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What most unites people?1.

Beck, Roger B., Linda Black, Larry S. Krieger, Phillip C. Naylor, and Dahia Ibo Shabaka. World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston: McDougall Littell, 2003.

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Bhuyan, PR. Swami Vivekananda: Messiah of Resurgent India. Florida: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd, 2003.

The Arthasastra states,

The welfare of the kind does not lie in the fulfillment of what is dear to him: whatever is dear to the subjects constitutes his welfare.

Although this sounds noble, the Arthasastra is better known for proposing tough-minded policies. For example, the manual suggests that the king hire an army of spies to gather information about his subjects by posing as priests, students, beggars, or merchants. The Arthasastra also urges the king to make war against neighboring kingdoms that are weak.

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What most unites people?3.

Spielvogel, Jackson J. “Principles of Hinduism.” Glencoe World History: Modern Times. New York: McGraw Hill/Glencoe, 2007. 73. Print.

4.Downey, Matthew T. Contemporary’s World History. Chicago, IL: Wright Group/McGraw Hill, 2006.

Print.

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“By the sixth century B.C., the idea of reincarnation had appeared in Hinduism… Important to this process is the idea of karma, the force generated by a person’s actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life. According to this idea, what people do in their current lives determines what they will be in their next lives… The concept of karma is ruled by the dharma, or the divine law. The law requires all people to do their duty. People’s duties vary, depending on their status in society. More is expected of those high on the social scale, such as the Brahmins, than of the lower castes.”

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What most unites people?Toler. “Social Stratification Visual Vocabulary.” I Do and I Understand. Web. 10 July 2013.

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What most unites people?6.

Beck, Roger B., Linda Black, Larry S. Krieger, Phillip C. Naylor, and Dahia Ibo Shabaka. World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston: McDougall Littell, 2003.

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"Writing." Ancient India. The British Museum, n.d. Web. 31 Aug. 2014. <http://www.ancientindia.co.uk /writing/index.html >.

Over time, people living in India have used many different writing systems. These systems were generally developed record down different types of information as the need arose.

Later Indian scripts, like Brahmi and Kharosthi were developd to write both official and local languages. Great epics, royal inscriptions, religious texts and administrative documents were all written using these scripts. Through these sources we are able to learn about the literature, mythology, history, and beliefs of ancient India.

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What most unites people?8.

Roman Republic. Twelve Tables of Roman Law, 449 BCE.

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Sedivy. “Comparison of Phoenicican, Greek, and Roman Alphabets.” Mr. Sedivy’s Highlands Ranch History. Web.

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10 July 2013.

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What most unites people?10.

Daly, Kathleen N. Greek and Roman Mythology A to Z. New York: Chelsea House, 2009. Print.

Greek Name Divine Realm

Roman Name

Aphrodite Love, beauty, fertility VenusApollo Archery, music, prophecy, healing, light ApolloAres War Mars

Artemis Hunting, the moon DianaAthena Wisdom, war Minerva

Demeter The harvest, grain, corn CeresDionysus Wine, festivity, the theater Bacchus

Eros Love, sexual desire CupidHades The underworld, the dead Pluto

Hephaestus Fire, the forge, smithery VulcanHera Marriage, queen of immortals Juno

Hermes Messenger, commerce, science, doctors MercuryHestia The hearth Vesta

Pan Wild beasts, the forest PanPersephone Queen of the underworld Proserpine

Poseidon The sea NeptuneZeus Thunder, the heavens, king of immortals Jupiter

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"Pliny and Trajan: Correspondence, C. 112 CE." Fordham University. Ancient History Sourcebook, 1998. Web. 10 July 2013.

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What most unites people?12.

"Social Order." The Roman Empire in the First Century. PBS, 2006. Web. 10 July 2013.

Roman society also involved a system of patronage. Members of the upper classes – the patroni – offered protection to freedmen or plebeians, who became their "cliens." Patronage might consist of money, food, or legal help. Traditionally, any freed slaves became the cliens of their former owner.

In return, patroni received respect and political favors. During the empire, cliens were required to offer daily greetings to their patroni, and the number of these greeters helped determine social status. On the frontiers of the empire, Roman generals served as patroni for the people they conquered, while Roman provinces or cities often sought out an influential senator to act as patroni and oversee their interests in Rome.

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Beck, Roger B., Linda Black, Larry S. Krieger, Phillip C. Naylor, and Dahia Ibo Shabaka. World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston: McDougall Littell, 2003.

Just look at the gladiators, either debased men or foreigners, and consider the blows they endure! Consider how they who have been well-disciplined prefer to accept a blow than ignominiously avoid it! How often it is made clear that they consider nothing other than the satisfaction of their master or the people! Even when they are covered with wounds they send a messenger to their master to inquire his will. IF they have given satisfaction to their master, they are pleased to fall. What even mediocre gladiators ever groans, ever alters the expression on his face? Which one of them acts shamefully, either standing or falling? And which of them, even when he does succumb, ever contracts his neck when ordered to receive the blow?

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What most unites people?14.

Imber, Margaret. "Spectacles of Blood:." Spectacles of Blood: Gladiators & Martyrs. Bates College, 2000.

Web. 20 Aug. 2014.