5250025747 | Alexander the Great | Conquer from Macedon; conquered the Persian empire and part of northwest India. | 0 | |
5250025748 | Persian Empire | A major empire that expanded from the Iranian plateau to incorporate the Middle East from Egypt to India; florist from around 550 to 330 B.C.E. | 1 | |
5250027109 | Athenian Democracy | A radical form of direct democracy in which much of the free male population of Athens had the franchise and officeholders chosen by lot. | 2 | |
5250027110 | Hellenistic Era | The period from 323 to 30 BC in which Greek culture spread widely in Eurasia and North Africa in the kingdoms ruled by Alexander's political successors. | 3 | |
5250029462 | Greco Persian Wars | Two major Persian invasion of Greece, In 490 B.C.E. and 480 B.C.E., in which the Persians were defeated on both land and sea. | 4 | |
5250029463 | Caesar Augustus | The great nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar who emerged as a sole ruler of the Roman state at the end of an extended period of Civil War. | 5 | |
5250031429 | Pax Romana | The "Roman peace", a term typically used to denote the stability and prosperity of the early Roman Empire, especially in the first and second centuries. | 6 | |
5250031430 | Qin Shihuangdi | Literally "first emperor from the Qin"; forcibly reunited China and established a strong and repressive state. | 7 | |
5250031431 | Trung Trac | A Vietnamese woman from an aristocratic military family who led an ultimately unsuccessful revolt against China following the execution of her husband. | 8 | |
5250033895 | Han Dynasty | Dynasty that ruled China from 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E., creating a durable state based on Shihuangdi's state-building achievement. | 9 | |
5250033896 | Mauryan Empire | A major empire that encompassed most of India (332-185 B.C.E.). | 10 | |
5250033897 | Ashoka | The most famous ruler of the Mauryan Empire (268-232 B.C.E.), who converted to Buddhism and tried to rule peacefully and with tolerance. | 11 |
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