3074742648 | Confucius | Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. | 0 | |
3074742649 | Taoism | Philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events. | 1 | |
3074742650 | Legalism | Strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit. | 2 | |
3074742651 | Jainism | Religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism | 3 | |
3074742652 | Buddha | Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni, or simply the Buddha, was a sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. | 4 | |
3074742653 | Chavin | An early pre-Incan civilization that flourished in northern and central Peru from about 900 to 200 bc, known for its carved stone sculptures and boldly designed ceramics | 5 | |
3074742654 | Olmecs | cultural tradition that arose at San Lorenzo and La Venta in Mexico circa 1200 B.C.E.; featured irrigated agriculture, urbanism, elaborate religion, beginnings of calendrical and writing systems. | 6 | |
3074742655 | Socrates | Athenian philosopher of late 5th century B.C.E.; condemned to death for "corrupting" minds of Athenian young; usually seen as the father of western philosophy; people should teach by asking questions; did not approve of democracy (Athens was a democracy); took poisoned hemlock as suicide | 7 | |
3074742656 | Plato | Plato was a philosopher and mathematician in Classical Greece, and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. | 8 | |
3074742657 | Aristotle | Greek philosopher; teacher of Alexander; taught that knowledge was based upon observation of phenomena in material world. | 9 | |
3074742658 | Hellenism | Culture derived from the Greek civilization that flourished between 800 and 400 B.C.E. | 10 | |
3074742659 | Alexander the great | (r. 336-323 B.C.E.); son and successor of Philip II; conquered Persian Empire and advanced to borders of India; attempted to combine Greek and Persian culture; taught by Aristotle | 11 | |
3074742660 | Silk Road | A system of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia, along which traders carried silk and other trade goods. | 12 | |
3074742661 | Cosmopolitan | Composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world | 13 | |
3074742662 | Caravan city | a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc. any group traveling in or as if in a caravan and using a specific mode of transportation, as pack animals or motor vehicles: | 14 | |
3074742663 | Periplus | is a manuscript document that lists the ports and coastal landmarks, in order and with approximate intervening distances, that the captain of a vessel could expect to find along a shore. | 15 | |
3074742664 | Mahayana Buddhism | Version of Buddhism popular in China; emphasized Buddha's role as a savior. | 16 | |
3074742665 | Hinanyana Buddhism | 17 | ||
3074742666 | Bodhisattvas | a person who is able to reach nirvana but delays doing so out of compassion in order to save suffering beings. | 18 | |
3074742667 | Dhamma | the principle of cosmic order. | 19 | |
3074742668 | Xiongnu | Nomads who terrorized the border and were defeated by Wudi. Lived in the steppes or grasslands north of China. Were the biggest threat to security. | 20 | |
3074742669 | Pax sinica | (Latin for "Chinese peace") | 21 | |
3074742670 | Emperor wu | 22 | ||
3074742671 | Punic wars | three wars (264-146 B.C.E.) between Rome and the Carthaginians; saw the transformation of Rome from a land to a sea power. | 23 | |
3074742672 | Roman Republic | 24 | ||
3074742673 | Dictator | 25 | ||
3074742674 | Plebeians | An ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman republi | 26 | |
3074742675 | Sassanian empire | 27 | ||
3074742676 | Nestorian Christian | 28 | ||
3074742677 | Sogdians | 29 | ||
3074742678 | Bantu migration | 30 | ||
3074742679 | Teotihuacan | 31 | ||
3074742680 | Mesoamerica | 32 |
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