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| 7356592601 | The Gupta Empire | -expanded through conquest and marriage alliances -allowed rajas to remain in power as long as they paid tribute -declined as invasions by white huns overwhelmed the ability of this decentralized state to coordinate its defense | 0 | |
| 7356671115 | The Mauryan Empire | -Chandragupta Maurya used his kingdom's location on ganges river to control/tax trade to build a large army -empire was divided into provinces=easier to control -ashoka promoted Theravada buddhism to unite people under one belief system | 1 | |
| 7356707035 | Han Dynasty | -emperor Han Wudi created confucian academy to train a highly educated bureaucracy (civil service exam) -fought with the Xiongnu in central asia to extend control of silk roads -peasant rebellions (yellow turban uprising) weakened the state | 2 | |
| 7356764607 | Qin Dynasty | -placed bureaucrats in charge of provinces instead of nobles -used legalism(absolute authority of ruler and strict group punishments) -united defensive walls in north to protect against invasions(great wall) | 3 | |
| 7356865198 | Social structure of classical china | -upper class; wealth was based on land ownership -middle class; consisted of artisans, small landholders, and merchants -lower class;landless peasants provided agricultural/military labor to nobles and in return were provided protection/small part of land | 4 | |
| 7357004295 | Zhou dynasty | -used mandate of heaven to legitimize their rule -spirits would indicate when a dynasty no longer had their favor to rule(natural disasters, invasions, etc.) -declined when friends/family used control of provinces to build up personal power and rebel | 5 | |
| 7357038855 | social structure of classical india | -early caste system was used as a way to differentiate between dravidians and aryans once they began to intermingle -Jati developed as trade/wealth increased, it was a specialized sub-caste -families were patriarchal | 6 |
