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| 7648441512 | Important Historical Figures: | Confucius, Laozi, Ashoka, Siddhaurtha Gautama, Sócrates, Alexander of Macedon, Chandra Gupta, Jesus of Nazareth | 0 | |
| 7648441513 | Confucius | Chinese philosopher. love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, harmony in thought and conduct | 1 | |
| 7648441514 | Laozi | The founder of daoism. | 2 | |
| 7648441515 | Ashoka | Leader of the Mauryan dynasty of India who conquered most of India but eventually gave up violence and converted to Buddhism. | 3 | |
| 7648441516 | Siddhartha Gautama | Means "Enlightened One." He is said to have renounced his worldly possessions and taught of a way to overcome suffering. | 4 | |
| 7648441517 | Socrates | Athenian philosopher who shifted the emphasis of philosophical investigation from questions of natural science to ethics and human behavior. He attracted young disciples from elite families but made enemies by revealing the ignorance and pretensions of others, culminating in his trial and execution by the Athenian state. | 5 | |
| 7648441518 | Alexander of Macedon | Greek king; Caused for Persians to be conquered by Greek in a "sign of god"; was never happy with a lot of power, became kingly-god from conquests; got conquered by northern border Macedonia. | 6 | |
| 7648441519 | Chandra Gupta | Founder of the Mauryan empire and unified the north and south states of India | 7 | |
| 7648441520 | Jesus of Nazareth | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity. | 8 | |
| 7648441521 | Paternalism | the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc. | 9 | |
| 7648441522 | Interaction | Trade, Disease, Syncretism | 10 | |
| 7648441523 | Trade | Besides silk, the Chinese also exported (sold) teas, salt, sugar, porcelain, and spices. Most of what was traded was expensive luxury goods. This was because it was a long trip and merchants didn't have a lot of room for goods. They imported, or bought, goods like cotton, ivory, wool, gold, and silver. | 11 | |
| 7648441524 | Disease | The Bubonic Plague, also know as the Black Death, was a disease that mostly affected rodents. However, it could also affect Fleas, and they transmitted it to people. | 12 | |
| 7648441525 | Syncretism | Combining beliefs of different religions | 13 | |
| 7648441526 | Social Hierarchies | India, China | 14 | |
| 7648441527 | India's Social Hierarchies | Initially a Hindu creation, castes (or varnas) concerned groups who were given a ranking according to their social standing and occupation. Originally, there were four Castes - Brahmins/priests, Kshatriyas/rulers, Vaishyas/merchants or farmers, and Shudras/artisans or servants. | 15 | |
| 7648441528 | China's social Hierarchies | From the Qin Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty (221 BC-AD 1840), the Chinese government divided Chinese people into four classes: landlord, peasant, craftsmen, and merchant. Landlords and peasants constituted the two major classes, while merchant and craftsmen were collected into the two minor. | 16 | |
| 7648441529 | Empires | Qin, Han, Rome, Mauryan, Gupta | 17 | |
| 7648441530 | Qin Empire | the Chinese dynasty that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall | 18 | |
| 7648441531 | Han Empire | learned from Qin mistakes, maintaining the centralized bureaucracy but using on Confucianism as a guiding philosophy. | 19 | |
| 7648441532 | Roman Empire | Existed from 27 BCE to about 400 CE. Conquered entire Mediterranean coast and most of Europe. Ruled by an emperor. Eventually oversaw the rise and spread of Christianity. | 20 | |
| 7648441533 | Mauryan Empire | (321-185 BCE) This was the first centralized empire of India whose founder was Chandragupta Maurya. | 21 | |
| 7648441534 | Gupta Empire | (320-550 CE) The decentralized empire that emerged after the Mauryan Empire, and whose founder is Chandra Gupta. | 22 | |
| 7648441535 | Mandate of Heaven | is an ancient Chinese belief/theory and philosophical idea that tiān (heaven) granted emperors the right to rule based on their ability to govern well, appropriately and fairly. | 23 | |
| 7648441536 | Hammurabi's Code | first law code in the world, of Babylonia, dealt with legal contracts and responsibility for wrong doing | 24 | |
| 7648441537 | Pastoralism | A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies | 25 | |
| 7648441538 | Neolithic Revolution | Shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture | 26 | |
| 7648441539 | Shang Dynasty | The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written records (ca. 1750-1027 B.C.E.). Ancestor worship, divination by means of oracle bones, and the use of bronze vessels for ritual purposes were major elements of this culture. | 27 | |
| 7648441540 | Harrapan | Archeological site in Punjab, Pakistan. One of the first major cities on the indus river | 28 | |
| 7648441541 | Mohenjo Daro | One of the largest cities of the ancient indus valley civilization on the Indus river | 29 | |
| 7648441542 | Buddhism | Created during time of peace; embrace suffering and deny wants and beliefs, no emphasis on higher being; ultimate goal is to find nirvana by ending suffering in current reincarnation life; extremely egalitarian, more accessible version of Hindusism | 30 | |
| 7648441543 | Daoism | Created during time of peace; popular with peasants; opposition to Confucianism; polytheistic; focused on balance, nature, and spirituality; advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events | 31 | |
| 7648441544 | Christianity | Only monotheistic belief besides from Islam and Judaism; Jesus is savior, son of one and only God | 32 | |
| 7648441545 | Legalism | strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit. | 33 | |
| 7648441546 | Judaism | Monotheistic; invalidated other Gods which led to constant persecution and exiled; Hebrews were the chosen people of God; influenced Christianity and Islam; no widespread hierarchal | 34 | |
| 7648441547 | Fall of the Roman Empire | -civil war -poor harvests, gap between rich & poor -lack of patriotism -low funds for defense | 35 |
