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| 10836442943 | Persian Empire | It was the largest and most impressive empire in 500BCE, led by an absolute monarch. Occupied by Indo-European people whose homeland lays on the Iranian plateau, north of the Persian Gulf. | 0 | |
| 10841349383 | Athenian Democracy | This form of democracy was direct, rather than representative, and was distinctly limited. Women, slaves, and foreigners could not participate in political activities. | 1 | |
| 10841381686 | Greco-Persian Wars | Between the years of 490 BCE and 480 BCE, two major Persian invasions occurred in Greece. On both invasions, the Persians were defeated both on land and sea. | 2 | |
| 10841456813 | Alexander the Great | Prepared a massive Greek expedition against the Persian Empire. Which was one of the greatest military feats of the world that it created a Greek Empire. The Persian Empire was defeated, its capital city, Persepolis was burned and he was hailed as the "King of Asia". | 3 | |
| 10841504478 | Hellenistic Era | Happened during Alexander the Great's time, this was where the widespread dissemination of the Greek culture happened. Generated in a small, remote Mediterranean peninsula, now penetrated the lands of Egypt, Mesopotamia and India. This happened during 323-30 BCE. | 4 | |
| 10841535831 | Augustus | The first emperor of Rome. The word was implied as a divine status for the ruler. | 5 | |
| 10841546640 | Pax Romana | The Roman peace, the era of imperial Rome's greatest extent and greatest authority. | 6 | |
| 10841555768 | Qin Shihuangdi | Succeeded in reuniting China during the age of warring states. Adopted Legalism. Contruscted the Great Wall of China to keep the barbarians out and as a mausoleum of his final resting place. | 7 | |
| 10841611646 | Han Dynasty | Ruled China from 206 BCE to 220 CE. Adopted Confucianism. Consolidated China's imperial state and established the political patterns that lasted into the 20th century. | 8 | |
| 10841683105 | Trung Trac | A Vietnamese woman who led a resistance against the Chinese empire when they were invading Vietnam during 40 CE. Born in an aristocratic, military family. | 9 | |
| 10841714142 | Kushan Empire | A small empire in Central Asia. They created stable conditions at the heart of Central Asia, which allowed the Great flowering of trans-Eurasian mercantile and cultural exchange that occurred on the Silk Road. | 10 | |
| 10841833314 | Mauryan Empire | 326-184 BCE: Influenced by the Greek and Persian Empires. The first and largest of India's short experiments with a large scale political system. Encompasses all but the southern tip of the subcontinent. | 11 | |
| 10841916035 | Ashoka | Emperor of Mauryan Empire (r 268-232 BCE). Left a record of his thinking in a series of edicts carved on rocks and pillars throughout the kingdom. | 12 |
