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| 7963940068 | Achaemenid empire | Mesopotamia, pastoralists (little agriculture), sting military, Cyrus the Achaemenid, Darius, Cambyses | 0 | |
| 7963940069 | Pastorialism | The domestication of animals | 1 | |
| 7963940070 | Cyrus the Achaemenid | the founder and leader of the Achaemenid Empire | 2 | |
| 7963940071 | Achaemenid Empire administration | Placed into 23 satrapies led by Persian leaders called satrap, regulates taxes with silver animals and slaves, issued standardized coins, Persian royal road | 3 | |
| 7963940072 | Persian Royal Road | Turkey to Iran, lodging/ food stations | 4 | |
| 7963940073 | Persian society and culture | Increased slavery, wealth gap grew, caste system like India, patriarchal, flourishing trade | 5 | |
| 7963940074 | Zoroastrianism | system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroastra, holy book = Avesta, main god= Anura Mazda | 6 | |
| 7963940075 | Persian Wars | Two failed attempts by the Persian Empire in the 400s BCE to conquer the Greeks | 7 | |
| 7963940076 | Macedonian Empire | Founded by Phillip II united Greece and conquered Persian Empire, richest empire | 8 | |
| 7963940077 | Alexander the Great | Conquered all of Greece, never lost a battle, watch crash course over him | 9 | |
| 7963940078 | Confusianism | Created by Confucius, focused on political and ethical behaviors, based on behaving appropriately, kindness and the importance of family | 10 | |
| 7963940079 | Doaism | Critic of confusionism, founder- laozi, believed that human striving brings chaos, advanced education, act selfless and live simply | 11 | |
| 7963940080 | Legalism | Developed during 4 BCE by Shang Yang, stressed the importance of agriculture and the military, believed in strict punishments, ended period of warring states | 12 | |
| 7963940081 | Qin Dynasty | With legalism = strongest state, established centralized rule, created a highway system, burning of literature | 13 | |
| 7963940082 | Han Dynasty | After first empires death, Han zhou became first emporer, patriarchal | 14 | |
| 7963940083 | Trade in India | Luxury goods, political and military links brought India into transcontinental trade from China to Mediterranean | 15 | |
| 7963940084 | Magadha kingdom | In India, located on Ganges river, led by Ashoka who conquered kingdoms south, collapsed due to financial problems | 16 | |
| 7963940085 | Gupta Empire | Golden Age of India, decentralized, restored Hinduism, based in Magadha, formed under alliances, discovered 0, collapsed after weakening of money and resources after nomadic invasions from the White Huns | 17 | |
| 7963940086 | Ashoka | Indian, Leader of Magadha, issued imperial decrees, centralized government, spread agriculture and Buddhism | 18 | |
| 7963940087 | India society and caste system | Patriarchal, women had some power in homes, very strict social order | 19 | |
| 7963940088 | India religion | Three major religions: Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism | 20 | |
| 7963940089 | Jainism | Preached non violence, everything has a soul, popular to lower caste members | 21 | |
| 7963940090 | Bactria | Promoted trade, linked India to Central Asia, intense cultural and commercial exchange, conquered by kushans | 22 | |
| 7963940091 | Kushans | Conquered bactrians, allowed trade across empire, spread Buddhism | 23 | |
| 7963940092 | Minonians | First Greeks, on Crete island, largest city was Knossos, developed alphabet, trades across Mediterranean, fell due to natural disasters and invasion | 24 | |
| 7963940093 | Mycenae | After Minoans and developed their alphabet, in Greece, engaged in war with Troy and collapsed | 25 | |
| 7963940094 | Spartans | Militaristic society, fought with Athenians | 26 | |
| 7963940095 | Greek society and culture | Promotes commercial and economic organizations, patriarchal, slavery was common, olympics, cults | 27 | |
| 7963940096 | Etruscans | Credited w the development and expansion of Rome | 28 | |
| 7963940097 | The Roman Empire | Over three etruscans, 2 consuls lead the republic for 6 month terms, the senates advised and elected consuls, created the twelve tables (laws) | 29 | |
| 7963940098 | Roman expansion | Had established control over politics, economics and military; this lead to rivalry | 30 | |
| 7963940099 | Carthage | Greek, originally a phonecian colony | 31 | |
| 7963940100 | Roman classes | Patriticians (elite) and pleabians (less) | 32 | |
| 7963940101 | Pax Romana | Period of peace in Rome, lasted 250 years, roads and bridges built, cities grew, women gained more rights, slavery = 1/3 pop | 33 | |
| 7964037975 | Judiasm | First monotheistic religion, Torah is the holy book, yaweh is the god, not popular because they were surrounded by so many polytheistic religions | 34 | |
| 7964037976 | Christianity | Appealed to lower class because of fair chance At afterlife, in Jerusalem, not pop because it was mono surrounded by poly | 35 | |
| 7964037977 | Buddhism | India, god was Buddha / Gautama, 4 noble truths with 8 fold path, desire = root of all evil | 36 | |
| 7964037978 | Hinduism | Excluded lower caste, polytheistic, originated in India, moral law code: darma, had moshka: balance | 37 |
