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| 217922023 | Cyrus | Founder of the Achaemenid (Persian) Empire, launched a rebellion against the Median overlord of the land he grew up in and brought all of Iran under his control. Would have been much more successful, but died young. | 0 | |
| 217922024 | Cambyses | Son of Cyrus, conquered Egypt. | 1 | |
| 217922025 | Darius | Greatest Achaemenid emperor, expanding the empire to the Indus river in the east, to the western coast of the black sea, to the first cataract of the Nile River in the south. Even more important as a great administrator than as conqueror. Divided realm into satrapies. | 2 | |
| 217922026 | Satrapies | Rulers over divisions of land in the Persian empire | 3 | |
| 217922027 | Eyes and Ears | Agents who spied on the Persian satrapies and kept their power in check | 4 | |
| 217922028 | Seleucid Empire | Granted greatest amount of land from Alexander's death, strongest of the post-hellenistic period empires. Contained many small settlements. | 5 | |
| 217922029 | Ahura Mazda | Zoroastrian supreme deity, creator of all good things,had a good side and a dark side known as Angra Mainyu | 6 | |
| 217922030 | Gathas | Zoroastrian hymns created by Zarathustra in honor of the various deities he recognized | 7 | |
| 217922031 | Royal roads | Persian advanced system of highways | 8 | |
| 217922033 | Sima Qian | Great Chinese historian castrated by emperor because of opposing views. Created vast history of the Chinese empire, culture, and society | 9 | |
| 217922034 | Confucius | Real name was "Kong Fuzi", EXTREMELY influential Chinese philosopher. | 10 | |
| 217922035 | Analects | Composition of all of Confucius' teachings and sayings. Greatly influenced Chinese political and cultural traditions | 11 | |
| 217922036 | Laozi | founder of Daoism | 12 | |
| 217922037 | Qin Shihuangdi | First emperor of China, self-declared. Created the Qin Dynasty and unified China. Killed all scholars who had opposing views and burned all historical and philosophical books to increase power. | 13 | |
| 217922038 | Liu Bang | Destroyed Qin dynasty and created the Han Dynasty, former commander. | 14 | |
| 217922039 | Han Wudi | Han Emperor known as "Martial Emperor", focused on administrative centralization and imperial expansion | 15 | |
| 217922040 | Wang Mang | Han emperor who tried to solve the problem of land distribution, angry landowners kill him. | 16 | |
| 217922041 | li | a sense of propriety, called for individuals to behave in conventional appropriate fashion, treat others with courtesy. | 17 | |
| 217922042 | Wuwei | Daoist belief in disengagement from the competitive exertions and active involvement in affairs of the world. (basically to do absolutely nothing) | 18 | |
| 217922043 | Legalism | Less a religion, more of a belief in efficiency and gaining power. Founders expected to harness subjects' energy by means of strict laws, Very unpopular | 19 | |
| 217922044 | Qin Dynasty | Ended the Warring States period founded by Qin Shihuangdi | 20 | |
| 217922045 | Han Dynasty | Followed Qin Dynasty, founded by Liu Bang | 21 | |
| 217922046 | Yellow Turban Uprising | Large revolt throughout China during the Han dynasty led by desperate peasants wearing colored headwear. It weakened the Han state during the second and third centuries CE. Leads to fall of Han Dynasty | 22 | |
| 217922047 | Chandragupta | the founder of the Maurya Empire. succeeded in bringing together most of India. is considered the first unifier of India and the first emperor of India. | 23 | |
| 217922048 | Kautalya | Advisor of Chandragupta who wrote ancient political handbook known as the Arthashastra, a manual on the uses of power and the principles of government | 24 | |
| 217922049 | Ashoka | Mauryan emperor who began his reign as conqueror, but saw what he was doing, and converted to Buddhism and became a great administrator, integrated societies he had taken over granting economic and cultural prosperity to the land. | 25 | |
| 217922050 | Chandra Gupta | Founder of the Guptan Dynasty | 26 | |
| 217922051 | Mahavira | an extreme aesthetic who founded the religion Jainism | 27 | |
| 217922052 | Gautama | founder of Buddhism, became Buddha "the enlightened one" | 28 | |
| 217922053 | Kingdom of Magadha | this Kingdom was more powerful than any other Indian Kingdom | 29 | |
| 217922054 | Mauryan Empire | Empire created by Chandragupta and later ruled by Ashoka | 30 | |
| 217922055 | Mauryan Empire | Empire created by Chandragupta and later ruled by Chandragupta II | 31 | |
| 217922056 | White Huns | Invaded and destroyed the Guptan Empire | 32 | |
| 217922057 | Caste System | Social class order that arrived with the Aryans in India, divided into four castes: brahmin, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and shudras. | 33 | |
| 217922058 | Ahimsa | nonviolence towards other living things or their souls, Extreme Jainism. | 34 | |
| 217922059 | Four Noble Truths | Buddhist doctrine that teaches that, all life involves suffering, that desire is the cause of suffering, that elimination brings an end to suffering, and that a disciplined life conducted in accordance with the Noble Eightfold Path brings the elimination of desire. | 35 | |
| 217922060 | Jainism | led by Mahavira, ascetic lifestyle in which the followers go to extremes as to not harm any other living thing. | 36 | |
| 217922061 | Buddhism | Led by "the enlightened one" believed in the Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path | 37 | |
| 217922062 | Hinduism | Religion of salvation, promoted by the Guptan emperors. Bhagavad Gita was a poetic work dedicated to them made of individuals and the promise of salvation. | 38 | |
| 217922063 | Eightfold Path | Buddhist belief that demands right belief, right resolve, right speech,right behavior, right occupation, right effort, right contemplation, and right meditation. | 39 | |
