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Started in 10,000-8,000 BCE: includes farming & domestication of animals.

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Neolithic Revolution

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A theocracy is a government in which

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leaders rule by divine authority.

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Hammurabi is significant for

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his law code, a collection of laws for Mesopotamian society.

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The government of Sparta was an oligarchy, which means that it was

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ruled by the few.

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After the Battle of Marathon, which Greek city-state helped Athens fight against the Persians? Mycenae, Crete, Troy

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Sparta

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The Roman Senate, which came to hold an important position in the Roman Republic, was

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a select group of about 300 patricians who served for life.

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When the poet Juvenal said, “...there’s only two things that concern them: Bread and Circuses,” he was talking about

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the distraction of the Roman masses from serious political issues by free grain and entertainment.

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The Edict of Milan was significant because it proclaimed

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official tolerance of Christianity.

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The political and military reforms of Diocletian and Constantine

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enhanced the army and civil service, but drained most of the public funds.

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One of the Five Pillars of Islam, the hajj is

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a pilgrimage to Mecca.