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| 7552991234 | Cyrus | Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire | 0 | |
| 7553024741 | Darius 1 | third ruler of the Persian empire | 1 | |
| 7553051405 | satrap | The governor of a province in the Achaemenid Persian Empire | 2 | |
| 7553072284 | Persepolis | A complex of palaces, reception halls, and treasury buildings erected by the Persian kings Darius 1 and Xerxes in the Persian homeland | 3 | |
| 7553105266 | Zoroastrianism | A religion originating in the ancient Iran that became the official religion of the Achaemenids | 4 | |
| 7553128404 | Polis | Greek term for city-state, an urban center and the agricultural territory under its control | 5 | |
| 7553169101 | Hoplite | A heavily armored Greek infantryman of the Archaic and classical periods who fought in the close-packed phalanx formation | 6 | |
| 7553193458 | Tyrant | The term the Greeks used to describe someone who seized and held power in violation of the normal procedures and traditions of the community | 7 | |
| 7553217425 | democracy | a system of government in which all citizens have equal political and legal rights, privileges and protections | 8 | |
| 7553241793 | sacrifice | A gift given to a deity, often with the aim of creating a relationship, gaining favor, and obligating the god to provide some benefit to the sacrificer | 9 | |
| 7553271097 | Herodotus | Heir to the technique of history developed by the Greeks in the late Archaic period | 10 | |
| 7553316834 | Pericles | Aristocratic leader who guided the Athenian state through the transformation to full participatory democracy for all male citizens, supervised construction of the Acropolis and pursued a policy of imperial expansion that led to the Peloponnesian War | 11 | |
| 7553389988 | Persian Wars | Conflicts between city-states and the Persian Empire, ranging from the Ionian Revolt through Darius's punitive expedition that failed at Marathon and the defeat of Xerxes massive invasion of Greece by the Spartan-led Hellenic League | 12 | |
| 7553495313 | Peloponnesian War | A protracted and costly conflict between the Athenian and Spartan alliance systems that convulsed most of the Greek world | 13 | |
| 7553450495 | trireme | Greek and Phoenician warship of the fifth and fourth centuries BCE | 14 | |
| 7553465738 | Socrates | An Athenian philosopher who shifted the emphasis of philosophical investigation from questions of natural science to ethics and human behavior. | 15 | |
| 7553527250 | Alexander the Great | King of Macedonia in northern Greece | 16 | |
| 7553550805 | Hellenistic Age | Era in which Greek culture spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa after the conquests of Alexander the Great | 17 | |
| 7553600634 | Ptolemies | The Macedonian dynasty, descended from Alexander the Great's officers, that ruled Egypt for three centuries | 18 | |
| 7553642204 | Alexandria | City on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt founded by Alexander | 19 | |
| 7553683526 | Republic | The period from 507 to 31 BCE during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate | 20 | |
| 7553707899 | Senate | A council whose members were the heads of wealthy, landowning families. | 21 | |
| 7553723976 | patron/client relationship | In ancient Rome, a fundamental social relationship in which the patron (wealthy person) provided legal and economic protection and assistance to clients | 22 | |
| 7553750294 | Principate | A term used to characterize Roman government in the first three centuries | 23 | |
| 7553763331 | Augustus | Honorific name of Octavian, founder of the Roman Principiate, the military dictatorship that replaced the failing rule of the Roman Senate. | 24 | |
| 7553793439 | equities | In ancient Italy, prosperous landowners second in wealth and status to the senatorial aristocracy. | 25 | |
| 7553814201 | Pax Romana | "Roman peace" the stability and prosperity that Roman rule brought to the lands of the Roman Empire | 26 | |
| 7553831226 | Romanization | The process by which the Latin language and Roman culture became dominant in the western provinces | 27 | |
| 7553861004 | Jesus | A Jew from Galilee in northern Israel who sought to reform Jewish beliefs and practices | 28 | |
| 7553878884 | Paul | A Jew from the Greek city of Taurus in Anatolia, he initially persecuted the followers of Jesus but, after receiving a revelation on the road to Syrian Damascus, became a Christian. | 29 | |
| 7553909888 | aqueduct | A conduit, either elevated or underground, that used gravity to carry water from a source to a location (city) that needed it. | 30 | |
| 7553944371 | Constantine | Roman emperor | 31 | |
| 7553980270 | Qin | People and state in the Wei Valley of eastern China that conquered rival states and created the first Chinese empire | 32 | |
| 7553996424 | Shi Huangdi | Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire | 33 | |
| 7554032898 | Han | A term used to designate the ethnic Chinese people who originated in the Yellow River Valley and spread throughout regions of China suitable for agriculture and the dynasty of emperors who ruled from 202 BCE to 220 BCE | 34 | |
| 7554057564 | Xiongnu | A confederation of nomadic peoples living beyond the northwest frontier of ancient China | 35 | |
| 7554069237 | Gaozu | The throne name of Liu Bang, one of the rebel leaders who brought down the Qin and forced the Han dynasty in 202 BCE. | 36 | |
| 7554090812 | Sima Qian | Chief astrologer for the Han dynasty emperor Wu | 37 | |
| 7554116524 | Chang'an | City in the Wei Valley in eastern China. | 38 | |
| 7554132570 | gentry | In China, the class of prosperous families, next in wealth below the rural aristocrats, from which the emperors drew their administrative personnel. | 39 |
