College World History vocabulary: Chapters 1-4
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Bantu
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Africans that lived in Nigeria but began a century long migration to Sub-Saharan Africa they were influential in speech.
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Isis
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Egyptian goddess of fertility, daughter of Geb, sister and wife of Osiris
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Herodotus
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Herodotus was a Greek historian.
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Lake Victoria
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One of the African Great Lakes. The lake was named after Queen Victoria from England, by John Hanning Speke, the first European to find it.
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Menes
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First unified ruler, united Upper and Lower Egypt, found the city of Memphis (political and cultural center of Egypt), pharaoh was known as a god that was in a human body and the gods on earth controlled all land, when he died he became one with the sun god.
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Amon-Re
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Egyptian god, combination of the sun god Re and the air god Amon.
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Khufu
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Largest pyramid 2.3 million limestone blocks weighing up to 15 tons. Laborers of the Khufu worked 80 days a year for 20 years.
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Memphis
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Founded by Menes, ancient capital of Aneb-Hetch, located South of Cairo.
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Hyksos
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They seized the Nile delta helping bring an end to the Middle Kingdom.
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Queen Hatshepsut
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She ruled Egypt with Thutmose III who had moved up to the throne as a child the year before.
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Osiris
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Egyptian god that represented the forces of nature, it was a type of cult, was killed by his brother Seth, he scattered his parts through the land, the wife eventually received the parts and gave him a proper burial. The gods were impressed and made a god of the underworld.
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Flax
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A type of cotton seed used to make linen.
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Papyrus
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A paper-like material made from Papyrus reed.
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Hieratic
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A type of cursive writting originating from Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
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Nyamba
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a god of sub-saharan Africans during the period of Nubian and Egyptian growth. Thought to be the god of the universe but yet had no participation in anything that happened.
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Dravidians
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Member of one of the earliest groups in India
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Aryans
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Indo-Eroupean tribe settlers, united with Dravidians and began the worship of Hinduism.
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Sanskrit
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Classic language of India.
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Vedas
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\"Wisdom\" Provided knowledge through Hymns and Prayers about the Indo-Eroupeans migration.
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Jati
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\"Hindu sub-caste\"
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Manu
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The ancestory of humanity.
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Moksha
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Hindu concept of the salvation of the soul.
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Karma
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The determination of a persons fate in the next life based on how they did in their first life.
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China's Sorrow
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The Yellow River in which had flooded pretty consistently.
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Samsara
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The Hindu belief of the incarnation of ones soul.
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Brahman
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Concept of the Universal soul.
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Ancestor worship
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The belief that your ancestors can influence your life.
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Oracle Bones
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Chinese dynasty of fortune telling.
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Yin
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Female representation of the universe associated with earth, dark, and cold.
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Land Bridge
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A migration tactic used to move animals and people over large bodies of water without the use of a floatation device.
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Olmecs
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Mayan created large stone head gods.
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Tikal
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Maya political center
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Maya
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A very smart society in the early 300-1100, Math, Astronomy, written language..etc..
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Australia
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As different groups of people migrated, the land landbridge took them to this country.
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Austronisian
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First settlers of Pacific Islands.
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Outriggers
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A type of a boat, or canoe.
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Chichen Itza
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A Mayan empire that brought political stability to Yucatan, captivated people into their society in order for their population to grow. Some captives killed themselves instead of fighting against the Mayans.
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Popol Vuh
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The mayan belief of the creation of humans.
