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| 11102073176 | Achaemenid Empire | The name of an ancient Persian Empire (c. 550-330 BCE) which was composed of many smaller kingdoms. The realm was divided into twenty-three satrapies whose administration and taxation was managed by subordinate local rulers. | 0 | |
| 11102073177 | Ahura Mazda | Main god of Zoroastrianism who represented truth and goodness and was perceived to be in an eternal struggle with the malign spirit Angra Mainyu. | 1 | |
| 11102073178 | Alexander of Macedon | definition: also known as Alexander the Great, by 331 BCE, controlled Syria, Egypt, Mesopotamia; invaded Persian homeland and burned Persepolis; crossed the Indus by 327 significance: Created Bactria which influenced India, helped diffuse Greek ideas | 2 | |
| 11102073179 | Bureaucracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. | 3 | |
| 11102073180 | Cambyses | A Persian king, named after his father Cyrus, expanded the Persian empire by conquering Egypt. | 4 | |
| 11102073181 | Conficius | (551 B.C.E. to 479 B.C.E.) Great Chinese philosopher who founded Conficianism, the philisophy that is still used to this day in China | 5 | |
| 11102073182 | 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. | 6 | |
| 11102073183 | Daiosm | a philosophy of following the Dao, that is, the natural way of the universe | 7 | |
| 11102073184 | Darius | The third king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. He ruled the empire at its peak. He organized the empire by dividing it into provinces and placing satraps to govern it. He organized a new uniform money system, along with making Aramaic the official language of the empire. He also worked on construction projects throughout the empire. | 8 | |
| 11102073185 | Lao Tze | Founder of Daoism | 9 | |
| 11102073186 | Legalism | A Chinese philosophy that was devoted to strengthen and expand the state through increased agricultural work and military service. | 10 | |
| 11102073187 | Qin Dynasty | (221-207 BCE) The first centralized dynasty of China that used Legalism as its base of belief. | 11 | |
| 11102073188 | Qin Shihuangdi | (r.221-210 BCE) The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty who believed strongly in Legalism and sought to strengthen the centralized China through public works. | 12 | |
| 11102073189 | Ren, Li, Xiao | (Society, Personal, Family obligations) A set of Confucian ideals for society, personal, and family obligations | 13 | |
| 11102073190 | Satrapies | Persian provinces | 14 | |
| 11102073191 | Xerxes | son of Darius; became Persian king. He vowed revenge on the Athenians. He invaded Greece with 180,000 troops in 480 B.C. | 15 | |
| 11102073192 | Yin and Yang | In Daoist belief, complementary factors that help to maintain the equilibrium of the world. One is associated with masculine, light, and active qualities while the other with feminine, dark, and passive qualities. | 16 | |
| 11102073193 | Zhou Dynasty | the longest lasting Chinese dynasty, during which the use of iron was introduced. | 17 | |
| 11102073194 | Zoroastrianism | One of the first monotheistic religions, particularly one with a wide following. It was central to the political and religious culture of ancient Persia. | 18 |
