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9784641245Period 2( 600 BCE-600 CE) Organization and Reorganization of Societies0
9784653667Qin & Han Dynasty (China)Imposed political unity on competing states. Captiol of Chang'an1
9784666490Merit-Based Bureaucracy (Examination System)How officials were selected.2
9784679873Projection of PowerDone with defensive walls (Great Wall).3
9784687497ConfucianismBeliefs based on Confucius, proper rituals, proper behavior, filial piety, supported by Han Wudi.4
9784715578Filial PietyEmphasis that son is obedient to his father.5
9784726047Han WudiLarge supporter of Confucianism6
9784728581DaoismBalance of humans and nature, influenced Chinese culture (medicine, poetry, architecture, metallurgy)7
9784742706Ancestor VenerationOld tradition that continued8
9784754807Social TensionClass distinctions of scholar gentry, peasants / corvee labor, merchants seen as negative, and patriarchy.9
9784768213Corvee LaborNot exactly slaves, but still controlled by government.10
9784778799Silk RoadsTransregional trade that was aided by empires and new technologies and exchanged of technology (paper), religion (Buddhism), and disease.11
9784791486Pack Animal TechnologyAided the silk roads (Saddle and Stirrups)12
9784797817Caste SystemA social structure enforced by Hinduism.13
9784809897Mauryan and Gupta EmpiresImposed political unity on competing states through centralized government and legal systems/ bureaucracy.14
9784819172PataliputraImperial capitol of Mauryan and Gupta Empires.15
9784827087Vedic ReligionsDeveloped with sanscript scriptures: multiple manifestations of Brahman, ethical code, and reflected in art and architecture.16
9784846131ReincarnationEthical code that believes when you die you are reborn.17
9784855781BuddhismCore 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
9784870513SyncretismCombining ideas from the new land with what we already believe.19
9784885341AshokaLeader in South Asia who promoted Buddhism20
9784895025Indian Ocean Sea LanesTransregional trade of cotton textiles was promoted here and on the silk roads.21
9784914845Monsoon WindsKnowledge of this promoted the Indian ocean sea lanes22
9784918816MediterraneanComposed 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
9784972310GreeceHad city-states and colonies with the imperial city of Athens.24
9784980245Diasporic CommunitiesCommunities where the minority is dispersed throughout (Judaism). Conquest by Assyrians, Babylonians, and Romans caused this.25
9785012842Roman EmpireIncorporated conquered populations in military, projected power with roads and walls, and had bureaucracy and legal system of 12 tables.26
9785026616Conquered MilitaryIn Rome, when a population was overtaken, those who were conquered were recruited into the military.27
9785036597Disease PathogensTrade of goods along Silk Roads spread these and causes fall of Roman Empire28
9785077449German InvasionContributes to the fall of the Roman Empire.29
9785097362JudaismDeveloped through Hebrew Scriptures, ethical code of 10 commandments, influenced Mesopotamian culture, and had diasporic communities.30
9785120623ChristianityBeliefs based on Judaism and Jesus's teachings, spread by merchants and missionaries, transformed due to syncretism, and had support from Emperor Constantine.31
9785134119Monastic LifeBuddhism and Christianity offered both men and women new roles with this.32
9785186991Ethical CodeLaws of ethics people of a specific religion follow. (12 commandments in Judaism)33
9785201363Emperor ConstantineLeader of Rome who gave large support to Christianity.34
9785208289South West AsiaPersian Empires imposed political unity and Spread of rice and cotton changed agriculture with irrigation and water wheels (noria).35
9785231360Persian EmpireImposed political unity in Achaemenid Empire (City of Persopolis) and Parthian Empire.36
9785243531Quanat SystemSystem of irrigation that spread rice & cotton leading to a change in agriculture.37
9785277718Africa (not by Toto)Transregional trade on Trans-Saharan Caravan Routes and belief systems of Animism and Shamanism.38
9785303105American Growing StatesMesoamerica: Teotihuacan and Mayan City-States. Andean South America: Moche. North America: Chaco and Cahokia.39
9785324630MayanCity-states that became important in Mesoamerica. Not Empires.40
9785333108OlmecsDrew their knowledge from the Mayans.41
9785344144Fall of EmpiresDue to invasions (Huns), Disease pathogens, and social tensions.42
9789211594Transregional Trade in MediterraneanTrade 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
9789236008Greco-Roman BeliefsThis religion was reflected in art & architecture as well as philosophy emphasized logic and imperial observation.44
9789256591Society in MediterraneanDistinctions of social class into patricians, plebeians, and slaves. Some patriarchy but not as extreme as other places.45

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