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| 4868639972 | achaemenid | dynasty founded in 539 BCE by Cyrus the great. . | 0 | |
| 4868644998 | "The Persian Wars" | Book written by a Greek Philosopher, Herodotus, on a bias that the Persians were horrible. | 1 | |
| 4868645018 | Delian League | Founded in 477 BCE ; association between the Greek city states under the leadership of Athens with a purpose to continue fighting the Persinas | 2 | |
| 4868648524 | Battle of Marathon | Took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens and Persians. | 3 | |
| 4868648525 | Cyrus | Him and his army conquered most of Mesopotamia, including the Babylonian Empire | 4 | |
| 4868650612 | Darius | Cyrus's son who spread the empire North to Anatolia, East to the Indus Valley and West to Egypt. ; More important as an administrator than a conqueror. (WHY? : because governing a huge empire is harder than conquering) | 5 | |
| 4868650613 | Xerxes | 4th king of the Achaemenid empire. ; The son of Darius He is best known for his massive invasion of Greece. (480 BC) | 6 | |
| 4868652552 | What did the Persian's accomplish? | - Persians took control of much land, however allowed conquered kingdoms to keep their kings and elites as long as they pledged to the Persian empire and payed taxes. - Also built main roads, (as well as taxes) and established a mail/postal service. - Embraced free religion | 7 | |
| 4868655157 | Parthian and Sasanid as compared to Achaemenid | Not as enduring in comparison to the Achaemenid empire and held together more loosely. | 8 | |
| 4868655158 | free classes | They were free men, they were not slaves but they possessed very little rights as compared to the Upper Class. | 9 | |
| 4868655159 | qanat | a gently sloping underground channel or tunnel constructed to lead water from the interior of a hill to a village below. | 10 | |
| 4868658044 | Zoroastrianism | Persian religion; monotheistic (one god/ good vs bad) ; forbid slavery | 11 | |
| 4868660553 | Ahura Mazda | Ahura Mazda is the god in the of Zoroastrianism. ; created heaven and earth, and that he was the creator of social structures, protector of kings and all righteous people | 12 | |
| 4868660554 | Zarathustra | legendary religious teacher from, founder of Zoroastrianism. | 13 | |
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| 4868664058 | Confucianism | 15 | ||
| 4868810445 | Persian Wars | 590 to 580 BCE made war on the Greek city states | 16 | |
| 4868867798 | Selucidud Empire | Empire after ALexander died ; Kept everything Alexander the Great biult and also founded new cities in Greece as well as attracting new incomers | 17 | |
| 4869333487 | Alexander the Great | Alexander was a greek conquerer , who went on to conquer Persia and Egypt, his kingdom ranging from the Mediterranean to the border of India. (Good general, not so good at empiring) : "Walk in, Smash things, and walk away" | 18 | |
| 4869562993 | Analects | collection of sayings and ideas by the Chinese Philosopher, Confucius | 19 | |
| 4869562994 | Junzi | The model of an ideal person in Confucian philosophy | 20 | |
| 4869564596 | ren, li , xiao | Confucius concepts REN : Endearment towards other people. "goodness," "benevolence," and "love." (ex : Parent to child) LI : Brotherliness, righteousness, good faith and loyalty. XIAO : being good to parents | 21 | |
| 4869564597 | Daoism | Type of philosophy - focused on nature + world Devoted energy to reflection to understand natural principals that naturally govern. Not being apart of affairs would bring harmony as a society | 22 | |
| 4869564598 | dao | central concept of Daoism DAO = ' the way" | 23 | |
| 4869566089 | wuwei | Disengagement from affairs concerning the war | 24 | |
| 4869566090 | Legalism | Very strict approach to order - Strong government = Best way to govern | 25 | |
| 4869569107 | Qin Shi Huangdi | Founder of the Qin dynasty and first emperer of China | 26 | |
| 4869571286 | Qin Dynasty | Qin Dynasty was the first unified, multi-national and power-centralized state | 27 | |
| 4869571287 | Early Han Dynasty | - "The han dynasty nailed in the centralized imperial rule that the Qin dynasty had pioneered." | 28 | |
| 4869810642 | Confuciunism | Primary purpose : to reach harmoy ( enlightment) | 29 | |
| 4869877993 | Liu Bang | Peasant rebel who founded the Han dynasty - Tried decentralization....ended up Following a policy of centralization | 30 | |
| 4869877994 | Han Wudi | Greatest and most energetic emperor aka "The matrial Emperor" Great ruler of Han Dynasty Built Bureaucracy - state officials make decisions not Reps | 31 | |
| 4869877995 | Huns | The Huns were a group of nomadic (roaming) herdsmen, warlike people from the steppes (grasslands) of North Central Asia north of China (Mongolia) who terrorized, pillaged, and destroyed much of Asia and Europe (MULAN) | 32 | |
| 4869880158 | Late han dynasty | Recovered Dynasty returned to power. Emperors ruled like past rulers and regained control of the centralized government, and reorganized buracracy | 33 | |
| 4869880159 | Wang Mang | Founder of the Xin Dynasty, interrupted the Han | 34 | |
| 4869882248 | Mauryan Empire | After Alexander the Great died, founder of the Mauryan dynasty, carved out the majority of an empire that took over most of the Indian subcontinent |  | 35 |
| 4869884098 | Ashoka | an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE GUY WHO KILLED THAN FELT BAD (provided political unity) | 36 | |
| 4869884099 | Gupta Empire | was defined by creativity. Flourishing arts, fabulous literature, and stupendous scholars are just a few of the things that marked the period. (provided political unity) | 37 | |
| 4869886354 | Arabic numerals (hindi numerals) | Arabic numerals reached western Europe through Arabia, replacing Roman numerals, by about AD 1200 0-10 | 38 | |
| 4869887646 | Jain | ancient Indian religion. The central tenet is non-violence and love towards all living beings | 39 | |
| 4869887647 | Ahmisa | Everything has a soul; therefore, to hurt another being is to hurt oneself. | 40 | |
| 4869887648 | Buddhism | 6th century BCE 4 noble truths --> 8fold path Lots of meditating *NO CASTE SYSTEM* WHICH IS WHY IT APPEALED TO LOW CASTE HINDU Not concerned with world, concerned with self enlightenment which will lead to world unity | 41 | |
| 4869889727 | Four Noble Truths | - All life i suffering -the source of suffering is desire -to stop you must rid yourself for desire -follow the 8th fold path = nirvana | 42 | |
| 4869889728 | Legacy of Aryans | they possessed knowledge of the Avesta teachings and when they arrived in India they combined it with the teachings of the Vedics. | 43 | |
| 4869889821 | How buddhism spread | - Ashoka greatly influenced others--> converted many - Buddhist monks among silk road | 44 | |
| 4869891805 | Hinduism | Everyones path to salvation is individual - vedas - only through detachment from the world could you escape incarnation - must stay true to caste responsibility | 45 |
