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Persian Empire

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Under the Kings Darius and Xerxes they attempted to conquer Greece several times in the fifth century B.C. but were defeated

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Pericles

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His rule is sometimes known as the Golden Age of Greece

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Pharaohs

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The Kings of ancient Egypt

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Phoenicia

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The Phoenicians were famed as traders and sailors. They developed an alphabet that was eventually adapted by the Greeks and Romans into the alphabet used today

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Francisco Pizarro

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Spanish conquistador who overthrew the rulers of the Incas

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Marco Polo

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An Italian explorer; one of the first Europeans to travel across Asia

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Pompeii

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City of the Roman Empire; destroyed in the first century by an eruption of nearby Mt. Vesuvius

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Juan Ponce de León

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A Spanish conquistador who named Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth

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Ptolemy

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Ancient Greek astronomer who proposed that the movements of the planets along with the sun and the stars revolved around the Earth

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Punic Wars

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Between ancient Carthage and Rome

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Pyramids

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Huge monuments built as burial vaults for the pharaohs

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Reformation

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A religious movement that began as an attempted reform of the Roman Catholic Church but resulted in the founding of Protestant churches

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Renaissance

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The cultural rebirth from the fourteenth through the middle of the seventeenth centuries

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Richard the Lion-Hearted

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An English King who fought in the Crusades

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Wars of the Roses

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A series of wars fought by two English houses; the House of Lancaster had a red rose as its emblem; the House of York had a white rose

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Rosetta Stone

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Key to understanding Egyptian writing

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Rubicon

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River in northern Italy Julius Caesar crossed with his army violating the orders of the leaders of Rome who feared his power; a civil war followed in which Caesar emerged as ruler of Rome

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Saladin

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His capture of Jerusalem precipitated a crusade

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Serf

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Peasant bound to the land

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Sparta

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Ancient Greek city state known for its militaristic government

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