classical civilizations Flashcards

32712042	Zhou Dynasty	1029- 258 BCE	0
32712043	Zhou Religion	Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism (500 BCE)	1
32712044	Qin Dynasty	221- 206 BCE	2
32712045	Qin Emperor	Shi Huangdi	3
32712046	Qin Government	Dictatorship, centralized govt, had an army	4
32712047	Qin Accomplishments	Iron weapons crossbows cavarly, thousand miles of road (Silk Road), GREAT WALL	5
32712048	Han Dynasty	206- 220 BCE	6
32712049	Han Emperor	Emperor Wu (104- 87 BCE)	7
32712050	Han Territory	Inner and outer China, SE Asia, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia	8
32712051	Han Accomplishments	Postal Service, taxes, roads, forts, canals linking the yellow and yangtze rivers, longer Silk Road	9
32712052	Han Downfall	Invaders, bandits	10
32712053	Central Asia Definition	Nomadic, herding societies, Cavarly warfare	11
32712054	Central Asia Group	Aryans, Persians, Turks, Scythians, Tartars, seljurs, Ottomans, Huns, Magyars, Mongols	12
32712055	Classical India	Began 1500 BCE, Invaded by Aryans	13
32712056	Classical India Language and religion	Sanskrit; Vedic, Hindu, Buddhism CASTE SYSTEM	14
32712057	Mauryan Empire	324- 232 BCE	15
32712058	Mauryan Accomplishments	Ist to bring India together politically, Postal Service, Army	16
32712059	Mauryan Emperor	Emperor Ashoka- Became Buddhist (peace and tolerance); Grandson- Chandragupta	17
32712060	Gupta Empire	320- 550 CE controlled most of northern and central india	18
32712061	Gupta Emperors	Hindu religion	19
32712062	Fall of Gupta	Northwest	20
32712063	Classical Greece	2000- 1150 BCE	21
32712064	Early Greek Civilians	Aegean Civilizations Minoans (Crete) & Mycenaeans (Mainland Greece) Trading Hellenes; Greek Dark Ages- 1150- 300 BCE	22
32712065	Greek City States	Corinth, Thebes, Sparta, Athens	23
32712066	Sparta	had slaves	24
32712067	Athens	Culture, Politics (DEMOCRACY)	25
32712068	Greek City State Definition	Powerful families ruled, slavery common, woman treated as inferior (DEMOCRACY)	26
32712069	Classical Period	500- 338 BCE	27
32712070	Classical Period wars	2 with Persia (lost): Peloponnesian (civil war- Sparta beat Athens	28
32712071	Alexander the Great	Son of Phillip II, took over Persia to India with 30,000 to 50,000 Troop; Called himself the heir to the Achaeminid Dynasty	29
32712072	Hellenic Culture	600- 300 BCE	30
32712073	Greek Philosophers	Plato, Socrates, Aristotle	31
32712074	Hellenic Accomplishments	Basic laws of Geometry, physics, math, and astronomy, Fear of gods and afterlife	32
32712075	Greek Architecture	Doric, Ionic, Corinthian	33
32712076	Classical Rome	753 BCE- 313 CE	34
32712077	Classical Rome Government (beginning)	Monarchy then Etruscans take over	35
32712078	Roman Republic	509- 31 BCE	36
32712079	Roman Republic Classes	Plebian (lower- tribal assembly) & Patrician (upper- Senate)	37
32712080	Punic War	264- 146 BCE Against Carthage during Roman Republic	38
32712081	Hannibal	General in Punic War	39
32712082	Roman Republic territory	214- 169 BCE- Took Greece, Spartans, Balkans, and Turkey	40
32712083	Fall of Roman Republic	Republican govt failed	41
32712084	Roman Empire	31 BCE- 476 CE	42
32712085	Octavian	Caesar's Grand Nephew; First Emperor of Roman Empire	43
32712086	Fall of Roman Empire	Barbarian Invasian, 410 CE- Gothic Tribe attacks Rome and takes over WEST SIDE!!	44
32712087	Rome Society	Upper/ lower classes, Slavery, patriarchial, Woman given more freedom later	45
32712088	Rome Culture	Hellenic Philosophy, literature and science; Christianity- official faith 313 CE	46
32712089	Rome Accomplishments	Built aquaducts, roads, forts, cities, buildings, laws	47
32712090	Classical Persia Four Dynasties	Achaeminids, Selucids, Parthians, Sasanids	48
32712091	Acheaminid Empire	Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius, Xerses, Alexander the Great	49
32712092	Cyrus	Gained Iran, Lydia, Anatolia, Afghanistan	50
32712093	Cambyses	Cyrus's son; Gained Egypt	51
32712094	Darius	Built canals, royal roads, postal services, organized 70 ethnic group (BIGGEST EMPIRE IN HISTORY)	52
32712095	Xerses	Darius's Son	53
32712096	Byzantium	330s CE- Contantine ruled; 500s CE- Justinian ruled EAST Rome (Christian)	54
32715865	Differences between Classical civilizations and River Civilizations	Classical created larger political structures, capable of controlling more territory	55
48838863	Mauryan and Gupta	only time of independence, Patriarchal dominance	56