4988153067 | Scholar Gentry | where civil servants appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance. Most educated should rule | 0 | |
4988153068 | Social Inequality | unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society. The caste system. | 1 | |
4988154509 | The indian world system of trade | largest world trading system,??????????????? | 2 | |
4988155624 | Persia | king was Xerxes, they wanted to conquer the Greeks. relied on territorial expansion and empire in founding cultural systems | 3 | |
4988157267 | Cyrus the Great | established a massive Persian empire by 550 BCE, was a successor state to Mesopotamian empires. | 4 | |
4988157268 | Olympic Games | named after mount Olympus, one of the pan- hellenic rituals observed by all Greek city states. Athletic competitions. | 5 | |
4988158988 | Pericles | Athenian political ruler during the 5 century, guided development of athenian empire dies during early Athenian war. | 6 | |
4988160801 | Peloponnesian Wars | war between athens and Sparta for dominance in southern Greece, resulted in Spartan victory. | 7 | |
4988160802 | Phillip of Macedon | Ruled Macedonia. founder of centralized kingdom later conquered the rest of Greece. | 8 | |
4988162273 | Hellenistic | the culture associated with the spread of Greek influence. often seen at the combination or Greek culture with eastern political forms. | 9 | |
4988162274 | Thermopylae | is a place in Greece where a narrow coastal passage existed in antiquity. It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs. | 10 | |
4988163981 | Marathon | is a town in Greece, in which the heavily outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians. | 11 | |
4988166128 | Roman Republic | the balanced constitution of Rome. features an aristocratic senate and several popular assemblies. | 12 | |
4988166129 | The Punic Wars | fought between Rome and Carthage to establish dominance in the western Mediterranean. won by Rome after 3 separate conflicts. | 13 | |
4988167999 | Carthage | An ancient city in present-day Tunis. Carthage became a major force in the Mediterranean, and came into conflict with Rome in the Punic Wars. It was finally destroyed by the Romans. | 14 | |
4988168000 | Hannibal | general during the second Punic war. successfully invaded Italy, but failed at Rome. | 15 | |
4988168001 | Julius Caesar | Roman general responsible for conquest of Gaul: brought army back to Rome and overthrew the republic. was assassinated | 16 | |
4988170207 | Caesar | Roman dictator Gaius Julias Caesar. | 17 | |
4988173202 | Caesar Augustus | Name given to Octavian following his defeat of mark Antony. Was the first emperor of Rome. | 18 | |
4988173203 | Diocletian | Roman emperor. restored empire by Improved administration and tax collection. | 19 | |
4988173210 | Constantine | roman emperor. Attempted to use religious force of Christianity to unify the empire. established second capital at Constantinople. | 20 |
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