Vocab Chapter 6 Flashcards

An Age of of Empires: Rome and Han China, 753 B.C.E. - 330 C.E.

126474203	Roman Republic	not a democracy in the modern sense	0
126474204	Roman Senate	real center of power	1
126474205	patron/client relationship	complex ties of obligation	2
126474206	Roman Principate	the period following the the Roman Republic	3
126474207	Augustus	one of many horrific titles that Roman Senate gave Octavian	4
126474208	Pax Rommana	Roman Peace	5
126474209	Romanization	spread of the latin langue and Roman way of life	6
126474210	Jesus	a young carpenter from the Galilee region in northern Israel	7
126474211	Paul	a Jew from the Greek city of Tarsus in southeast Anatolia, converted to the new creed	8
126474212	Aqueducts	long elevated or underground conduits	9
126474213	Third century Crisis	period with nomadic problems beset and nearly nearly destroyed the Roman Empire	10
126474214	Constantine	who reunited the entire empire under his sole rule	11
126474215	Qin	one of the warring states	12
126474216	Shi Huangdi	the founder of the Qin Empire	13
126474217	Han	new dynasty in China	14
126474218	Xiongnu	pose a huge military threat to China	15
126474219	Gaozu	throne that came from a modest background	16
126474220	Sima Qian	whom scholars as the first true "historian" in china	17
126474221	Chang'an	modern Xi'an	18
126474222	gentry	scholar officials	19