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7339037786Achaemenid DynastyThe 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 Empire0
7339047187Qin ShihuangdiLiterally the first emperor from the chin he ruled from 221 to 210 BCE forcibly reunited China and established a strong and repressive State through legalism1
7339056211Han DynastyDynasty 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 century2
7339074258Silk road (high point)200 BCE to 200 CE3
7339077772Greek city-statesSmall, competing city states in the Mediterranean region4
7339086357Athenian democracyA radical form of direct democracy in which much of the free male population of Athens had voting rights5
7339091366Pax RomanaThe Roman peace, a term typically used to denote the stability and prosperity of the Roman Empire, especially in the first and second centuries CE6
7339102117Mauryan and Gupta EmpiresThe two major empires of South Asia that encompassed most of India7
7339107293AhsokaThe most famous ruler of the mauryan Empire from 268 to 232 BCE who converted to Buddhism and try to rule and with tolerance8
7339117335Alexander the GreatAlexander 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 BCE9
7339136030Hellenistic eraThe period from 323 to 30 BCE in which Greek culture spread widely in Eurasia in the kingdom is ruled by Alexander's political successors10
7339153804LegalismA Chinese philosophy distinguished by an adherence to clear laws with vigorous punishments11
7339158133ConfucianismThe Chinese philosophy advocating the moral example of superiors as the key element of social order12
7339179286DaoismA Chinese philosophy / popular religion that Advocates Simplicity and understanding of the world of a nature, founded by the legendary figure Laozi13
7339188077VedasThe 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 BCE14
7339206337Bhagavad GitaA great Hindu epic text, part of the much larger Mahabharata, which affirms the performance of case duties as a path to religious liberation15
7339210219JudaismThe monotheistic religion developed by the Hebrews, and emphasizing a Sole personal God Yahweh with concerns for social justice16
7339220406Greek rationalismA 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, Aristotle17
7339233517Jesus of NazarethThe Prophet / God of Christianity (Circa 4 BCE Circa 30 c e)18
7339329150Roman EmpireBeginning as a republic, then later ruled by an emperor, Rome dominated the Mediterranean Basin through military conquest19
7431498268Buddhism20

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