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9701259859Unit 2 time600 BCE - 600 CE0
9701259860Unit 2 titleClassical era1
9701259861Must know civs EuropePhoenicians, Persians, Greeks, Hellenistic, Romans2
9820522734Most know civs ChinaJo (spring & autumn), Qin, Han, 3 kingdoms, Sui3
9820522735Most know civs IndiaMaurya, Gupta4
9820522736Most know civs AmericasMayan, chavin/moche5
9820522737Steppe peoplesNomads6
9701259862The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural TraditionsKc 1.2 theme 27
9701259863Hebrew ScripturesTorah, Old Testament8
9701259864Sanskrit scripturesHindu texts9
9701259865Mauryan Emperor AshokaFirst Buddhist Indian emperor10
9701259866Types of BuddhismTerevada, Tibetan, Pureland, Shinto11
9701259867filial pietyProper Confucian relationship (respect for elders)12
9701259868IE: influence of Daoism on Chinese cultureMedical, poetry, metallurgy, architecture13
9701259869Major Christian missionaryPaul of Tarsus14
9701259870Who was Emperor Constantine?Roman, supporter of Christianity, 330 ce15
9701259871Council of Nicaea32516
9701259872IE: art and architectureHindu temples, Buddhist stupas, Christian art of Jesus, Greco-Romans buildings (pantheon)17
9820522738state building in the classical eraKc 2.2 theme 318
9701259873SW AsiaPersian empires19
9820522739Examples of Persian empiresAchaemenid, Parthian, Sassanian20
9701259874East AsiaQin and Han Empire21
9701259875South Asia (India)Mauryan and Gupta empires22
9701259876MediterraneanPhoenicia, Greek City-states, Hellenistic and Roman empires23
9701259877MesoamericaTeotihuacan, Maya city-states24
9701259878Andean South AmericanMoche25
9701259879North AmericaChaco and Cahokia26
9820522740Legal codesExamination system (Han), 12 Roman tables27
9820522741Classical techniques of imperial administrationCurrency, diplomacy, supply lines, fortifications, local and conquered military28
9820522742IE: imperial cities chinaChang'an29
9834186835IE imperial cities PersiaPersepolis30
9820522743IE imperial cities IndiaPataliputra31
9820522744IE imperial cities GreeceAthens32
9820522745IE: imperial cities phoneciaCarthage33
9820522746IE imperial cities byzantineConstantinople34
9820522747IE imperial cities TeotihuacánCentral America35
9820522749IE labor systemsCorvee, slavery, rents and tributes36
9833932344Roman collapseGermanic invasion 65137
9833932345Han CollapseXiongnu invasion 22038
9833932346Persian collapseArab conquest 65139
9834186836Mauryan collapseAssassination of emperor40
9834186837Gupta collapseWhite huns 55041
9834186838Yellow Turban RebellionDaoist 184-20542
9834217579Emergence of trans regional trade networksKc 2.3 theme 443
9834186839Big four trade networksMed,, Silk Road, Indian Ocean, trans-Saharan44
9834186840Mes climateHot dry summer, cold wet winter45
9834186841Med goodsAthens food, Slavic slaves46
9834186842Med ethnicityEgyptians, jews, Greeks, phonecians, Romans, slavics47
9834186843Med locationAlexandria, Rome, Carthage, Athens, kaffa48
9834186844Silk Road climateDry hot or cold49
9834186845Silk Road goodsSilk, animals, jade, grains (rice)50
9834186846Silk Road ethnicityNomads, Chinese, Arabs, Persians51
9834186847Silk Road locationThe steppe52
9834186848Indian Ocean climateHot and wet (monsoons)53
9834186849Indian Ocean goodsMed food, Animals, metal and jewels54
9834186850Indian Ocean ethnicityEgyptians, Arabs, East Africans, Indians55
9834186851Indian Ocean locationEast Africa, India, straight of malacca56
9834186852Trans-Saharan climateDesert57
9834186853Trans-Saharan goodsMed more expensive, gold, salt, slaves58
9834186854Trans-Saharan ethnicityBerbers, Arabs, Ghana and Mali59
9834186855Trans-Saharan locationFez, Timbuktu, tegaza60
9834186856Animal techYikes saddles stirrups61
9834186857Marine techGalley lateen sail Dow62
9834186858IE irrigationQanat, noria and salía wheels, shaduf63
9834186859Galen plague165-18064
9834186860Athens plague430 bce65
9834186861Cyprian plague250-27066
9834186862Justinian Plague540-54167

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