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| 294565607 | Dao | The proper way Chinese kings were expected to rule under the mandate of heaven. | 0 | |
| 294565608 | Admonitions for Women | emphasized humility, obedience, subservience, and devotion to their husbands as well as the virtues most appropriate for women. | 1 | |
| 294565609 | Daoism | philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events | 2 | |
| 294565610 | Legalism | strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit | 3 | |
| 294565611 | Wu wei | non action, don't do anything that isn't keeping with the tao | 4 | |
| 294565612 | Filial Piety | Respect for parents | 5 | |
| 294565613 | Sericulture | the production of raw silk by raising silkworms | 6 | |
| 294565614 | Confucius | Chinese philosopher (circa 551-478 BC) | 7 | |
| 294565615 | Mencius | Confucius's greatest disciple; he has been called the second sage; wrote Analects. | 8 | |
| 294565616 | Xunzi | follower of Confucius; stressed that humans were inherently lazy and evil and required an authoritarian government. | 9 | |
| 294565617 | Laozi | founder of Daoism | 10 | |
| 294565618 | Shang Yang | founder of legalism, minister to the duke of qin | 11 | |
| 294565619 | 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. | 12 | |
| 294565620 | Liu Bang | helped overthrow Qin dynasty, 1st emperor of the Han dynasty, was born a peasant and worked way up to emperor | 13 | |
| 294565621 | Han Wudi | a Chinese emperor; after Zhang Qian came back from his expedition, Zhang suggests trade relations between China and Bactria through India, and Han thought that was a fantabulous idea; China imposed political and military control over vast territories and promoted trade | 14 | |
| 294565622 | Wang Mang | interrupted Han rule for around 15 years to rule China; tried helping the poor by establishing granaries and land reform. | 15 | |
| 294565623 | Qin dynasty | the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall | 16 | |
| 294565624 | Great Wall | a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC | 17 | |
| 294565625 | Chang'an | a city of central China | 18 | |
| 294565626 | Han Empire | very structured society,technology, paper invented, spread education and bureaucracy | 19 | |
| 294565627 | Xiongnu confederation | This new political unity transformed them into a more formidable state by enabling formation of larger armies and the ability to exercise better strategic coordination. | 20 | |
| 294565628 | Arthashastra | political treatise written during reign of Chandragupta Maurya; advocated use of spies and assassins, bribery, and scientific forms of warfare | 21 | |
| 294565629 | Ahimsa | a Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence | 22 | |
| 294565630 | Jainism | religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism, a religion that branched off from Hinduism and was founded by Mahavira; its belief is that everything has a soul, and its purpose was to cleanse the soul. Some were extreme aesthetics. | 23 | |
| 294565631 | Kushan | nomadic warriors took power in India, silk road | 24 | |
| 294565632 | Buddhism | the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth | 25 | |
| 294565633 | Buddha | founder of Buddhism | 26 | |
| 294565634 | Ramayana | one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne | 27 | |
| 294565635 | Bhagavad Gita | (Hinduism) the sacred 'song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic) | 28 | |
| 294565636 | Karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | 29 | |
| 294565637 | Chandragupta Maurya | founder of the Mauryan Empire | 30 | |
| 294565638 | Ashoka | a ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism | 31 | |
| 294565639 | Chandra Gupta | the ruler of the Gupta Empire | 32 | |
| 294565640 | Siddharta Gautama | the founder of the Buddist religion,he was known as Buddha or "the enlightened one" | 33 | |
| 294565641 | Maurya Empire | Indian empire founded by Chandragupta, beginning with his kingdom in northeastern India and spreading to most of northern and central India | 34 | |
| 294565642 | Gupta Empire | Golden Age of India; ruled through central government but allowed village power; restored Hinduism | 35 | |
| 294565643 | Bactria | The ancient region stretching from the Hindu Kush mountain range to the ancient Ganhara region of the Indian subcontinent. | 36 | |
| 294565644 | Persian Wars | Conflicts between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire, ranging from the Ionian Revolt (499-494 B.C.E.) through Darius's punitive expedition that failed at Marathon. Chronicled by Herodotus. (131) | 37 | |
| 294565645 | Peloponnesian War | a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta | 38 | |
| 294565646 | Sparta | an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess | 39 | |
| 294565647 | Attica | the territory of Athens in ancient Greece | 40 | |
| 294565648 | Athens | the capital and largest city of Greece | 41 | |
| 294565649 | Antigonid Empire | The empire in Greece after the breakup of Alexander's empire. | 42 | |
| 294565650 | Ptolemaic Empire | The empire in the Egyptian area after the breakup of Alexander's empire. | 43 | |
| 294565651 | Seleucid Empire | The empire in Syria, Persia, and Bactria after the breakup of Alexander's empire. | 44 | |
| 294565652 | Epicureans | People who believed the proper pursuit of humankind is undisturbed withdrawal from the world | 45 | |
| 294565653 | Skeptics | people who frequently doubt and question matters generally accepted | 46 | |
| 294565654 | Stoics | Hellenistic group of philosophers; emphasized inner moral independence cultivated by strict discipline of the body and personal bravery | 47 | |
| 294565655 | plato | ancient Athenian philosopher | 48 | |
| 294565656 | Aristotle | one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers | 49 |
