| Term | Definition |
|---|
| rosetta stone | found by one of napoleans soldiers in 1776 in rosetta r. markings written on stone unlock ancient languages |
| egypt | long lasting building materials, heiroglifics |
| zoroaster | said you pick good or evil and after death good and evil will battle with the good winning |
| federalism | power shared between natl state and local |
| theocracy | church rules |
| hebrews | code of laws, moral, mosaic, civil. great work of literature, torah. ethical monotheistic religion, judaism |
| phoecians | purple dye, 22 letter semetic alphabet, colonies |
| persians | federalism, worlds first interstate highway system royal road |
| chaldeans | hanging gardens of babylon, astrology, most accurate calendar off by 26 minutes |
| assyrians | postal system, battering ram, improved roads, worlds first library |
| hittites | iron weapons |
| babylonian | first written code of laws, continued trade to china and egypt |
| sumerians | city states, cuniform,l first arch, domed roof, ramp wheel, ziggurat, sewer system, algebra, number system based on 60 |
| communism | overthrow rich and share wealth |
| facism | extremely nationalistic, believes in denying individual liberties and 1 party rule, violently anticommunist |
| socialism | wealth of country is shared equally |
| capitalism | invest money to make money |
| anarchy | wants no govt |
| dictatorship | uses military to seize power |
| aristocracy | privlaged elite 1-3% of total population |
| totalitarian | state controls every aspect of life from birth to death |
| autocrat | control all 3 branches of govt but no king/queen |
| monarchy | a king/queen who may or may not be absolute |
| democracy | citizens vote on all issues |
| republic | citizens elect representatives |
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