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| 167917065 | The Roman Empire | The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean. | 1 | |
| 167917066 | Han Dynasty | imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization | 2 | |
| 167917067 | Qin Shihuangdi | Ruler of China who united China for the first time. He built road and canals and began the Great Wall of China. He also imposed a standard system of laws, money, weights, and writing. | 3 | |
| 167917068 | Augustus | first Roman emperor 27 BC-AD 14: reformer, patron of arts and literature; heir and successor to Julius Caesar. | 4 | |
| 167917069 | Legalism | In China, a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control. The Qin ruling class invoked it to validate the authoritarian nature of their regime. (p.52) | 5 | |
| 167959546 | bureaucracy | system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials | 6 | |
| 167959547 | Patricians | A member of one of the noble families of the ancient Roman Republic, which before the third century B.C. had exclusive rights to the Senate and the magistracies. | 7 | |
| 167959548 | Plebians | Members of the lower class of Ancient Rome including farmers, merchants, artisans and traders | 8 | |
| 167959549 | Consuls | Two officials from the patrician class were appointed each year of the Roman Republic to supervise the government and command the armies | 9 | |
| 167959550 | Tribunes | An officer of ancient Rome elected by the plebeians to protect their rights from arbitrary acts of the patrician magistrates. | 10 | |
| 167959551 | Magistrates | A civil officer with power to administer and enforce law | 11 |
