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| 3137622079 | ahimsa | the doctrine of non-violence to living beings. | 0 | |
| 3137630332 | confucius-kongzi | chines philosopher whose teachings became the dominant political philosophy and the core of the educatoional system for government officials. | 1 | |
| 3137641833 | daoism-taoism | Chinese philosophy that advocates a simple life and a policy of noninterference with the natural course of things. it was founded in the 6th century | 2 | |
| 3137653352 | confucianism | philosophy, based on the teachings of the Chinese philosopher kong fuzi. | 3 | |
| 3137663713 | wuwei | daoist concept of the disengagement from the affairs of the world. | 4 | |
| 3137670966 | ahimsa | jain term for the principle of nonviolence to other things or their souls | 5 | |
| 3137677808 | tenochitlan | capital of the aztec empire-mexico city was constructed on its ruins | 6 | |
| 3137683740 | zarathustra | persian prophet who founded zoroatrianism | 7 | |
| 3137687555 | ahura mazda | main god of zoroatrianism who represented truth and goodness and was perceived to be in the eternal struggle with the malign spirit angra mainyu | 8 | |
| 3137699069 | avesta | book that contains the holy writings of zoroastrianism | 9 | |
| 3137705464 | qanat | underground canals in the Persian empire which reduced the evaporation of the water as it traveled to the fields. | 10 | |
| 3137716660 | satraps | the governors of the provinces in the Persian empire | 11 | |
| 3137722558 | Persian wars | a series of conflicts betweeen the greeks and the Persians beginning in 499 B.C.E | 12 | |
| 3137730112 | polis | greek city-state | 13 | |
| 3137731765 | agora | greek market place in a polis | 14 | |
| 3137735046 | acropolis | in greece the highest point in the city-in athens the acropolis housed | 15 | |
| 3137744508 | parthenon | greek temple built by pericles in honor of athena and the agora | 16 | |
| 3137748670 | oracles | special places where the greeks believed that the gods spoke to them through the priest or the priestesses | 17 | |
| 3137755416 | helots | spartan slaves owned by the government | 18 | |
| 3137757772 | tradegies | greek dramas that dealt with death, war, justice and the relationship between gods and ordinary people | 19 | |
| 3137765951 | hellenistic era | the era in which greek culture diffused and blended with persian and other eastern influences | 20 | |
| 3137836083 | epicureans | greek philosophers who taught that pleasure- as in quite satisfaction - was the greatest god | 21 | |
| 3137843080 | Peloponnesian war | a war between camps led by athens | 22 | |
| 3137845761 | golden age | a period in society of relative peace, prosperity and innovation | 23 | |
| 3137851270 | classical civilizations | civilizations or empires that leave a mark way beyond their time of existence | 24 | |
| 3137856848 | republic | voters elect officials to run the government | 25 | |
| 3137860285 | dictator | absolute ruler | 26 | |
| 3137863309 | patricians | in rome a class of wealthy landowners -only they could be members of the senate | 27 | |
| 3137871758 | plebeians | roman citizens, who could not hold high government positions | 28 | |
| 3137878888 | twelve tables | collection of roman laws which gave the common people protection against the unfair decisions by patrician judges | 29 | |
| 3137888608 | pax romana | a two hundred year period of roman peace and prosperity | 30 | |
| 3137891805 | aqueduct | long elevated or underground pipe or channel which carried water to an urban center, using only the force of gravity | 31 | |
| 3137902768 | carthage | northern african kingdom, main rival to early roman expansion, that was defeated by rome in the punic wars | 32 |
