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| 36996751 | Agustas | Octavian | 0 | |
| 36996752 | Roman Republic | the ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC | 1 | |
| 36996753 | patron/client relationship | complex ties of obligation which bound families and individuals together | 2 | |
| 36996754 | Roman Senate | A council whose members were the heads of wealthy, landowning families. Originally an advisory body to the early kings, in the era of the Roman Republic the Senate effectively governed the Roman state and the growing empire. (148) | 3 | |
| 36996755 | Roman Principate | A term used to characterize Roman government in the first three centuries C.E., based on the ambiguous title princeps ('first citizen') adopted by Augustus to conceal his military dictatorship. (p. 151) | 4 | |
| 36996756 | equites | Class of business people and landowners in ancient Rome who had wealth and power | 5 | |
| 36996757 | pax romana | the Roman peace | 6 | |
| 36996758 | Romanization | The process by which the Latin language and Roman culture became dominant in the western provinces of the Roman Empire. Romans did not seek to Romanize them, but the subjugated people pursued it. (155) | 7 | |
| 36996759 | Jesus | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth | 8 | |
| 36996760 | Paul | (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles | 9 | |
| 36996761 | aqueduct | a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley | 10 | |
| 36996762 | third century crisis | political, military, and economic turmoil that beset the Roman Empire during much of the third century C.E.: frequent changes of ruler, civil wars, barbarian invasions, decline of urban centers, and near-destruction of long-distance commerce. (157) | 11 | |
| 36996763 | Constantine | Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337) | 12 | |
| 36996764 | Byzantine Empire | a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395 | 13 | |
| 36996765 | Qin | Dynasty that came to power in China in 221 B.C. under which the first true empire of China was created | 14 | |
| 36996766 | Shi Huangdi | Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire (r. 221-210 B.C.E.). He is remembered for his ruthless conquests of rival states and standardization. (163) | 15 | |
| 36996767 | Han | imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy | 16 | |
| 36996768 | Chang'an | a city of central China | 17 | |
| 36996769 | gentry | the most powerful members of a society | 18 | |
| 36998790 | Xinjiang | an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan | 19 | |
| 36998791 | Lui Bang | originally a peasant; rose to greatness (started the Han Dynasty) eases taxes and legalist policy, centralizes government, revises confucionism; people liked him | 20 | |
| 36998792 | Li Si | advisor to Shi Huangdi | 21 | |
| 36998793 | Wei | any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556 | 22 | |
| 36998794 | Louyang | one of chinas capital cities | 23 | |
| 36998795 | Bosporus | a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea | 24 | |
| 36998796 | Nicaea | an ancient city in Bithynia | 25 | |
| 36998797 | Bolongna | university in Italy | 26 | |
| 36998798 | praetor | an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic | 27 | |
| 36998799 | tribune | the apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne | 28 | |
| 36998800 | plebeian | one of the common people | 29 | |
| 36998801 | patrician | a member of the aristocracy | 30 |
