213872415 | Achaeminid Dynasty | United Persian city-states together | 0 | |
213872416 | Cyrus | first king of Persia, freed Hebrews in Babylon | 1 | |
213872417 | Cambyses | Cyrus' son, expanded Persian empire outward | 2 | |
213872418 | Darius I | Cambyses' son, started war against Greeks | 3 | |
213872419 | Xerxes | also fought in Persian wars | 4 | |
213872420 | Satrapy | Persian provinces | 5 | |
213872421 | Satrap | governor of satrapies | 6 | |
213872422 | Susa and Persepolis | Persian cities | 7 | |
213872423 | Zoroastrianism | Persian monotheistic religion | 8 | |
213872424 | Zend Avesta | book of how to live life, by Zoroaster | 9 | |
213872425 | Ahuramazda | Zoroastrianism god | 10 | |
213872426 | Archaic Period (Greece) | End of Dark Ages to start of Persian Wars | 11 | |
213872427 | Classic Period (Greece) | End of Persian Wars to Alexander the Great | 12 | |
213872428 | Polis | name for Greek city-states | 13 | |
213872429 | Helots | revolted against Spartans for 30 years | 14 | |
213872430 | Hoplites | individual Spartan soldiers | 15 | |
213872431 | Phalanx | fighting style developed by Spartans, uses spears | 16 | |
213872432 | Athenian lottery | Athenian government administrative postions chosen by lottery once a year | 17 | |
213872433 | Ostracism | being banished form Athens | 18 | |
213872434 | Parthenon | built during classical period | 19 | |
213872435 | Sophists | Greek philosophers: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle | 20 | |
213872436 | Socrates | taught group of followers, was put to death for teaching | 21 | |
213872437 | Plato | Socrate's students wrote The Republic- world's first political science book | 22 | |
213872438 | Aristotle | Socrate's student, wrote Politics | 23 | |
213872439 | Aeschylus | wrote Oresteia trilogy | 24 | |
213872440 | Sophocles | wrote Oedipus The King, & Antigone | 25 | |
213872441 | Euripides | wrote Madea | 26 | |
213872442 | Aristophanes | wrote Lysistrata | 27 | |
213872443 | Marathon | battle in Persian War, 25000 Persians vs. 10000 Greeks, Greeks won by using phalanx | 28 | |
213872444 | Pheidippides | message runner of marathon | 29 | |
213872445 | Thermopylae | battle in Persian Wars, Greeks did not battle, but allows them to win war by weakening Persians | 30 | |
213872446 | Leonidas | along with 300 soldiers held the pass against the Persians for 3 days to get Greeks to Athens | 31 | |
213872447 | Salamis and Plataea | last battles in Persian Wars | 32 | |
213872448 | Peloponnesian War | Sparta forms Peloponnesian League and fights Athens' Delian League, war ends up destroying city-states | 33 | |
213872449 | Delian League | Athens forms alliance with other city-states to help fight against alleged next Persian attack | 34 | |
213872450 | Hellenistic culture | cosmopolitan age of long-distance trade and communication, new kinds of scholarships and science, sophisticated tastes in art and literature | 35 | |
213872451 | Gandharra Buddhas | Buddha states with Hellenistic features | 36 | |
213872452 | Aeneas | Romans believed they had descended from Greek Aeneas, who is believed to have founded Roman colony | 37 | |
213872453 | Romulus and Remus | Rome named for Romulus | 38 | |
213872454 | Patricians | elite class of the Roman population | 39 | |
213872455 | Plebeians | majority of Roman population | 40 | |
213872456 | Pompeii | destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius, remains preserved | 41 | |
213872457 | Mount Vesuvius | volcano erupted destroying city of Pompeii | 42 | |
213872458 | Greco-Roman culture | Roman culture called _________ (made of Roman, Greek, Hellenistic) | 43 | |
213872459 | Gravitas | life philosophy of the Romans: discipline, strength, loyalty | 44 | |
213872460 | Numina | natural spirits that occupied nature | 45 | |
213872461 | Lares | guardian spirits of each family | 46 | |
213872462 | Elysium | afterlife | 47 | |
213872463 | Consul | head of executive branch of Rome, similar duties to US president | 48 | |
213872464 | Praetor | executive branch included ____________ who dealt with civil law | 49 | |
213872465 | Assembly of Centuries | main power was selection of consuls | 50 | |
213872466 | Roman Senate | controlled finances, advisors to consuls | 51 | |
213872467 | AssemBly of Tribes | made laws | 52 | |
213872468 | Punic Wars | war with Rome vs Carthage | 53 | |
213872469 | First Triumvirate | Julius Caesar, Pompey, Crassus | 54 | |
213872470 | Ides of March | day of Julius Caesar's death | 55 | |
213872471 | Marcus Brutus and Gaius Crassus | conspired to kill Julius Caesar | 56 | |
