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| 5976646675 | Characteristics of Maurya empire | unified Aryan kingdoms into one civilization, traded silk, cotton, elephants, powerful military, centralized government, Buddhism | 0 | |
| 5976646676 | Chandragupta Maurya | Founded Maurya empire | 1 | |
| 5976646677 | Ashoka | Mauryan emperor who violently conquered many people, was distressed by the violence he caused, and converted to Buddhism, spread Buddhism with Rock and Pillar Edicts | 2 | |
| 5976646678 | Rock and Pillar Edicts | Columns all around Maurya empire with proverbs and Buddhist sayings, helped spread Buddhism | 3 | |
| 5976646679 | Characteristics of Gupta Empire | decentralized and smaller, golden age, Hinduism, many achivements in math and science, caste system, tributary states, loss of women's rights | 4 | |
| 5976646680 | Chandra Gupta | founded Gupta empire | 5 | |
| 5976646681 | Hinduism | religion that Aryans diffused into India empires, basis of caste system in India | 6 | |
| 5976646682 | Characteristics of Qin Dynasty | short, powerful army, patriarchal, legalism, harsh emperor, centralized government, well organized | 7 | |
| 5976646683 | Qin Shi Huangdi | created Qin Dynasty after period of warring states, supported legalism, harsh rules | 8 | |
| 5976646684 | Legalism | maintained that peace and order were achievable only through a centralized, harsh governed state. believed people were evil, and would be made to obey through harsh punishment, strong central government, and unquestioned authority | 9 | |
| 5976646685 | Confucianism | organizes society through focusing on five fundamental relationships: ruler and subject, parent and child, husband and wife, older and younger brother, and friend to friend. Believed that when each person does their obligations within the relationships, society is orderly | 10 | |
| 5976646686 | Daoism | belief that ambition and activism only bring strife to the world, and that disengagement of worldly affairs and a simple life of harmony with nature is best for an orderly society. Zen | 11 | |
| 5976646687 | Characteristics of Han Dynasty | Golden Age, highly educated and excellent communicators in government, Confucianism, civil service exam based on Confucianism, Buddhism also influential | 12 | |
| 5976646688 | Wu Ti (aka: Han Wudi) | Emperor who Kept Han dynasty from nomadic Xiongnu invasions, expansionistic leader | 13 | |
| 5976646689 | achievements of Gupta | advances in arts and sciences, developed pi and concept of zero, decimal system |  | 14 |
| 5976646690 | Achievements of Qin | Start of the Great Wall of China, unified all regions of China after the Period of Warring States | 15 | |
| 5976646691 | Achievements of Han | civil service exam, rudder, compass, paper, sundials, calendars | 16 | |
| 5976646692 | Persian Empire | large empire, satrapies, conquered others, but let them keep their identities, long roads, ie: Great Royal Road | 17 | |
| 5976646693 | Lydians | made coined money and monetary system, conquered by Persians | 18 | |
| 5976646694 | Phoenicians | simple 22 letter alphabet, advanced ship tech, conquered by Persians | 19 | |
| 5976646695 | Hebrews | First Monotheistic religion: Judaism, Toran, maintained identity, conquered by Persians | 20 | |
| 5976646696 | Athens | Greek polis, political, commercial, cultural center of Greek civilization, strong navy, FIRST DEMOCRACY | 21 | |
| 5976646697 | Cleisthenes | first to create idea of democracy: all Greek men vote on laws | 22 | |
| 5976646698 | Pericles | established democracy, rebuilt Athens after Persian War, established Delian League | 23 | |
| 5976646699 | Socrates | one of first greek philosophers, established philosophy progress | 24 | |
| 5976646700 | Sparta | wealthy city state, agricultural and military region, higher women's status, focus on military, all boys and some girls receive military training | 25 | |
| 5976646701 | Carthage | North Africa City State, enemy of Rome, Phonecians, Hannibal, wars with Rome | 26 | |
| 5976646702 | Roman Republic | civilization that rose to power after Greece: senate and assembly power, 12 tables of Rome, stable political structure, lots of war and conquering | 27 | |
| 5976646703 | Roman Empire | weakened senate, triumvirate, laws of Octavian (Augustus Caesar), Christianity, Pax Romana | 28 | |
| 5976646704 | Persian War | war between Persia and Greece, united Greeks against Persia, Athens destroyed, Greece takes over Aegean Sea | 29 | |
| 5976646705 | Peloponnesian War | war between Athens (Delian League) and Sparta (Peloponnesian League), Athens fell to Sparta, Sparta weakened, Macedonians took over | 30 | |
| 5976646706 | Punic Wars | War between Rome and Carthage, Carthage burned to ground, Rome gains access to Mediterranean Sea | 31 | |
| 5976646707 | Phillip II | King of Macedonians, took over Greece after Peloponnesian Wars, died | 32 | |
| 5976646708 | Alexander the Great | Expanded Macedonia/Greece empire and influence, conquered Persians, conquered all the way to Indus valley, spread Greek culture to all over, Hellenism | 33 | |
| 5976646709 | Hellenistic Age | influence of Greek culture on other cultures that Alexander the Great conquered, for example Egypt and the Indus valley | 34 | |
| 5976646710 | Julius Caesar | declared himself emperor for life, first triumvirate, created jobs for poor, assassinated. turned Rome into an empire, not a republic | 35 | |
| 5976646711 | Octavius (Augustus Caesar) | first real Roman emperor, second triumvirate, Pax Romana under his reign | 36 | |
| 5976646712 | Diocletian | divided Roman Empire into two empires, stopped inflation, co-emperors, brought armies back | 37 | |
| 5976646713 | Constantine | ended persecution of Christians with Edict of Milan, converted to Christianity | 38 | |
| 5976646714 | the Huns | pushed German visigoths who pushed Romans, caused fall of Western Roman Empire | 39 | |
| 5976646715 | Characteristics of Maya | decentralized city states, warefare involved with sacrifice, went to war for slaves, agricultural economy, maize, blood-letting, made human sacrifices, social classes, isolated from rest of world | 40 | |
| 5976646716 | Achievements of Maya | complex and accurate calendar system, architecture, city planning, big cities, concept of zero, field systems, writing system | 41 |
