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| 112930925 | Achaemid Empire | Cyrus built this empire that extended beyond modern Iran. Darius extended this empire so that it became the largest up to that time. He also issued standardized coins, divided his territoy into satrapies, and sponsored the creation of good roads. The empire lasted from 558-300 BCE | 0 | |
| 112930926 | Darius | Persian ruler whose empire was the largest up to that time, issued standardized coins, divided his territory, made good roads | 1 | |
| 112930927 | Perepolis *remember Darius is a fiesty man, and he enjoys goin to the new strip club, nippleopolis | new Persian capital of Achaemenid dynasty under Darius | 2 | |
| 112930928 | satrapies | Achaemenid Persia into 23 districts each ruled by a satrap. Satraps apointed by emperor and kept job if collected lots of taxes and sent soldiers to king | 3 | |
| 112930929 | Seleucid empire | Alexander the Great's former general Seleucus controlled Persia after AG died. Faced rebellions | 4 | |
| 112930930 | Parthian Empire | Lack of centralized rule, strong military eventually took of Seleucid | 5 | |
| 112930931 | Sassanid Empire | Imitated old Achaemid Empire in government structure and cultuure. Encouraged trade but owned in the butt by Arab Muslims | 6 | |
| 112930932 | qanat | underground irrigation systems | 7 | |
| 112930933 | Zarathrusta | Persian religion leader developed Zoroastrianism. Promoted struggle between good and evil | 8 | |
| 112930934 | The Avesta | Zoroastrian book of teachings | 9 | |
| 112930935 | magi | Zoroastrian priests who preserved Zoroaster's teachings | 10 | |
| 112930936 | Confucius | duh are you a tard? Main this OG wrote the Analects and taught the five relationships of the basis of a stable society | 11 | |
| 112930937 | junzi | morally superior individuals who government shoukld hire | 12 | |
| 112930938 | xiao | filial piety, respect for relatives and ancestors | 13 | |
| 112930939 | Mencius | leading disciple of Confucius | 14 | |
| 112930940 | dao | passive force or the way. Philisophy that calls for harmony and peace. Laozi founder and most important book is Daodejing | 15 | |
| 112930941 | wuwei | Daoist belief in getting away from society, hermit is good | 16 | |
| 112930942 | Legalism | Chinese philosophy encouraging strong military and farming. Strict laws and harsh punishments. Han Fei zi and the Book of Lord Shang | 17 | |
| 112930943 | Qin Shihuangdi | First Qin emperor. Destroyed Confucian beliefs. Terra Cotta warriors. China comes from Qin | 18 | |
| 112930944 | Liu Bang | Revolutionary who started Han dynasty. Returned centralized rule | 19 | |
| 112930945 | Xiongnu | nomadic people from C. Asian steppes, good horsemen, threat to hans | 20 | |
| 112930946 | Faxian | Chinese Buddhist monk went to India got some texts that reinspired Buddhism in China | 21 | |
| 112930947 | jati | subcastes based on job | 22 | |
| 112930948 | Vardhamana Mahavira | founder of Jainism. Based on Hindu beliefs | 23 | |
| 112930949 | Siddhartha Gautama | founder of Buddhism | 24 | |
| 112930950 | nirvana | escape form cycle of reincarnation | 25 | |
| 112930951 | dharma | basic of Buddhism- 8 fold path, 4 noble truths. For Hinduism- religious duty, which included acceptance of the caste into which you are born | 26 | |
| 112930952 | ahimsa | belief in non-violence that is observed in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism | 27 | |
| 112930953 | Mahayana | Less strict form of Buddhism | 28 | |
| 112930954 | Boddhistavas | souls who have reached Nirvana but come back to help others | 29 | |
| 112930955 | Bhagavad Gita | excerpt from the Mababharata, illustrates expectations and promised of Hinduism | 30 | |
| 112930956 | Knossos | the capital of the Minoan civilization on Crete | 31 | |
| 112930957 | Sparta | citry state which emphasized military training. Defeated Persians and Athens. Allowed women to own property and be citizens | 32 | |
| 112930958 | Athens | city-state got money throuhg sea trade. High navy and education, philosophy and drama devoloped | 33 | |
| 112930959 | Massalia | Greek colony found in southern France. Now city of Marseilles | 34 | |
| 112930960 | Marathon | Battle where athenions defeated Persian invading forces | 35 | |
| 112930961 | Philip of Macedon | Macedonian ruler brought Greece under control. Dad of AG | 36 | |
| 112930962 | Alexandria | City in N. Egypt. Good stuff goin on there | 37 | |
| 112930963 | Plato | Student of socrates. Wrote The Republic | 38 | |
| 112930964 | Aristotle | Philosopher who was a student of Plato. Writing of natural world basics for science | 39 | |
| 112930965 | Greek Dramatists | Sophocles, Aeschylus, euripides wrote tragedies. Aristophanes wrote comedies | 40 | |
| 112930966 | Etruscans | Indo-Europeans, dominated much of Italy. Monarchy | 41 | |
| 112930967 | Pu(B)nic War(T)s | Wars between Rome and Carthage. Rome won. | 42 | |
| 112930968 | patricians | Upper class nobles | 43 | |
| 112930969 | plebians | common people | 44 | |
| 112930970 | Gracchi brothers | murdered cuz they wanted land distribution | 45 | |
| 112930971 | Julius Caesar | Political leader conquered Gaul & Britain later assassinated in Senate | 46 | |
| 112930972 | Augustus | (Octavian) First Roman emperor. Pax Romana. Made Rome a powah | 47 | |
| 112930973 | latifundia | These large plantations that grew in importance during the Roman Empire. They were controlled by patrician families | 48 | |
| 112930974 | Spartacus | Former gladiator raised army of slaves and rebelled against Roman Empire, but lost :( | 49 | |
| 112930975 | the Essenes | Jewish sect in Palestine durin first century BC. Strict moral code, looking for savior, possible contributors to christianity | 50 | |
| 112930976 | Paul of Tarsus | Jew from Anatolia who preacehd Christianty and converted peeps. | 51 | |
| 112930977 | stoicism | Hellenistic philosophy claimed all humans brotherhood. Possibly helped spread Christianity | 52 | |
| 112930978 | Zhang Qian | envoy sent by Han emperor to find help with Xiongnu. Captured but escaped with info of trade routes | 53 | |
| 112930979 | monsoon system | seasonal winds governed sailin and shippin in Indian Ocean | 54 | |
| 112930980 | the silk roads | Ancient trade routes connected from China to Rome | 55 | |
| 112930981 | Gang Ying | Chinese ambassador in western missions like Mesopotamia | 56 | |
| 112930982 | Nestorians | followers of Nestorius. Emphasized Jesus as human and not divine person | 57 | |
| 112930983 | Manichaeism | Religion founded by Mani, tried to blend Christianity, Zoroastrianism and Buddhism | 58 | |
| 112930984 | Wei, Wu, Shu | Three kingdom period China divided to these families after fall of Han, lots of wars mucho people deado | 59 | |
| 112930985 | Constantine | Divided Roman empire, endorsed Christianity | 60 | |
| 112930986 | Attila | Hun warrior king that owned Roman scrubs | 61 | |
| 112930987 | St. Augustine | gave up Manichean beliefs to convert to Christianity. Bishop of Hippo (current day Algeria). | 62 |
