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| 10845563150 | Persian Empire | An empire in *western Asia in ancient times*. They 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 |
| 10845563151 | Athenian democracy | Athens in the 5th to 4th century BCE had an extraordinary system of government: democracy. Under this system, *all male citizens had equal political rights, freedom of speech, and the opportunity to participate directly in the political arena.* |  | 1 |
| 10845563152 | Greco-Persian Wars | 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.* |  | 2 |
| 10845563153 | Alexander the Great | *conqueror of Greece and Egypt* and Persia; *founder of Alexandria*(356-323 BC) |  | 3 |
| 10845563154 | Hellenistic era | covers the period of Mediterranean history between the *death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC *and the *emergence of the Roman Empire* as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC |  | 4 |
| 10845563155 | Augustus | *Roman statesman *who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC |  | 5 |
| 10845563156 | Pax Romana | A *period of peace and prosperity* throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from *27 B.C. to A.D. 180*. |  | 6 |
| 10845563157 | Qin Shihuangdi | the *first Qin emperor* who *unified China*, built much of the Great Wall, *standardized weights and measures, and created a common currency and legal system* |  | 7 |
| 10845563158 | 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 |  | 8 |
| 10845563159 | Trung Trac | heroines of the *first Vietnamese independence movement*, who headed a *rebellion against the Chinese Han-dynasty overlords* and briefly established an autonomous state |  | 9 |
| 10845563160 | Kushan Empire | people that *ruled over most of the northern Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and parts of Central Asia* during the first three centuries of the Common Era. The Yuezhi conquered Bactria in the 2nd century BCE and *divided the country into five chiefdoms* |  | 10 |
| 10845563161 | Mauryan Empire | *Indian empire founded by Chandragupta*, beginning with his kingdom in *northeastern India and spreading to most of northern and central India*. |  | 11 |
| 10845563162 | Ashoka | was an *Indian emperor* of the Maurya Dynasty, who *ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent* from c. 268 to 232 BCE. |  | 12 |
