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Charles Darwin
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British Scientist, author of On the Origin of Species is credited with the theory of evolution
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Sargon of Akkad:
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rulers which made him the most ancient Mesopotamian ruler
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Hammurabi’s Code:
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first written law code
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Aryans:
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The group of indo-Europeans displaced the Harappa in India
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Yu the Great
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Controlled rivers union which gave him power
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Nok:
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West African society that was the first African civilization outside of Egypt to develop iron...
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Mexicana/Aztec:
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small tribe drifts into Valley of Mexico, settle in swampy Texcoco (1329-50 CE)
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Assyrian Empire:
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West Asian empire that ruled by war and terror, e.g. cutting off fingers: castration
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Royal Roads:
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Highways/roads built by the Persians under King Darius II
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Zoroastrianism:
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System of beliefs held by the Persian emperors most notably that a god of light was in constant...
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Abraham:
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Prophet claimed as a founder by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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Pericles:
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First citizen of Athens/Greece
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Athens:
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freedom, creativity, individualism – Golden Age
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Marathon:
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(490 BCE) – 26 miles
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Julius Caesar:
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Conquest of Gaul (58 BCE), Murdered by the Roman Senate on the Ides of March (15th), 44 BCE....
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Augustus Caesar:
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wrote the autobiography of Divine Caesar
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Queen Boudica:
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Rebelled against Romans Rule represent problems in the empire.
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Constantine
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help spread Christianity
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