| 220571671 | Pericles | Popular aristocratic Athenian leader. Made Athens the most sophisticated and powerful of the poleis | 40 | |
| 220571672 | King Philip of Macedon | Macedonian King. Created a powerful military and started annexing poleis and eventually conquered Greeces. Died early before he could achieve much more | 41 | |
| 220571673 | Socrates | Pivotal figure in the development of philosophy. Many were outraged by him and he was forced to drink a poison. | 42 | |
| 220571674 | Polis | The name for a Greek city, most were not unified and Athens was the greatest of these. | 43 | |
| 220571675 | Sparta vs. Athens | One side was strong, strictly military while the other side was sophistication and cultural wealth. | 44 | |
| 220571676 | Persian Wars | Campaign led by Darius to to conquer peninsular Greece and war between the Macedonians and the Persians, Macedonians were victorious. | 45 | |
| 220571677 | Delian League | League founded between the Greek poleis for unification, lasted for a little while before Sparta attacks Athens. | 46 | |
| 220571678 | Plato | Philosophical successor of Socrates, recorded all of Socrates' work. | 47 | |
| 220571679 | Minoan Society | Lavish society with citizens living in luxury. However, declined because of natural disasters. | 48 | |
| 220571680 | Mycenaean Society | Society whose Inhabitants lived in the Greek peninsula, built castles, and attracted immigrants who created small, agricultural communities. | 49 | |
| 220571681 | Peloponnesian War | War between Athens and Sparta, all Poleis sided with one power and the Spartans were victorious. | 50 | |
| 220571682 | Hellenistic Age | Age following the rule of Alexander of Macedon (Alexander the Great), Age of cultural and economic prosperity. | 51 | |
| 220571683 | Antigonid Empire | Hellenistic Empire. Smallest of the Hellenistic Empires, but most successful, contained cities of Athens and Corinth which flourished | 52 | |
| 220571684 | Ptolemaic Empire | Hellenistic Empire. Wealthiest of the Hellenistic Empire | 53 | |
| 221509073 | Julius Caesar | Declared himself dictator of Rome, Tried to take all power like a king, and therefore was assassinated by the Senate. | 54 | |
| 221509074 | Augustus Caesar | Name given to Octavian, the first empreror of Rome, after he defeated Cleopatra and Mark Anthony. The adopted son of Julius Caesar, help Rome come into Pax Romana, or the Age of Roman Peace | 55 | |
| 221509075 | Jesus | Savior of the Christian faith. A great Jewish teacher who had a reputation for performing miracles. | 56 | |
| 221509076 | Paul | Greatly helped the spread of Christianity. | 57 | |
| 221509077 | Punic Wars | the three wars waged by Rome against Carthage, resulting in the destruction of Carthage and the annexation of its territory by Rome. | 58 | |
| 221509078 | Etruscans | People who ruled over Rome before the creation of the Republic, used kings to rule over Rome and the Romans hated them. | 59 | |
| 221509079 | Twelve tables | the earliest written collection of Roman laws, drawn up by patricians about 450B.C., that became the foundation of Roman law | 60 | |
| 221509080 | Bread and Circuses | A Roman bribery method of coping with class difference. Entertainment and food was offered to keep plebeians quiet without actually solving unemployment problems. | 61 | |
| 221509081 | Patricians | the wealthy class in Roman society; landowners | 62 | |
| 221509082 | Plebs | the common people of Roman society | 63 | |
| 221509083 | Latifundia | large farming estates in ancient Rome | 64 | |
| 221509084 | Pax Romana | refers to the time of peace in Rome. | 65 | |
| 221509085 | Zhang Qian | sent by Wudi in 139 BC; general and explorer; 13 years later his troops went back nearly wiped out by barbarian attacks and were in captivity for 10 years... "father" of the silk road | 66 | |
| 221509086 | Gregory the wonderworker | a tireless missionary with a reputation for performing miracles, who popularized Christianity in central Anatolia during the mid third century C.E. | 67 | |
| 221509087 | Mani | Prophet who founded Manichaeism | 68 | |
| 221509088 | Diocletian | Roman emperor who divided the empire in two and oversaw the eastern part. | 69 | |
| 221509089 | Theodosius | Emperor of the Roman Empire who made Christianity the official religion of the empire. | 70 | |
| 221509090 | Attila | Leader of the Huns who put pressure on the Roman Empire's borders during the 5th century | 71 | |
| 221509091 | St. Augustine | one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity | 72 | |
| 221509092 | Silk Roads | the most famous of the trading routes established by pastoral nomads connecting the European, Indian, and Chinese; transmitted goods and ideas among civilizations | 73 | |
| 221509093 | Monsoon system | The weather system that affected the sea trade routes in the Indian Ocean. Summer winds blew from the southwest. Winter winds blew from the northeast. | 74 | |
| 221509094 | Manichaeism | Formed with a combination of Christianity, Zoroastriaism, Buddhism, and Judism. Lived an ascetic lifestyle | 75 | |
| 221509095 | Edict of Milan | a ruling by Constantine that allowed Christians to openly practice their faith in the Roman empire. | 76 | |
| 221509096 | Council of Nicaea | The first gathering of Christian Bishops to try to find a clearly defined doctrine, set up by Emperor Constantine | 77 | |
| 221509097 | Constantine | Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337) | 78 | |
| 221509098 | Roman Law | this Roman contribution dealt mostly with the rights of Roman citizens; one belief was that it should be fair and equal to all people | 79 | |
| 221509099 | Caligula | Roman emperor who only ruled for four years, mentally unstable. He had an affair with his sister and named them both as Gods. He also named his horse a consul. | 80 |
