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| 11070646133 | Xiongnu | Nomadic peoples to the north of the Great Wall of China who were a frequent threat to the stability of the Chinese state. | 0 | |
| 11070647148 | Empire/Imperical | A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler. ex: Archaemenid Empire, Han Dynasty, MAuryan Empire, Gupta Empire | 1 | |
| 11070660286 | Government Administration | (Created By Rulers) Centralized Government & Elaborate Legal Systems and Bureaucracies | 2 | |
| 11070686471 | Bureaucracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials | 3 | |
| 11070692062 | Centralization vs Decentralization | decision making is concentrated at upper levels of the organization, vs decision making authority is given to lower levels in an organization heirarchy | 4 | |
| 11070695710 | Legal Systems | a system for interpreting and enforcing laws | 5 | |
| 11070708439 | Diplomacy | The practice of conducting negotiations between countries | 6 | |
| 11070717243 | Conscription | A military draft that's enforced | 7 | |
| 11070722562 | Monetary Economics | Fine-tuning the economy through regulation of the $ supply. | 8 | |
| 11070751030 | urban vs rural culture | people in cities were of the upper class, typically nice homes and lavish lifestyles. people outside of the city were typically peasants, didn't live nice lives | 9 | |
| 11070754182 | cosmopolitan | worldly; sophisticated | 10 | |
| 11070755975 | direct democracy | A form of government in which citizens rule directly & not through representatives | 11 | |
| 11070761198 | Republic | A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws. | 12 | |
| 11070767528 | Patrician | In ancient Rome, a member of the privileged upper class. (aristocratic) | 13 | |
| 11070939341 | plebian | commoner (of rome) | 14 | |
| 11070999294 | Twelve Tables | Rome's first code of laws | 15 | |
| 11071001203 | Germania | a region of central Europe north of the Danube & east of the Rhine never under Roman control | 16 | |
| 11071016818 | Period of Warring States | a time when the China was in constant war between its city states, occurring right after the fall Zhou dynasty & not ending until the formation of the Qin dynasty | 17 | |
| 11071038726 | Greco-Persian Wars | Series of battles and conflicts between the Greek City-States and the Persian Empire | 18 | |
| 11071146863 | Silk Road | Connected China, India, and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture. | 19 | |
| 11071173127 | Sea Lanes | Silk road also included ______ -linked china w southeast asian islands, indian, -linked India w persia, arabia, & mediterranean | 20 | |
| 11071182281 | ethical/rational philosophy | focusing less on supernatural & more on the logic & the physical world | 21 | |
| 11071189415 | Hellenism | the spread of Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean world after the conquest of Alexander the Great | 22 | |
| 11071192276 | Syncretism | a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith | 23 | |
| 11071252540 | Tragedy Plays | Stories that depicted human suffering and usually ended with disaster. | 24 | |
| 11071261658 | Pax Romana | A period of peace & prosperity throughout the Roman Empire | 25 | |
| 11071262992 | Filial Piety | respect shown by children for their parents and elders (confucian thought) | 26 | |
| 11071266391 | Daodejing | The central text of Daoism; translated as The Way and Its Power. | 27 | |
| 11071268319 | Legalism | Chinese philosophy developed by Hanfeizi; taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws & strict punishments | 28 | |
| 11071272208 | Canals | human made waterways, contributed to the rise of industrialization. | 29 | |
| 11071275822 | ancestor worship | honoring ancestors through rituals, such as offering food and wine to the dead | 30 | |
| 11071280824 | Monoasticism | The practice of living the life of a monk | 31 | |
| 11071283023 | Epic Poem | a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero (legends) | 32 | |
| 11071289448 | Caste System in India | held that a person's socio-economic status was hereditary | 33 | |
| 11071291925 | forced labor | 34 | ||
| 11071304463 | Eunuch | a castrated man (so palace wives couldn't get pregnant by others) | 35 | |
| 11071308331 | Yellow Turban Rebellion | A major Chinese peasant revolt that began in 184 C.E. and helped cause the fall of the Han dynasty. (Characterized by the yellow scarves around their heads) | 36 | |
| 11071340489 | Ritual Purity in India | Notion of ritual purity& pollution applied to caste groups. If you touched or came in contact by an untouchable, you were considered ritually unclean | 37 | |
| 11071346220 | Dhows | Large ships favored by Indian, Persian, and Arab sailors that could carry up to four hundred tons of cargo. | 38 | |
| 11071347631 | Teotihuacan | first major metropolis in Mesoamerica, collapsed around 800 CE. It is most remembered for the gigantic "pyramid of the sun". (in modern day mexico) | 39 | |
| 11071355604 | Scholar-gentry | The Chinese class of well-educated men from whom many bureaucrats were chosen. Twin sources of privilege from wealth & education. | 40 | |
| 11071360826 | Sudra | member of the fourth-highest caste grouping, made up of farmers and people who did manual work (part of Indian Hindu Society) | 41 | |
| 11071368737 | vaisya | the third highest caste that was made up of merchants and commoners, twice born | 42 | |
| 11071371376 | Kshatriyas | The warrior and aristocrat varna of the caste system. twice born | 43 | |
