7817129649 | Autonomy | self governing | 0 | |
7817133529 | Hellenistic | the spread of Greek culture | 1 | |
7817222920 | satrapy | a province with a governor to rule it | 2 | |
7817230390 | Socrates | Greek philosopher who questioned everything | 3 | |
7817233486 | Hannibal | from Carthage; invaded Rome with elephants | 4 | |
7817236986 | Yellow Turbans | Peasant revolts during the Han dynasty | 5 | |
7826870925 | Sargon of Akkad | Ruled the first empire; the Akkadian empire | 6 | |
7826896948 | hegemony | one government is dominant over another but with the consent of the governed | 7 | |
7826923520 | Hittites | conquered Babylon, had iron weapons | 8 | |
7826945763 | Cyrus the Great | founder of the Persian empire | 9 | |
7827000528 | Darius | A Persian emperor who greatly improved the empire | 10 | |
7827330124 | Minoans | People who settled in Crete and made their living through trade | 11 | |
7827450840 | confucianism | patriarchal; consists of 5 fundamental relationships; Han dynasty and on | 12 | |
7827477476 | daoism | thought government should leave people alone; nature loving | 13 | |
7827503207 | Emperor Wu | established an imperial academy and civil service exams; was a woman | 14 | |
7827532747 | Xiongnu | barbarians with consant warfare against China | 15 | |
7827352091 | Mycenaeans | early Greeks who traded with the Minoans | 16 | |
7827380123 | Helots | People captured by the Spartans; they either had limited rights or were slaves | 17 | |
7827409431 | Polis | Greek city states | 18 | |
7827415305 | Agora | a town square or market place | 19 | |
7827435948 | Homer | A Greek poet who wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad | 20 | |
7827521283 | Peloponnesian War | The Macedonians conquered Greece when they were busy fighting each other | 21 | |
7827571188 | benevolent despotism | Allowing place to keep their cultures, religions and customs (as long as they behaved) | 22 | |
7827582595 | 476 CE | End of Roman Empire | 23 | |
7827594970 | Pax Romana | "Roman Peace" | 24 | |
7827612579 | centuries | a unit of 100 soldiers in the Roman army | 25 | |
7827618368 | Punic Wars | a series of three wars between Rome and Carthage; Rome won | 26 | |
7827627824 | Plebians | the common citizens in Rome | 27 | |
7827665400 | Aryans | a group of people that assimilated with India | 28 | |
7827676514 | Vedas | Hindu holy texts | 29 | |
7827641180 | Patricians | the wealthy upper class Roman citizens | 30 | |
7827683962 | Julius Caesar | Roman emperor who made many great developments; was assassinated by the senators | 31 | |
7827709547 | Octavian/Augustus | Took over after Julius Caesar; made himself a God | 32 | |
7827726817 | triumvirate | A group of three leaders who together held the power in Rome | 33 | |
7827742661 | Rock and Pillar Edicts | reminders to live good lives put up by Asoka | 34 | |
7827749548 | stupas | monuments dedicated to the Buddha | 35 | |
7827762134 | Gupta Empire | the golden age of India | 36 | |
7827772417 | Chandra Gupta I | the first emperor of the Gupta empire | 37 | |
7827783452 | caste system | a system, based from birth, your political, economic and ritual position | 38 | |
7827811053 | Ashoka | converted India to Buddhism | 39 | |
7827650939 | Paterfamilias | Men had complete control over the family | 40 | |
7827663682 | Bread and circuses | food and entertainment (gladiatorial fights) to entertain the unemployed | 41 | |
7827591373 | sinicization | foreigners being absorbed by the Chinese and adopted Chinese language and culture | 42 | |
7827782708 | artha-sastra | Mauryan manual for politics and economics | 43 | |
7827795019 | Law of the Fish | larger states would swallow up bigger ones; India | 44 | |
7827510317 | Delian League | A league for allies of Athens; they had to pay a tribute | 45 | |
7827478948 | Battle of Marathon | Greek war against Persia; the messenger ran 26.2 miles to tell the news of the victory then died | 46 | |
7827469154 | phalanxes | columns of soldiers in tightly packed rows | 47 | |
7827449078 | Athens | Greek city state with a democracy; on the coast | 48 | |
7827723837 | Mauryan Empire | founded by Chandragupta Maurya; established standard weights and measurements | 49 | |
7827317118 | legalism | said that social harmony could only be achieved through strict laws and government; Qin dynasty | 50 | |
7827708747 | Janapada | political district in India; ruler determined by lineage | 51 |
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