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| 7235746072 | Persian Empire | The Persians, under the kings Darius and Xerxes, attempted to conquer Greece several times in the fifth century b.c. but were defeated in the Battle of Marathon and in several other land and sea battles. |  | 0 |
| 7235791211 | Cyrus | The Achaemenid Empire (c. 550-330 BCE), sometimes known as First Persian Empire, was an empire in Southwest Asia, founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great who overthrew the Median confederation. | 1 | |
| 7235813901 | Darius | Darius I, also known as Darius the Great, was the third king of the Achaemenid Empire. Darius I was the greatest of all the Persian kings. He extended the empires borders into India and Europe. He also fought two wars with the Greeks which were disastrous. | 2 | |
| 7235817787 | Xerxes | Xerxes, eldest son of Darius and Atossa, succeeded to the throne as Xerxes I; however, prior to Xerxes's accession, he contested the succession with his elder half-brother Artobazan, Darius' eldest son who was born to his commoner first wife before Darius rose to power. | 3 | |
| 7235834946 | Athenian Democracy | Athenian democracy developed around the fifth century BC in the Greek city-state (known as a polis) of Athens, comprising the city of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica, and is the first known democracy in the world. ... The longest-lasting democratic leader was Pericles. | 4 | |
| 7235838119 | Solon | Athenian reformer of the 6th century; established laws that eased the burden of debt on farmers, forbade enslavement for debt | 5 | |
| 7235858513 | Cleisthenes | -athens (510 bce) -expanded democracy (council is now of 500 aristocrats instead of 400; he kept assembly the same) -developed large scale jury system | 6 | |
| 7235879077 | Pericles | -citizens were only men; not slaves, foreigners, or women -rights of citizens: vote, hold office, own property, defend themselves in court -responsibilities of citizens: serve in govt, defend in war -Pericles was the father of democracy: he led for 32 years, came up with direct democracy (citizens rule directly, not through representatives), assembly met every 10 days (all citizens could participate), officials were appointed in terms to control power, appointments of officials were subject to review by assembly, this govt was one of most democratic govts in history, athens had more citizens engaged in self govt than any other city state -golden age: period of peace and prosperity with evidence of andante in art and literature | 7 | |
| 7235905129 | Greco-Persian Wars | Greco-Persian Wars, also called Persian Wars, (492-449 bce), a series of wars fought by Greek states and Persia over a period of almost half a century. The fighting was most intense during two invasions that Persia launched against mainland Greece between 490 and 479. | 8 | |
| 7235907658 | Hellenistic Era | The Hellenistic Age is a period in history defined as the time between the death of Alexander the Great and the rise of Roman domination. During this time, Greek culture was dominant throughout the Mediterranean, thus the name Hellenistic, which is derived from the Greek "Hellas" which means Greece. | 9 | |
| 7235933559 | Alexander the Great | A ruler of Greece in the fourth century b.c. As a general, he conquered most of the ancient world, extending the civilization of Greece east to India. | 10 | |
| 7235943011 | Julius Caesar | 100-44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian. 2. Sidney ("Sid") 1922-2014, U.S. comedian. 3. a title of the Roman emperors from Augustus to Hadrian, and later of the heirs presumptive. | 11 | |
| 7235946676 | Augustus | Also called Octavian (before 27 b.c.) (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ; Augustus Caesar) 63 b.c.-a.d. 14, first Roman emperor 27 b.c.-a.d. 14: reformer, patron of arts and literature; heir and successor to Julius Caesar. ... a title of office given to rulers of the Roman Republic after Octavianus. 3. a male given name. | 12 | |
| 7235960801 | Pax Romana | The peace that existed between nationalities within the Roman Empire. | 13 | |
| 7235963445 | Qin Shihuangdi | "First Emperor of Qin" (18 February 259 BC - 10 September 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty (秦朝) and was the first emperor of a unified China. He was born Ying Zheng (嬴政) or Zhao Zheng (趙政), a prince of the state of Qin. | 14 | |
| 7235976905 | Trung Trac | Trung Sisters, byname of Trung Trac and Trung Nhi (flourished ad 39-43), heroines of the first Vietnamese independence movement, who headed a rebellion against the Chinese Han-dynasty overlords and briefly established an autonomous state. ... Trung Trac thereupon assumed leadership of the movement. | 15 | |
| 7235979230 | Han Dynasty | The Han Dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China. Founded in 206 BC when the rebel leader Liu Bang successfully ended the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty lasted for four centuries and is considered a golden age in Chinese history. | 16 | |
| 7235981187 | Liu Bang | 247-195 b.c, Chinese emperor: founder of the Han dynasty 202 b.c. Expand. Also, Pinyin, Liu Bang. Examples from the Web for Liu Pang. Hiang Yu aspiring to imperial honours, war broke out between him and Liu Pang. | 17 | |
| 7235983698 | Han Wudi | 156 bc -86 bc, Chinese emperor (140-86) of the Han dynasty, who greatly extended the Chinese empire and made Confucianism the state religion. | 18 | |
| 7235985337 | Wang Mang | (Chinese: 王莽, c. 45 BC - 6 October 23 AD), courtesy name Jujun (巨君), was a Han Dynasty official who seized the throne from the Liu family and founded the Xin (or Hsin, meaning "renewed") Dynasty (新朝), ruling 9-23 AD. | 19 | |
| 7235989182 | Civil Service Exam | Exams that Chinese bureaucrats passed to serve in state, based on Confucian concepts, Han origins. | 20 | |
| 7236004139 | Maurya Dynasty | Maurya Empire. definition: Indian empire founded by Chandragupta, beginning with his kingdom in northeastern India and spreading to most of northern and central India. significance: unified the Indian subcontinent. | 21 | |
| 7236007272 | Ashoka | Known as "the Great." Died 232 bc. King of Magadha (273-232) who united most of the Indian subcontinent under one rule and was converted to Buddhism, establishing it as the state religion. | 22 |
