9784641245 | Period 2 | ( 600 BCE-600 CE) Organization and Reorganization of Societies | 0 | |
9784653667 | Qin & Han Dynasty (China) | Imposed political unity on competing states. Captiol of Chang'an | 1 | |
9784666490 | Merit-Based Bureaucracy (Examination System) | How officials were selected. | 2 | |
9784679873 | Projection of Power | Done with defensive walls (Great Wall). | 3 | |
9784687497 | Confucianism | Beliefs based on Confucius, proper rituals, proper behavior, filial piety, supported by Han Wudi. | 4 | |
9784715578 | Filial Piety | Emphasis that son is obedient to his father. | 5 | |
9784726047 | Han Wudi | Large supporter of Confucianism | 6 | |
9784728581 | Daoism | Balance of humans and nature, influenced Chinese culture (medicine, poetry, architecture, metallurgy) | 7 | |
9784742706 | Ancestor Veneration | Old tradition that continued | 8 | |
9784754807 | Social Tension | Class distinctions of scholar gentry, peasants / corvee labor, merchants seen as negative, and patriarchy. | 9 | |
9784768213 | Corvee Labor | Not exactly slaves, but still controlled by government. | 10 | |
9784778799 | Silk Roads | Transregional trade that was aided by empires and new technologies and exchanged of technology (paper), religion (Buddhism), and disease. | 11 | |
9784791486 | Pack Animal Technology | Aided the silk roads (Saddle and Stirrups) | 12 | |
9784797817 | Caste System | A social structure enforced by Hinduism. | 13 | |
9784809897 | Mauryan and Gupta Empires | Imposed political unity on competing states through centralized government and legal systems/ bureaucracy. | 14 | |
9784819172 | Pataliputra | Imperial capitol of Mauryan and Gupta Empires. | 15 | |
9784827087 | Vedic Religions | Developed with sanscript scriptures: multiple manifestations of Brahman, ethical code, and reflected in art and architecture. | 16 | |
9784846131 | Reincarnation | Ethical code that believes when you die you are reborn. | 17 | |
9784855781 | Buddhism | Core beliefs from Buddha and Sutras, reaction to Vedic Religion, told universal truths, spread throughout Asia through merchants and missionaries, reflected through art and architecture, and transformed due to syncretism. | 18 | |
9784870513 | Syncretism | Combining ideas from the new land with what we already believe. | 19 | |
9784885341 | Ashoka | Leader in South Asia who promoted Buddhism | 20 | |
9784895025 | Indian Ocean Sea Lanes | Transregional trade of cotton textiles was promoted here and on the silk roads. | 21 | |
9784914845 | Monsoon Winds | Knowledge of this promoted the Indian ocean sea lanes | 22 | |
9784918816 | Mediterranean | Composed of empires that imposed political unity with centralized rule from imperial cities; Phoenicia (Carthage), Greek City-States (Athens), Hellenistic Empire (Alexandria), and Roman Empire (Rome) | 23 | |
9784972310 | Greece | Had city-states and colonies with the imperial city of Athens. | 24 | |
9784980245 | Diasporic Communities | Communities where the minority is dispersed throughout (Judaism). Conquest by Assyrians, Babylonians, and Romans caused this. | 25 | |
9785012842 | Roman Empire | Incorporated conquered populations in military, projected power with roads and walls, and had bureaucracy and legal system of 12 tables. | 26 | |
9785026616 | Conquered Military | In Rome, when a population was overtaken, those who were conquered were recruited into the military. | 27 | |
9785036597 | Disease Pathogens | Trade of goods along Silk Roads spread these and causes fall of Roman Empire | 28 | |
9785077449 | German Invasion | Contributes to the fall of the Roman Empire. | 29 | |
9785097362 | Judaism | Developed through Hebrew Scriptures, ethical code of 10 commandments, influenced Mesopotamian culture, and had diasporic communities. | 30 | |
9785120623 | Christianity | Beliefs based on Judaism and Jesus's teachings, spread by merchants and missionaries, transformed due to syncretism, and had support from Emperor Constantine. | 31 | |
9785134119 | Monastic Life | Buddhism and Christianity offered both men and women new roles with this. | 32 | |
9785186991 | Ethical Code | Laws of ethics people of a specific religion follow. (12 commandments in Judaism) | 33 | |
9785201363 | Emperor Constantine | Leader of Rome who gave large support to Christianity. | 34 | |
9785208289 | South West Asia | Persian Empires imposed political unity and Spread of rice and cotton changed agriculture with irrigation and water wheels (noria). | 35 | |
9785231360 | Persian Empire | Imposed political unity in Achaemenid Empire (City of Persopolis) and Parthian Empire. | 36 | |
9785243531 | Quanat System | System of irrigation that spread rice & cotton leading to a change in agriculture. | 37 | |
9785277718 | Africa (not by Toto) | Transregional trade on Trans-Saharan Caravan Routes and belief systems of Animism and Shamanism. | 38 | |
9785303105 | American Growing States | Mesoamerica: Teotihuacan and Mayan City-States. Andean South America: Moche. North America: Chaco and Cahokia. | 39 | |
9785324630 | Mayan | City-states that became important in Mesoamerica. Not Empires. | 40 | |
9785333108 | Olmecs | Drew their knowledge from the Mayans. | 41 | |
9785344144 | Fall of Empires | Due to invasions (Huns), Disease pathogens, and social tensions. | 42 | |
9789211594 | Transregional Trade in Mediterranean | Trade of olive oil along silk roads and Mediterranean Sea Lanes was supported by empires and resulted in cultural exchange of the Phoenician and Latin alphabets. | 43 | |
9789236008 | Greco-Roman Beliefs | This religion was reflected in art & architecture as well as philosophy emphasized logic and imperial observation. | 44 | |
9789256591 | Society in Mediterranean | Distinctions of social class into patricians, plebeians, and slaves. Some patriarchy but not as extreme as other places. | 45 |
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