213872472 | Second Triumvirate | Octavian, Marc Antony, Marcus Lepidus | 57 | |
213872473 | Augustus Caesar | formerly Octavian, becomes dictator | 58 | |
213872474 | Pax Romana | ("Roman Peace") the safety and stability garunteed by Roman might | 59 | |
213872475 | Julian Emperors | related to Julius Caesar, Nero and Caligula | 60 | |
213872476 | Masada | fortress where many Jews took their own lives, symbols end of Jewish diaspora | 61 | |
213872477 | Jesus of Nazareth | founder of Christianity | 62 | |
213872478 | Judea | Jesus born in this Roman province in modern-day Israel | 63 | |
213872479 | Crucifixion | dying on the cross | 64 | |
213872480 | Christ | from Greek word meaning christos, meaning anointed one | 65 | |
213872481 | Mithraism | one of the most popular religions in Rome during rise of Christianity, eventually blended with Christianity | 66 | |
213872482 | Constantine | reunited Roman empire, first Roman leader accept Christianity as his own religion | 67 | |
213872483 | Time of the Warring States | fighting amongst Chinese city-states, civil war | 68 | |
213872484 | Shi Huangdi | first emperor of China, formed Qin Dynasty | 69 | |
213872485 | Wudi | expands China to the west | 70 | |
213872486 | Xiongu | invaded China from the north | 71 | |
213872487 | Hegemony | ruling by inclusion and benevolence | 72 | |
213872488 | Chang'an and Luoyang | large capital cities of Han Dynasty | 73 | |
213872489 | Indo-European | Europeans from north of the Black and Caspian Seas came into Harappa | 74 | |
213872490 | Vedic | Late Harappan to Buddhism | 75 | |
213872491 | Brahmins | priests | 76 | |
213872492 | Kshatriyas | military generals, leaders | 77 | |
213872493 | Vaishyas | skilled laborers, soldiers | 78 | |
213872494 | Shudras | unskilled laborers | 79 | |
213872495 | Pariahs | outside of caste system, called untouchables | 80 | |
213872496 | Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva | 3 primary Hindu gods | 81 | |
213872497 | Brahman Nerguna | Universal Spirit | 82 | |
213872498 | Athman | spirit or soul | 83 | |
213872499 | Bhagavad Gita | most important work of Indian sacred literature | 84 | |
213872500 | The Upanishads | collection of over 100 mystical dialogues between teachers and disciples | 85 | |
213872501 | Ramayana and Mahabharata | Indian epics created during Vedic Age | 86 | |
213872502 | Dharma | religious teachings of Hinduism | 87 | |
213872503 | Siddharta Gautama | founder of Buddhism, discovers way to end suffering | 88 | |
213872504 | Great Renunciation | Gautama's 7-year journey to find cure for suffering | 89 | |
213872505 | The Enlightenment | when Gautama discovers cure for suffering | 90 | |
213872506 | Four Noble Truths | meaning to give up desires | 91 | |
213872507 | The EIghtfold Path | steps to end suffering by eliminating desire | 92 | |
213872508 | Nirvana | after reaching Enlightenment and ending suffering | 93 | |
213872509 | Jainism | branch of Buddhism in Northwest India rejecting all desires | 94 | |
213872510 | Mahavira | established Jainism | 95 | |
213872511 | Stupa | Hindu temple with statue of Buddha | 96 | |
213872512 | Chandragupta Maurya | established Mauryan Empire | 97 | |
213872513 | Pataliputra (Patna) | capital of Mauryan Empire | 98 | |
213872514 | Kautilya | court advisor of Chandragupta Maurya, wrote Arthashastra | 99 | |
213872515 | Arthashastra | written by Kautilya | 100 | |
213872516 | Ashoka | grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, considered greatest ruler in Indian history, was violent but become benevolent after conversion to Buddhism | 101 | |
213872517 | Kushan Kingdom | merchant kingdom, link between China and Rome, loose confederation | 102 | |
213872518 | Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana | three Buddhist schools emerged after spread of Buddhism due to Buddhist leaders | 103 | |
213872519 | Samarkand and Bukhara | trade cities developed along Silk Road | 104 | |
213872520 | Parthians | fostered the Silk Road because they shares customs with the nomads of the steppe, helped bridge gap | 105 | |
213872521 | post-Classical Africa | rest of Africa besides the Northeast | 106 | |
213872522 | Sahel | fertile region in Central Africa below Sahara | 107 | |
213872523 | differentiation | similar ideas developed in separate cultures | 108 | |
213872524 | diffusion | ideas that have spread outward to different cultures | 109 | |
213872525 | Bantu migrations | migration of people from Northwest to Southeast Africa | 110 |
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