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| 7388962718 | Darius | A famous monarch who reigned from 522 BCE-486 BCE | 0 | |
| 7388962719 | Ahura Mazda | The Monarchs ruled by the will of this Persian God | 1 | |
| 7388962720 | Herodotus | He was a Greek historian. Talks about Persia saying "there is no nation which so readily adopts foreign customs. They have taken the dress of the Medes and in war they wear the Egyptian breastplate" | 2 | |
| 7388962721 | Persepolis Palace | Was one of the elaborate imperial centers that showed the wealth and power the Persian Empire had | 3 | |
| 7388962722 | Indo-European | Any area of land from India to Europe. Greeks and Persians were examples of this; Persians' homeland lay on Iranian plateau, Greeks history drew on legacy of first civilizations | 4 | |
| 7388962723 | Aristotle | A Greek philosopher. He taught a teenage Alexander for five years | 5 | |
| 7388962724 | Zeus | A Greek God of the sky, the God of gods. Identified by Romans with Jupiter | 6 | |
| 7388962725 | Olympic Games | Beginning in 776 BCE, these were held every four years in Greece. The city-states would temporarily ignore their conflicts to participate in these events together. | 7 | |
| 7388962726 | City-states | Hundreds of small settlements which emerged in Greece; contained between 500 and 5,000 male citizens | 8 | |
| 7388962727 | Hoplites | Greek infantry. Soldiers with spears and shields | 9 | |
| 7388962728 | Helots | People who Sparta conquered who lived in slave-like conditions | 10 | |
| 7388962729 | Pericles | A reformer who helped increase the rights of citizens of Athens | 11 | |
| 7388962730 | Ionia | The Greek name for settlements which were located on the Anatolian sea coast. Some of these settlements revolted against Persia with support from Athens in 499 BCE on the Greek mainland | 12 | |
| 7388962731 | Parthenon | During the fifty years after the Greco-Persian wars, this temple which honored the goddess Athena was built. | 13 | |
| 7388962732 | Peloponnesian War | (431-404 BCE) A Greek civil war; Athens against Sparta--Athens was defeated and the distrust the Greeks felt towards each other increase. | 14 | |
| 7388962733 | Hellenic Period | It was the spread of Greek culture | 15 | |
| 7388962734 | Hellenistic Period | The spread of Greek culture under Alexander | 16 | |
| 7388962735 | Alexandria, Egypt | The largest of the culturally diverse cities which Alexander established. This city consisted of Egyptians, Greeks, Jews, Babylonians, Syrians, and Persians. | 17 | |
| 7388962736 | Patricians | Men of the wealthy class; these people dominate the republic which was established by Roman aristocrats | 18 | |
| 7388962737 | Plebeians | Poorer classes in Rome; experienced conflict with Patricians | 19 | |
| 7388962738 | Punic Wars | A war between Greece and Carthage | 20 | |
| 7388962739 | Slavery | Roman conquests brought thousands of people into their empire as slaves. Slaves were frequently treated poorly. | 21 | |
| 7388962740 | Julius Caesar | Recruited troops from ranks of poor, his own rivalries brought Rome to a civil war | 22 | |
| 7388962741 | Octavian Augustus | He was the first emperor of Rome, maintained forms of the republic, did not refer to himself as "King", "emperor", instead called himself "first man" | 23 | |
| 7388962742 | Pax Romana | The "Roman Peace", when Roman Empire provided security, Rome's greatest extent and power | 24 | |
| 7388962743 | Zhou Dynasty | a line of rulers in China, from about 1045 to 256 B.C.E. The longest lasting Chinese dynasty, during which the use of iron was introduced. 2nd dynasty. Lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese History. | 25 | |
| 7388962744 | Mandate of Heaven and son of heaven | Emperors were said to govern by this as long as they ruled with morals | 26 | |
| 7388962745 | Legalism | A political philosophy adopted by state of Qin--expressed clear rules and extreme punishments to enforce the state's authority | 27 | |
| 7388962746 | Shihuangdi | "First emperor" (221-210 BCE) launched campaign to unify China, laid foundations for unified Chinese state, imposed uniform system with weights, measures, and currency | 28 | |
| 7388962747 | Confucius | The Han Dynasty adopted this; more moral and mild than legalism | 29 | |
| 7388962748 | Eunuchs | Court officials in China who experienced tension with Confucian bureaucrats | 30 | |
| 7388962749 | Yellow Turban Rebellion | (184 CE) Major peasant revolt in China | 31 | |
| 7388962750 | Civil Service | service as a government official | 32 | |
| 7388962751 | Latin | The language in Ancient Rome | 33 | |
| 7388962752 | 476 CE | The final disintegration of the Roman Empire | 34 | |
| 7388962753 | Aryans | Indo-European people, thought to have invaded Indus Valley civilization and then establish a new one along the Ganges River on India's northern plain | 35 | |
| 7388962754 | Arthashastra | (The Science of Worldly Wealth) a treatise that expressed a practical and unethical political philosophy for Mauryan rulers | 36 | |
| 7388962755 | Ashoka | One of Mauryan India's emperors (268-232 BCE) | 37 | |
| 7388962756 | Cyrus | He was a Persian emperor | 38 |
