5652460970 | Centralized | unitary government; under one central authority | 0 | |
5652460971 | Decentralized | central to local government | 1 | |
5652460972 | Bureaucracy | A form of organization that operates through impersonal, uniform rules and procedures composed of appointed officials | 2 | |
5652460973 | Empire | an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress. | 3 | |
5652460974 | Conversion | the act or an instance of converting or the process of being converted such as a religion | 4 | |
5652460975 | Infrastructure | the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. | 5 | |
5652460976 | Diplomacy | the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad. | 6 | |
5652460977 | Supply Lines | a system involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities transform materials into a finished product that is delivered to the end customer. Used in Roman military | 7 | |
5652460978 | Currency | a system of money in general use in a particular country/empire | 8 | |
5652460979 | Artisans | a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand. | 9 | |
5652460980 | Corvée Labor | Unpaid labor that a European vassal owed a lord or that a citizen in later times owed the state, either in addition to or in lieu of taxes. | 10 | |
5652460981 | Slavery | the act of owning someone who has no free will due to overtaking their country or buying them | 11 | |
5652460982 | Tribute | an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration. | 12 | |
5652460983 | Pack Animals | an animal used to carry heavy loads | 13 | |
5652460984 | Lateen sails | a triangular sail on a long yard at an angle of 45° to the mast in the Mediterranean | 14 | |
5652460985 | Hierarchy | a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority. | 15 | |
5652460986 | Desalinization | energy intensive and produces an extremely concentrated brine byproduct with detrimental environmental effects. | 16 | |
5652460987 | Integration | the action or process of integrating. | 17 | |
5652460988 | Mandate of Heaven | Chinese belief that the emperors ruled through the mandate, or approval, of heaven contingent on their ability to look after the welfare of the population | 18 | |
5652460989 | Filial Piety | In Confucian philosophy, a book explaining a virtue of respect for one's parents and ancestors. | 19 | |
5652460990 | Jati | Indian word for a Hindu subcaste | 20 | |
5652460991 | Pax Romana | "Roman Peace," a term that relates to the period of political stability, cultural brilliance, and economic prosperity beginning with the unification under Augustus and lasting through the first two centuries CE | 21 | |
5652460992 | Constantine | Roman emperor (r. 312-337). After reuniting the Roman Empire, he moved the capital to Constantinople and made Christianity a favored religion. (p.159) | 22 | |
5652460993 | Civil service exam | recruitment method and educational system employed from the Han dynasty | 23 | |
5652460994 | Assimilation | the process by which a person or a group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group | 24 | |
5652460995 | Han Wudi | most prominent and important Han dynasty empire, created public school system; important because public school idea still used today | 25 | |
5652460996 | Win Shihuandgdi | also known as Qin Shi Huang; first emperor of China | 26 | |
5652460997 | August Caesar | Honorific name of Octavian, founder of the Roman Principate, the military dictatorship that replaced the failing rule of the Roman Senate. (151) | 27 | |
5652460998 | Asoka | Third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (r. 270-232 B.C.E.). He converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars, the earliest surviving Indian writing. (p. 184) | 28 | |
5652460999 | Cyrus | Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Between 550 and 530 B.C.E. he conquered Media, Lydia, and Babylon. Revered in the traditions of both Iran and the subject peoples. | 29 | |
5652461000 | Achaemenid Empire | first great Persian empire, which began under Cyrus and reached its peak under Darius | 30 | |
5652461001 | Darius | Third ruler of the Persian Empire (r. 521-486 B.C.E.). He crushed the widespread initial resistance to his rule and gave all major government posts to Persians rather than to Medes. | 31 | |
5652461002 | Persepolis | A complex of palaces, reception halls, and treasury buildings erected by the Persian kings Darius I and Xerxes in the Persian homelan (119) | 32 | |
5652461003 | Xerxes | Emperor who had trouble maintaining the cultural tolerance of the empire and dealt with rebellions in Egypt and Mesopotamia | 33 | |
5652461004 | Alexander of Macedon | King of Macedonia in northern Greece. Between 334 and 323 B.C.E. he conquered the Persian Empire, reached the Indus Valley, founded many Greek-style cities, and spread Greek culture across the Middle East. Later known as Alexander the Great. (p. 136) | 34 |
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