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7789959630Cyrus the GreatBuilds the Persian Empire.0
7789963662Sumer city-statesWere agriculturally based, mastered bronze, built public works projects, and warfare amongst them was common.1
7789967130PhoeniciansDeveloped the alphabet.2
7789970323ReincarnationAffects everyone in India & provides hope to low caste.3
7789973104JatiCategorized large numbers of individual families; took care of their poor & weak; was a stabilizing factor (everyone had a role to play); had limited upward mobility w/in the larger caste.4
7789990473Indians give Chandragupta MauryaCredit for defeating Alex the Great.5
7789992926A difference between Hinduism & BuddhismWas that Buddhism rejected Hindu gods.6
7789996172India Chronology:Rise & fall of Harrapa, Aryan invasions, rise of Hinduism, Mauryan dynasty, spread of Buddhism.7
7789999401AsokaBecame a Buddhist & changed his governing philosophies.8
7790002749Rule of the FishesWarfare is the sport of kings.9
7790006964Kautilya's ArthasastraEmphasized the need for practical politics over divine law.10
7790009202Shang dynasty governmentKing viewed as intermediary between heaven & earth; Zhou later name this concept the Mandate of Heaven & add to the theory.11
7790014161Comparison Han & Rome:Han China is replicated in latter dynasties; Rome disappears forever.12
7790019962ConfuciusMain text is the Analects.13
7790021894Filial pietyMakes the desires of the father the primary concern; he's supposed to guide the family w/wisdom; good of the group (not the individual).14
7790023539Zhou isThe longest dynasty, ~700 yrs15
7790026185Confucius believedIn jobs based on merit & government depended on the will of the people.16
7790030191During Dark Ages Greeks colonizedByzantium & Ionia.17
7790037357Classical AthensWas male-dominated, used slaves, was agriculturally based, major role to the family, homosexuality was accepted.18
7790040677Pericles buildsMini-Athenian Empire through funds gathered from Delian League.19
7790042029Cleisthenes helped createThe foundation for a future democracy.20
7790043544Sparta wasA military state.21
7790046082Plato wroteThe Republic which identified a utopian society based on 3 classes.22
7790052497Comparison between Rome & Inca:Both were able to integrate people from distance lands due to the construction of roads (difference: free movement vs. forced relocation).23
7790053980Roman SenateConsisted of 300 men elected for life.24
7790057976Rome hasAqueducts.25
7790061319The RepublicEnded w/the death of Caesar (senators killed him on the Ides of March).26
7790063077The Twelve TabletsServed the same purpose as the Code of Hammurabi & the laws of Draco in Greece.27
7790065348Compare Rome and ChinaRome was more ethnically diverse while China was more homogeneous.28
7790067185Rome put an emphasis on pagan celebrations toHelp create cultural unity.29
7790068926Caesar used resources of the government to helpPut the disenfranchised back to work building infrastructure (everyone benefits).30
7790070331AugustusLegally changed the social hierarchy of Rome & created a middle class.31
7790074795Greek art is evidence of TWO things:1) Continued importance of men in both classical and post-classical Greece. 2) Change over time in art; shift from perfection to honoring the reality of the human experience 3) The answer is NEVER male fertility (that's only for female figures).32
7790078157Long-term effect of Roman roadsIs to integrate conquered peoples into the empire and also be able to suppress resistance to Roman rule (in other words, put down rebellions).33

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