7339037786 | Achaemenid Dynasty | The first Persian Empire it flourished from around 500 to 330 BCE ruled by famous monarchs Cyrus and Darius focused on the cult of kingship defeated by Alexander the Great persepolis was the capital and the greatest Palace city of the Persian Empire | 0 | |
7339047187 | Qin Shihuangdi | Literally the first emperor from the chin he ruled from 221 to 210 BCE forcibly reunited China and established a strong and repressive State through legalism | 1 | |
7339056211 | Han Dynasty | Dynasty that ruled China from 206 BCE to 220 CE, creating a durable State based on Confucianism. The Han Consolidated imperialism the lasted in China until the 20th century | 2 | |
7339074258 | Silk road (high point) | 200 BCE to 200 CE | 3 | |
7339077772 | Greek city-states | Small, competing city states in the Mediterranean region | 4 | |
7339086357 | Athenian democracy | A radical form of direct democracy in which much of the free male population of Athens had voting rights | 5 | |
7339091366 | Pax Romana | The Roman peace, a term typically used to denote the stability and prosperity of the Roman Empire, especially in the first and second centuries CE | 6 | |
7339102117 | Mauryan and Gupta Empires | The two major empires of South Asia that encompassed most of India | 7 | |
7339107293 | Ahsoka | The most famous ruler of the mauryan Empire from 268 to 232 BCE who converted to Buddhism and try to rule and with tolerance | 8 | |
7339117335 | Alexander the Great | Alexander the third of Macedon, creator of one of the largest empires of the ancient world. Conquered territories from Greece to Egypt to Pakistan during 336 BCE to 323 BCE | 9 | |
7339136030 | Hellenistic era | The period from 323 to 30 BCE in which Greek culture spread widely in Eurasia in the kingdom is ruled by Alexander's political successors | 10 | |
7339153804 | Legalism | A Chinese philosophy distinguished by an adherence to clear laws with vigorous punishments | 11 | |
7339158133 | Confucianism | The Chinese philosophy advocating the moral example of superiors as the key element of social order | 12 | |
7339179286 | Daoism | A Chinese philosophy / popular religion that Advocates Simplicity and understanding of the world of a nature, founded by the legendary figure Laozi | 13 | |
7339188077 | Vedas | The earliest religious texts of India, a collection of ancient poems, hymns, and rituals that were transmitted orally before being written down in Sanskrit Circa 600 BCE | 14 | |
7339206337 | Bhagavad Gita | A great Hindu epic text, part of the much larger Mahabharata, which affirms the performance of case duties as a path to religious liberation | 15 | |
7339210219 | Judaism | The monotheistic religion developed by the Hebrews, and emphasizing a Sole personal God Yahweh with concerns for social justice | 16 | |
7339220406 | Greek rationalism | A circular system of scientific and philosophical thought that developed in Classical Greece in the period 600 to 300 BCE ; it emphasized the power of education and the human reason to understand the world and non-religious terms. And figures: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle | 17 | |
7339233517 | Jesus of Nazareth | The Prophet / God of Christianity (Circa 4 BCE Circa 30 c e) | 18 | |
7339329150 | Roman Empire | Beginning as a republic, then later ruled by an emperor, Rome dominated the Mediterranean Basin through military conquest | 19 | |
7431498268 | Buddhism | 20 |
AP World History Unit 2 vocab Flashcards
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