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| 9761112548 | Rock and Pillar Edicts | laws written by Ashoka reminding Mauryans to live generous and righteous lives | 0 | |
| 9761112549 | Arabic Numerals | A written number system created during the Gupta golden age in India, then adopted by the Islamic Empire before spreading further. Used throughout western civilization today. | 1 | |
| 9761112550 | Han Dynasty | (202 BC - 220 AD) dynasty started by Lui Bang; a great and long-lasting rule, it discarded the harsh policies of the Qin dynasty and adopted Confucian principles; Han rulers chose officials who passed the civil service exams rather than birth; it was a time of prosperity | 2 | |
| 9761112551 | Satrap | a provincial governor in the ancient Persian empire | 3 | |
| 9761112552 | Delian league | An alliance headed by Athens that says that all Greek city-states will come together and help fight the Persians | 4 | |
| 9761112553 | Hellenism | Blending of Egyptian, Persian and Greek culture; emphasis on philosophy and sciences. | 5 | |
| 9761112554 | Patricians | Powerful landowners who controlled Roman government and society | 6 | |
| 9761112555 | Plebeians | Members of the lower class of Ancient Rome including farmers, merchants, artisans and traders | 7 | |
| 9761112556 | Twelve Tables of Rome | codified Roman laws; included concept of "innocent until proven guilty"; the codification of Roman law during the republic | 8 | |
| 9761112557 | First Triumvirate | 60 BCE, unofficial coalition between Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus | 9 | |
| 9761112558 | Second Triumvirate | Octavius, Marc Antony, and Lepidus. Ocatvius took over and Republic was over. entered Pax Romana with Octavius. | 10 | |
| 9761112559 | Paganism | Any of the polytheistic religions of the Greco-Roman world, an umbrella term for ancient Mediterranean religions other than Judaism and Christianity. | 11 | |
| 9761112560 | Christianity | A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. | 12 | |
| 9761112561 | Edict of Milan | Contract in 313 A.D. to stop the persecution of Christians | 13 | |
| 9761112562 | Zoroastrianism | Persian religion founded by Zoroaster; taught that humans had the freedom to choose between right and wrong, and that goodness would triumph in the end | 14 | |
| 9761112563 | Confucianism | A philosophy that adheres to the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. It shows the way to ensure a stable government and an orderly society in the present world and stresses a moral code of conduct. | 15 | |
| 9761112564 | Daoism | Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns. Also teaches a balance in everything. | 16 | |
| 9761112565 | Polytheism | Believing in many gods | 17 | |
| 9761112566 | Legalism | a Chinese philosophy that was devoted to strengthen and expand the state through increased agricultural work and military service | 18 | |
| 9761112567 | Hinduism | A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms | 19 | |
| 9761112568 | Buddhism | A religion based on the teachings of Buddha | 20 | |
| 9761112569 | Judaism | Became a major religion in the world and influenced the development of Christianity and Islam. It was founded around 2000 BC. It was the first major monotheistic religion (belief in one God). | 21 | |
| 9761112570 | Theravada | "the way of the Elders" - Prevalent form of Buddhism in Cambodia, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Sri Lanka, and Thailand; focuses on the earliest texts and emphasizes monastic lifestyle. | 22 | |
| 9761112571 | Pax Romana | 200 year period of peace in Rome | 23 | |
| 9761112572 | Mahayana | "the Great Vehicle" - The largest of Buddhism's three divisions, prevalent in China, Japan and Korea, encompasses a variety of forms, including those that emphasize devotion and prayer to the Buddhas and bodhisattvas. | 24 | |
| 9761705314 | Mauryan Empire | geographically extensive Iron Age historical power founded by Chandragupta Maurya which dominated ancient India between 322 BCE and 187 BCE. | 25 | |
| 9761729531 | Ashoka Maurya | as an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE | 26 | |
| 9761735097 | Chandra Gupta the Great | stretched across northern, central and parts of southern India between c. 320 and 550 CE. The period is noted for its achievements in the arts, architecture, sciences, religion, and philosoph | 27 | |
| 9761786440 | Great Wall of China | series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups | 28 | |
| 9761809140 | Qin Shi Huang | the founder of the Qin dynasty and was the first emperor of a unified China. | 29 | |
| 9761816857 | Xiongnu | a confederation of nomadic peoples who, according to ancient Chinese sources, inhabited the eastern Asian Steppe from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD | 30 | |
| 9761823659 | Wu Ti | the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty of China, ruling from 141-87 BC. His reign lasted 54 years | 31 | |
| 9761841957 | Satrapies | governors of the provinces of the ancient Median and Achaemenid Empires | 32 | |
| 9761865985 | Great Royal Road | ancient highway, part of the Silk Road and the Uttara Path built in ancient South Asia and Central Asia, reorganized and rebuilt by the Persian king Darius the Great | 33 | |
| 9761884594 | Lydians | Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern western Turkish provinces of Uşak, Manisa and inland İzmir. |  | 34 |
| 9761898561 | phoenicians | ancient Semitic civilization that originated in the Eastern Mediterranean and in the west of the Fertile Crescent |  | 35 |
| 9761908715 | Hebrews | a member of an ancient people living in what is now Israel and Palestine |  | 36 |
| 9761917739 | Athens | capital of Greece. It was also at the heart of Ancient Greece, a powerful civilization and empire. | 37 | |
| 9761923903 | Sparta | warrior society in ancient Greece that reached the height of its power after defeating rival city-state Athens in the Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.) | 38 | |
| 9761936413 | Persian Wars | a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC. | 39 | |
| 9761946165 | Pericles | prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the Golden Age — specifically the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars | 40 | |
| 9761957325 | Socrates | Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher, of the Western ethical tradition of thought | 41 | |
| 9761964166 | Plato | philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world | 42 | |
| 9761970844 | Aristotle | considered the "Father of Western Philosophy", which inherited almost its entire lexicon from his teachings, including problems and methods of inquiry | 43 | |
| 9761976991 | Homer | ancient Greeks to the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems which are the central works of ancient Greek literature. | 44 | |
| 9761985045 | Peloponnesian War | an ancient Greek war fought by the Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta | 45 | |
| 9761991870 | Macedonians | are a regional and historical population group of ethnic Greeks, inhabiting or originating mainly from the Greek region of Macedonia | 46 | |
| 9762014845 | Alexander the Great | an ancient Macedonian ruler and one of history's greatest military minds who—as King of Macedonia and Persia—established the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen | 47 | |
| 9762070911 | Punic Wars | The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC. At the time, they were some of the largest wars that had ever taken place. | 48 | |
| 9762113231 | octavius | Roman statesman and military leader who served as the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, controlling Imperial Rome from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. | 49 | |
| 9762170404 | constantinople | the capital city of the Roman/Byzantine, and also of the brief Latin, and the later Ottoman empires |  | 50 |
| 9762179420 | constantine | Roman Emperor of Illyrian and Greek origin from 306 to 337 AD. | 51 | |
| 9762191458 | diocletian | Roman emperor from 284 to 305. Born to a family of low status in Dalmatia, Diocletian rose through the ranks of the military to become Roman cavalry commander to the Emperor | 52 | |
| 9762214245 | wang mang | courtesy name Jujun, was a Han Dynasty official who seized the throne from the Liu family and founded the Xin Dynasty, ruling 9-23 AD | 53 |
