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169238549What is a civilization?economic system, political organization, moral code(religion), written language and intellectual tradition, division of labor0
169238550Shang dynastyfirst Chinese dynasty; Yellow River Valley; isolation1
169238551Monarchythe type of govt. China had2
169238552Greece and IndiaAlexander the Great represents:3
169238553Rome and Chinathe Silk Rode represents:4
169238554Mesoamericathe area from north central Mexico to Nicaragua(5000 BCE); introduced maize-corn5
169238555just south of the Gulf of MexicoOlmec was located where?6
169238556Olmecs1400 BCE to 500 BCE; beginnings of calenders and writing systems; urbanism; impressive drainage system and irrigated agriculture; state ruled by hereditary elite; carvers of jade; mystery decline; maybe ancestors to the Mayans7
169238557Mother Civilization of MesoamericaOlmec8
169238558Chavins850 BCE; worshipped a god that was half human and half jaguar; similar culture to Olmecs; states that could mobilize; influenced later peoples of Peru; domestication of animals; dense populations throughout; hierarchal societies; wide variety of crops9
169238559Andean worldknown for great art but lack of political unity10
169238560Nazcasknown for their weaving; great figures of great animals (Nazca Lines)11
169238561Mochicaskilled farmers and innovators of tools and resources; built road systems and messaging methods; textile, woodcarving, goldworking12
169238562Right of ChinaHan Dynasty13
169238563Han Dynastystrongest and longest dynasty; expansionist empire; weak leadership which resulted in collapse; had to protect expanding borders along the Silk Road14
169238564Silk Roadbrought bandits that treatened the outer borders of the Han Dynasty15
169238565Han Decline100 CE; nomadic tribes topple Han China; central govt. control diminished and corrupt bureacracy came into play; landlords ruled their own neighbors; heavy taxes; increased social unrest; efforts by Yellow Turbans descended into a continued civil war; epidemic killed half of the pop.16
169238566Indianscaste system of society; based on regionalism; open to influences from the West; 600 BCE-16 major regional states w/ all different govt.17
169238567Aryansnomadic group that "invaded" India; earliest Europeans; conquered the Dravidians; est. warrior aristocracy; est. Sanskrit; Vedic Era and early Hindu faith18
169238568Dravidiansdark skinned Indians19
169238569Mauryan Empire322 BCE; began by Chandragupta Maurya; first dynasty to unite most of the Indian subcontinent; ruled by emporer Ashoka(famous); extended control to southern tip of India; converted to Buddhism; collapsed from outside attacks; Laws of Manu; empire falls due to lack of durable roots20

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