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| 7210254295 | Shi Huangdi | Founder of the brief Qin Dynasty in 220 B.C.E | 0 | |
| 7210260409 | Qin | established in 221 B.C.E at end of the Warring States period right behind the decline of the Zhou Dynasty; fell in 207 B.C.E | 1 | |
| 7210271643 | Han | Dynasty that succeeded in Qin 202 B.C.E; ruled for next 400 years | 2 | |
| 7210276713 | Zhou | Originally a vassal (holder of land) family of Shang China; overthrew the Shang and established 2nd historical Chinese dynasty that flourished 1122-256 B.C.E | 3 | |
| 7210284897 | Great Wall | Defensive wall to protect China from Nomad invaders from the North; during Qin dynasty and reign of Shi Huangdi. | 4 | |
| 7210293145 | Confucius | Kong Fuzi; major chinese philosopher born in 6th century B.C.E | 5 | |
| 7210301925 | Buddha | Creator of major Indian and Asia religion; born in 6th century B.C.E as son of local ruler among tribes; found under bo tree;taught to achieve only by abandoning desires for all earthly things. | 6 | |
| 7210325077 | Alexander the Great | Successor of Philip II;successfully conquered Persian empire prior to his death in 323 B.C.E; tried to combine Greek and Persian cultures | 7 | |
| 7210340293 | Himalayas | Mountain region marking the northern border of the Indian subcontinent; site of Aryan settlements that formed small kingdoms or warrior republics | 8 | |
| 7213689271 | Monsoons | Seasonal winds crossing Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia; during summer bring rains | 9 | |
| 7213691601 | Sanskrit | The sacred and classical Indian language | 10 | |
| 7213694457 | Varnas | Cluster of caste groups in Aryan society; 4 social castes priests,warriors,merchants, and peasants; beneath 4 Aryan castes was group of socially untouchable | 11 | |
| 7213700618 | untouchables | Low social caste in Hindu culture; perform tasks that were considered polluting- street sweeping, removal of human waste, and tanning | 12 | |
| 7213704294 | Indra | Chief depicted as a colossal, hard drinking warrior | 13 | |
| 7213707641 | Chandragupt Maurya | Founder of Maurya dynasty; established first empire in Indian subcontinent; first centralized government since Harappan civilization | 14 | |
| 7213710175 | Mauryan | Dynasty established in Indian subcontinent in 4th century B.C.E following invasion by Alexander the Great | 15 | |
| 7213712132 | Ashoka | Grandson of Chandragupta Maurya;completed conquests of Indian subcontinent; converted to Buddhism and sponsored spread of new religion throughout his empire | 16 | |
| 7213717284 | dharma | The caste position and career determined by a person's birth; Hindu culture required that one accept one's social position and perform occupation to the best of on'es ability in order to have a better situation in the next life. | 17 | |
| 7213720500 | Kushans | An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c.100 B.C.E; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries | 18 | |
| 7213723434 | Guptas | Dynasty that succeeded the Kushans in the 3rd century C.E; built empire that extended to all but the southern regions of Indian sub-continent; less centralized than Mauryan Empire | 19 | |
| 7213730503 | Kautilya | Political adviser to Chandragupta Maurya; one of the authors of Arthashastra; believes in scientific application of warfare | 20 | |
| 7213735095 | Gurus | Originally refereed to as Brahmans who served as teachers for the princes of the imperial court of the Guptas. | 21 | |
| 7213737085 | Vishnu | The Brahman, later Hindu, god of sacrifice; widely worshiped | 22 | |
| 7213738396 | Shiva | Hindu, god of destruction and reproduction; worshiped as the personification of cosmic forces of change | 23 | |
| 7213741204 | reincarnation | The successive attachment of the soul to some animate form according to merits earned in previous | 24 | |
| 7213743030 | Nirvana | The Buddhist state of enlightenment, a state of tranquility. | 25 | |
| 7213745036 | Kamasutra | Written by Vatsayana during Gupta era; offered instruction on all aspects of life for higher-caste male, including grooming , hygiene, etiquette, selection of wives, and lovemaking | 26 | |
| 7213749645 | Stupas | Stones strines built to house pieces of bone or hair and personal possessions said to be relics of the Buhhda; preserved Buddhist architectural | 27 | |
| 7213753017 | scholar-gentry | Chinese class created by the material linkage of the local land-holding aristocracy with the office-holding shi; superseded shi as governors of China | 28 |
