32712042 | Zhou Dynasty | 1029- 258 BCE | 0 | |
32712043 | Zhou Religion | Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism (500 BCE) | 1 | |
32712044 | Qin Dynasty | 221- 206 BCE | 2 | |
32712045 | Qin Emperor | Shi Huangdi | 3 | |
32712046 | Qin Government | Dictatorship, centralized govt, had an army | 4 | |
32712047 | Qin Accomplishments | Iron weapons crossbows cavarly, thousand miles of road (Silk Road), GREAT WALL | 5 | |
32712048 | Han Dynasty | 206- 220 BCE | 6 | |
32712049 | Han Emperor | Emperor Wu (104- 87 BCE) | 7 | |
32712050 | Han Territory | Inner and outer China, SE Asia, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia | 8 | |
32712051 | Han Accomplishments | Postal Service, taxes, roads, forts, canals linking the yellow and yangtze rivers, longer Silk Road | 9 | |
32712052 | Han Downfall | Invaders, bandits | 10 | |
32712053 | Central Asia Definition | Nomadic, herding societies, Cavarly warfare | 11 | |
32712054 | Central Asia Group | Aryans, Persians, Turks, Scythians, Tartars, seljurs, Ottomans, Huns, Magyars, Mongols | 12 | |
32712055 | Classical India | Began 1500 BCE, Invaded by Aryans | 13 | |
32712056 | Classical India Language and religion | Sanskrit; Vedic, Hindu, Buddhism CASTE SYSTEM | 14 | |
32712057 | Mauryan Empire | 324- 232 BCE | 15 | |
32712058 | Mauryan Accomplishments | Ist to bring India together politically, Postal Service, Army | 16 | |
32712059 | Mauryan Emperor | Emperor Ashoka- Became Buddhist (peace and tolerance); Grandson- Chandragupta | 17 | |
32712060 | Gupta Empire | 320- 550 CE controlled most of northern and central india | 18 | |
32712061 | Gupta Emperors | Hindu religion | 19 | |
32712062 | Fall of Gupta | Northwest | 20 | |
32712063 | Classical Greece | 2000- 1150 BCE | 21 | |
32712064 | Early Greek Civilians | Aegean Civilizations Minoans (Crete) & Mycenaeans (Mainland Greece) Trading Hellenes; Greek Dark Ages- 1150- 300 BCE | 22 | |
32712065 | Greek City States | Corinth, Thebes, Sparta, Athens | 23 | |
32712066 | Sparta | had slaves | 24 | |
32712067 | Athens | Culture, Politics (DEMOCRACY) | 25 | |
32712068 | Greek City State Definition | Powerful families ruled, slavery common, woman treated as inferior (DEMOCRACY) | 26 | |
32712069 | Classical Period | 500- 338 BCE | 27 | |
32712070 | Classical Period wars | 2 with Persia (lost): Peloponnesian (civil war- Sparta beat Athens | 28 | |
32712071 | Alexander the Great | Son of Phillip II, took over Persia to India with 30,000 to 50,000 Troop; Called himself the heir to the Achaeminid Dynasty | 29 | |
32712072 | Hellenic Culture | 600- 300 BCE | 30 | |
32712073 | Greek Philosophers | Plato, Socrates, Aristotle | 31 | |
32712074 | Hellenic Accomplishments | Basic laws of Geometry, physics, math, and astronomy, Fear of gods and afterlife | 32 | |
32712075 | Greek Architecture | Doric, Ionic, Corinthian | 33 | |
32712076 | Classical Rome | 753 BCE- 313 CE | 34 | |
32712077 | Classical Rome Government (beginning) | Monarchy then Etruscans take over | 35 | |
32712078 | Roman Republic | 509- 31 BCE | 36 | |
32712079 | Roman Republic Classes | Plebian (lower- tribal assembly) & Patrician (upper- Senate) | 37 | |
32712080 | Punic War | 264- 146 BCE Against Carthage during Roman Republic | 38 | |
32712081 | Hannibal | General in Punic War | 39 | |
32712082 | Roman Republic territory | 214- 169 BCE- Took Greece, Spartans, Balkans, and Turkey | 40 | |
32712083 | Fall of Roman Republic | Republican govt failed | 41 | |
32712084 | Roman Empire | 31 BCE- 476 CE | 42 | |
32712085 | Octavian | Caesar's Grand Nephew; First Emperor of Roman Empire | 43 | |
32712086 | Fall of Roman Empire | Barbarian Invasian, 410 CE- Gothic Tribe attacks Rome and takes over WEST SIDE!! | 44 | |
32712087 | Rome Society | Upper/ lower classes, Slavery, patriarchial, Woman given more freedom later | 45 | |
32712088 | Rome Culture | Hellenic Philosophy, literature and science; Christianity- official faith 313 CE | 46 | |
32712089 | Rome Accomplishments | Built aquaducts, roads, forts, cities, buildings, laws | 47 | |
32712090 | Classical Persia Four Dynasties | Achaeminids, Selucids, Parthians, Sasanids | 48 | |
32712091 | Acheaminid Empire | Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius, Xerses, Alexander the Great | 49 | |
32712092 | Cyrus | Gained Iran, Lydia, Anatolia, Afghanistan | 50 | |
32712093 | Cambyses | Cyrus's son; Gained Egypt | 51 | |
32712094 | Darius | Built canals, royal roads, postal services, organized 70 ethnic group (BIGGEST EMPIRE IN HISTORY) | 52 | |
32712095 | Xerses | Darius's Son | 53 | |
32712096 | Byzantium | 330s CE- Contantine ruled; 500s CE- Justinian ruled EAST Rome (Christian) | 54 | |
32715865 | Differences between Classical civilizations and River Civilizations | Classical created larger political structures, capable of controlling more territory | 55 | |
48838863 | Mauryan and Gupta | only time of independence, Patriarchal dominance | 56 |
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