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    September
    Paleolithic Period
    Nomads
    Hunting and gathering
    Neolithic Revolution
    Civilzations
    Culture
    Agriculture
    River Valley Civilizations (Nile, Tigris-Euphrates, Yellow, Indus)
    Environment
    Adaptations
    Irrigation Systems
    Cultural diffusion
    Help vs. hinder
    Barriers to invasion
    Hammurabi
     
    October
    Golden Age
    City-State
    Hellenistic
    Athens
    Sparta
    Socrates
    Plato
    Aristotle
    Agora
    Acropolis
    Polis
    Democracy
    Parthenon
    Hippocrates
    Hippocratic Oath
     
    November
    Ptolemy
    Dynasty
    Dynastic Cycle
    Mandate of Heaven
    Divine Right
    Silk Road
    Confucianism
    Civil Service Exam
    Acupuncture
    Zhou Dynasty
    Han Dynasty
    Tang Dynasty
    Song Dynasty
    Ming Dynasty
     
    December
    Pax Romana
    Patricians
    Plebians
    Artisans
    Merchants
    Laws of the Twelve Tables
    Pantheon
    Aqueducts
    Punic Wars
    senate
    consul
    Roman Republic
    triumvirate
    Julius Caesar
    Augustus Caesar
     
    January
    Christianity
    Jesus
    apostle
    diaspora
    pope
    Constantine
    Fall of Roman Empire
    inflation
    Attila
    Huns
     
    February
    Byzantine Empire
    Justinian
    autocrat
    Justinian's Code
    Orthodox Christian Church
    icon
    mosaics
    schism
    March
    April
    May
    June