mid-Semester Review
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