| 11071373854 | Untouchables | LOWEST LEVEL OF INDIAN SOCIETY; not considered a real part of the caste system; often given degrading jobs; their life was extremely difficult | 44 | |
| 11071375611 | latifundia | huge estates bought up by newly wealthy Roman citizens | 45 | |
| 11071380134 | tribute | $ paid by one country to another in return for protection | 46 | |
| 11071381770 | lateen sails | Triangular sail on a short mast | 47 | |
| 11071725266 | infrastructure | the basic framework of a building or a system | 48 | |
| 11071743700 | Moche Civilization | (Also known as the Mochica) flourished along the northern coast and valleys of ancient Peru | 49 | |
| 11071749757 | pueblo | a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States | 50 | |
| 11071751958 | Batwa | Forest-dwelling people of Central Africa | 51 | |
| 11071761276 | Mound Builders | Native American groups who built earthen mounds | 52 | |
| 11071763437 | Meroe | center of the kush dynasty, capital of southern nubia, from about 250 B.C. to A.D. 150; known for its manufacture of iron weapons and tools. | 53 | |
| 11071768617 | Monsoons | seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons | 54 | |
| 11071769647 | Qanat systems | A water management system used to provide a reliable supply of water for human settlements and irrigation in hot, arid and semi-arid climates. | 55 | |
| 11071771004 | Jenne-Jeno | One of the first urbanized centers in western Africa. A walled community home (50k ppl) & had domestication of agriculture & trade with nearby regions. | 56 | |
| 11072014797 | Cyrus the Great of Persia | Persian king & Founder of Persian Empire, allowed the Jews to return to their homeland | 57 | |
| 11072017693 | Darius I | 3rd ruler of the Persian Empire. -crushed widespread initial resistance to his rule & gave all major government posts to Persians rather than to Medes. | 58 | |
| 11072024787 | Pericles | Athenian leader noted for advancing democracy in Athens and for ordering the construction of the Parthenon.(husband to Aspasia) | 59 | |
| 11072057114 | Socrates | Athenian philosopher who shifted thoughts to ethics and human behavior. | 60 | |
| 11072119933 | Alexander the Great | King of Macedonia who conquered Greece, Egypt, and Persia | 61 | |
| 11072120832 | Caesar | Emperor of Rome | 62 | |
| 11072124439 | Spartacus | slave, trained as a gladiator, who led a rebellion against the roman army for slave freedom | 63 | |
| 11072129293 | Qin Shihuangdi | Ruler of China who united China for the first time. - built roads & canals -began the Great Wall of China - imposed a standard system of laws, money, weights, & writing. | 64 | |
| 11072197123 | Constantine | Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith & stopped the persecution of Christians | 65 | |
| 11072199765 | Wang Mang | A Han court official who usurped the throne, noted for his reform movement that included the breakup of large estates. (had many reforms) | 66 | |
| 11072203314 | Ezana | King of Axum in the early fourth century CE who established Christianity in his state. | 67 | |
| 11072206501 | Sima Qian | Chief astrologer for the Han dynasty emperor Wu. -composed a monumental history of China from its legendary origins to his own time -is regarded as Chinese "father of history" | 68 | |
| 11072223583 | Plato | Socrates' most well known pupil. Founded an academy in Athens. | 69 | |
| 11072224588 | Aristotle | A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, started a famous school, studied with Plato | 70 | |
| 11072226020 | Herodotus | the ancient Greek known as the father of history | 71 | |
| 11072227437 | Wudi | Chinese emperor who brought the Han dynasty to its greatest strength | 72 | |
| 11072229578 | Ashoka | Leader of the Mauryan dynasty of India who converted to Buddhism. | 73 | |
| 11072234005 | Ban Zhou | made a book that counseled women to serve men and advocated education for girls starting at age 8 | 74 | |
| 11072236682 | Saint Paul | The first great popularizer of Christianity | 75 | |
| 11072236683 | Theodosius | Emperor of the Roman Empire who made Christianity the official religion | 76 | |
| 11072239438 | Empress Wu | only woman to rule China, expanded the empire & supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty. | 77 | |
| 11072281829 | Persian Empire (Archaemenid Empire) | Mesopotamian empire that conquered the existing Median, Lydian, and Babylonian empires, as well as Egypt and many others. | 78 | |
| 11072291780 | Greek Polis Civilization | Ancient Greek city-states | 79 | |
| 11072294099 | Qin Dynasty | established the first centralized imperial government & built much of the Great Wall | 80 | |
| 11072335669 | Han Dynasty | imperial dynasty that ruled China -expanded its boundaries -developed its bureaucracy | 81 | |
| 11072337587 | Roman Republic | the period during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate. | 82 | |
| 11072339698 | Roman Empire | an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern or Byzantine Empire | 83 | |
| 11072362145 | Maurya Empire | Indian empire founded by Chandragupta, beginning with his kingdom in northeastern India and spreading to most of northern and central India | 84 | |
| 11072364201 | Gupta Empire | Golden Age of India; ruled through central government but allowed village power; restored Hinduism | 85 | |
| 11072365519 | Mayan Civilization | American civilization located in Central America that saw its height from 200-900 CE. | 86 |
