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| 11141211397 | China's Scholar-Gentry Class | lived luxuriously, benefited from wealth and from power and prestige, located in both rural and urban areas, had multi-storied houses, fine silk clothes etc |  | 0 |
| 11141211398 | Wang Mang | a high court official of the Han Dynasty who usurped the emperor's throne in 8 c.e. and immediately launched a series of startling reforms |  | 1 |
| 11141211399 | Ge Hong | person born in an aristocratic family who studied Daoism seeing the disorder and disturbances in Chinese daily life, later held several military positions, yearned for solitary and interior life and spend his latest years thinking about legalism Daoism and Confucianism | 2 | |
| 11141211400 | Yellow Turban Rebellion | A peasant revolt starting in 184 c.e. named for the yellow scarves the peasants wore on their head, unifying ideology of Daoism, goal of "Great Peace" a golden age of equality and harmony |  | 3 |
| 11141211401 | Varna | four social classes in India, relating to Caste system |  | 4 |
| 11141211402 | Jati | divisions within the varna, groups of similar people, sub-caste |  | 5 |
| 11141211403 | Ritual Purity | In Indian social practice, the idea that members of higher castes must adhere to strict regulations limiting or forbidding their contact with objects and members of lower castes to preserve their own caste standing and their relationship with the gods. |  | 6 |
| 11141211404 | Greek and Roman Slavery | In the Greek and Roman world, slaves were captives from war and piracy (and their descendants), abandoned children, and the victims of long-distance trade; manumission was common. Among the Greeks, household service was the most common form of slavery, but in parts of the Roman state, thousands of slaves were employed under brutal conditions in the mines and on great plantations. |  | 7 |
| 11141211405 | Spartacus | A Roman gladiator who led the most serious slave revolt in Roman history from 73 to 71 B.C.E.) |  | 8 |
| 11141211406 | The Three obediences | In Chinese Confucian thought, the notion that a woman is permanently subordinate to male control: first to her father, then to her husband, and finally to her son |  | 9 |
| 11141211407 | Patriarchy | a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line, |  | 10 |
| 11141211408 | Empress Wu | The only female "emperor" in Chinese history (r. 690-705 C.E.), Empress Wu patronized scholarship, worked to elevate the position of women, and provoked a backlash of Confucian misogynist invective. |  | 11 |
| 11141211409 | Aspasia | A foreign woman resident in Athens (ca. 470-400 B.C.E.) and partner of the statesman Pericles who was famed for her learning and wit. |  | 12 |
| 11141211410 | Pericles | A prominent and influential statesman of ancient Athens (ca. 495-429 B.C.E.), he presided over Athens's Golden Age |  | 13 |
| 11141211411 | Helots | The dependent, semi-enslaved class of ancient Sparta whose social discontent prompted the militarization of Spartan society |  | 14 |
| 11141211412 | Bhagavad Gita (Hinduism) | Most sacred section of the Mahabharata; key Hindu beliefs; some scholars consider it to be Hinduism's most important religious text | 15 | |
| 11141211413 | Mahabharata | the longest single poem in the world, about a war fought between two branches of the same family. One of India's greatest epics written between 1000 and 700 BC | 16 | |
| 11141211414 | Brahmins | Priests, at the top of the caste system which the Aryans made | 17 | |
| 11141211415 | Kshatriyas | rulers and warriors | 18 | |
| 11141211416 | Vaishyas | The artisan and merchant varna of the caste system. | 19 | |
| 11141211417 | Shudras | The landless peasants and serfs of the caste system. | 20 | |
| 11141211418 | Untouchables (Dalits) | Lowest of the caste system (sometimes not even considered part of the caste) | 21 | |
| 11141211419 | Jainism | a religion founded in India in the sixth century BC, whose members believe that everything in the universe has a soul and therefore shouldn't be harmed. Mahavira founded this religion. | 22 | |
| 11141211420 | Upanishads | Stated that all creatures on earth were part of a larger soul, or Brahma | 23 | |
| 11141211421 | Ahisma | non-violence | 24 | |
| 11141211422 | Buddhism | Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering. | 25 | |
| 11141211423 | Ascetic | One who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury | 26 | |
| 11141211424 | 4 Noble Truths | Core of Buddha's doctrine; all life involves suffering, desire is the cause of suffering, elimination of desire brings the end to suffering, and disciplined life conducted in accordance with the Eightfold Path brings elimination of desire | 27 | |
| 11141211425 | Nirvana | The state of englightenment for Buddhists. | 28 | |
| 11141211426 | Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism were all hoping to end the cycle of | Reincarnation | 29 | |
| 11141211427 | Hindus believe that ones caste has anything to do with with ones | Karma | 30 | |
| 11141211428 | Vedes | religious writings in india written in sanskrit | 31 | |
| 11141211429 | Dharma | the religious and moral duties of an individual | 32 | |
| 11141211430 | Mauryan Empire | The first state to unify most of the Indian subcontinent. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 324 B.C.E. and survived until 184 B.C.E. From its capital at Pataliputra in the Ganges Valley it grew wealthy from taxes. | 33 | |
| 11141211431 | Ashoka Maurya | The grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, he took the Mauryan Empire to its height. Famously converted to Buddhism after the deadly Kalinga Wars | 34 | |
| 11141211432 | Why did the Mauryan Empire fall? | Economic issues and invasion, followed by regional rule. | 35 | |
| 11141211433 | Gupta Dynasty | (320-550 C.E.)Ruling family in India during its golden age. Responsible for many achievements. | 36 | |
| 11141211434 | Indus became an important destination on the | Silk roads | 37 | |
| 11141211435 | Arabic numerals | Indian numerical notation brought by the Arabs to the West. | 38 | |
| 11141211436 | Nalanda | a famous Buddhist university located in the eastern Ganges Valley | 39 | |
| 11141211437 | Mauryan empire and Gupta empire allowed | Religious freedom | 40 | |
| 11141211438 | Why did the Gupta Empire fall? | White Huns conquered India around 550 ce | 41 | |
| 11141211439 | Confucius/Confucianism | Great Chinese philosopher. His teachings become the backbone of Chinese and many Asian cultures. The teaching of Confucius based around ancestor worship, respecting relationships, golden rule, father was head of household | 42 | |
| 11141211440 | Filial piety | The duty of family members to put the male head of the family's needs above their own | 43 | |
| 11141211441 | Daoism | A religion in China which emphasizes the removal from society and to become one with nature. 500s bce laozi founded it | 44 | |
| 11141211442 | Legalism | A Chinese philosophy distinguished by an adherence to clear laws with vigorous punishments. | 45 | |
| 11141211443 | Qin Dynasty | (221-207 BCE) The first centralized dynasty of China that used Legalism as its base of belief. | 46 | |
| 11141211444 | Terra Cotta Army | 8,000 clay soldiers guarding emperor Qin's tomb - built to take with him to the afterlife | 47 | |
| 11141211445 | Han Dynasty | Chinese dynasty that ruled for most of the period from 202 B.C. to A.D. 220, founded by han wudi, standardized civil service exams, centralized government | 48 | |
| 11141211446 | Pax sinica | China's "golden age"; a period of relative peace and advancement during Wudis rule | 49 | |
| 11141211447 | Silk road | an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles) | 50 | |
| 11141211448 | Why did the Han dynasty collapse? | weak leaders, rebellion, corruption, diseases from silk road | 51 | |
| 11141211449 | Yellow Turban Rebellion | A major Chinese peasant revolt that began in 184 C.E. and helped cause the fall of the Han dynasty, scarves worn by peasant, led by daoists | 52 |
