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| 10516561064 | Persian Empire | In the Middle East in 500 BCE, the largest of the world's empires. They were significant because they helped guide all the future empires. They were Indo-European people whose homeland lay on the Iranian Plateau. | 0 | |
| 10516606726 | Athenian Democracy | The first known democracy in the world founded by Athens in Greek around 5th century BCE. It was a direct democracy and it was distinctly limited. It allowed the democracy we have today to branch off of this version. | 1 | |
| 10516566561 | Greco- Persian Wars | A bunch of conflicts from 499 BCE to 449 BCE between Greek and Persian Empires. The war started when some of the Ionian Greek cities revolted against the Persian Domination and found support from the Athens. The Persians became furious creating conflict. | 2 | |
| 10516573173 | Alexander the Great | King Phillip II's son that helped lead a massive Greek expedition against the Persian Empire. His ten-year expedition (333 to 323 BBCE) was all done while he was still in his twenties. He was hailed the "King of Asia" and anointed as pharaoh | 3 | |
| 10516579699 | Pax Romana | The era of imperial Rome's greatest extent and greatest authority. It was from 27 BCE to 180 BCE. It was the era of relative peace and stability. | 4 | |
| 10516587292 | Trung Trac | Around 40 CE Trung Trac and her sisters led among the earliest examples of Vietnamese resistance to the Chinese empire. For a short period of time she and her sister ruled an independent state as co-queens. | 5 | |
| 10516596291 | Mauryan Empire | The Mauryan Empire from 326 to 184 BCE expanded all over the subcontinent of India besides the southern tip. They had a huge military that they bragged about. Ashoka was one of their emperors that was well known. | 6 | |
| 10516591373 | Han Dynasty | The dynasty that followed the Qin dynasty from 206 BC to 221 BCE. they established a centralized government, civil service system, and the Silk Road during this time. It was the golden age in Chinese history. | 7 | |
| 10516715801 | Hellenistic Era | the age of Alexander the Great; period when the Greek language and ideas were carried to the non-Greek world. This led to the cultural diversity in the absence of independence in (323-30 BCE). This was one of the greatest cultural encounters of the ancient world. | 8 | |
| 10516720209 | Augustus | Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in (27 BCE - 14 CE). Rome was changing from a republic to an empire. Augustus was originally known as Octavian but was given the name Augustus "divine status to rule". | 9 | |
| 10516726531 | Qin Shihuangdi (Qin Dynasty) | (r.221-210 BCE) The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty who believed strongly in Legalism and sought to strengthen the centralized China through public works. Tried to reunify China, and developed a bureaucracy. Had a major growing population and agriculture | 10 | |
| 10516731678 | Ashoka | One of Mauryan Empires emperor (268-232 BCE). He left many records of his activities and his thinking carved onto many rocks and pillars throughout the kingdom. Ashoka's conversion to buddhism and his moralistic approach to governance gave his reign a different tone than the rest of the emperors. | 11 |
