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5250025747Alexander the GreatConquer from Macedon; conquered the Persian empire and part of northwest India.0
5250025748Persian EmpireA major empire that expanded from the Iranian plateau to incorporate the Middle East from Egypt to India; florist from around 550 to 330 B.C.E.1
5250027109Athenian DemocracyA radical form of direct democracy in which much of the free male population of Athens had the franchise and officeholders chosen by lot.2
5250027110Hellenistic EraThe period from 323 to 30 BC in which Greek culture spread widely in Eurasia and North Africa in the kingdoms ruled by Alexander's political successors.3
5250029462Greco Persian WarsTwo major Persian invasion of Greece, In 490 B.C.E. and 480 B.C.E., in which the Persians were defeated on both land and sea.4
5250029463Caesar AugustusThe great nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar who emerged as a sole ruler of the Roman state at the end of an extended period of Civil War.5
5250031429Pax RomanaThe "Roman peace", a term typically used to denote the stability and prosperity of the early Roman Empire, especially in the first and second centuries.6
5250031430Qin ShihuangdiLiterally "first emperor from the Qin"; forcibly reunited China and established a strong and repressive state.7
5250031431Trung TracA Vietnamese woman from an aristocratic military family who led an ultimately unsuccessful revolt against China following the execution of her husband.8
5250033895Han DynastyDynasty that ruled China from 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E., creating a durable state based on Shihuangdi's state-building achievement.9
5250033896Mauryan EmpireA major empire that encompassed most of India (332-185 B.C.E.).10
5250033897AshokaThe most famous ruler of the Mauryan Empire (268-232 B.C.E.), who converted to Buddhism and tried to rule peacefully and with tolerance.11

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