A.P. World History-Classical Era Flashcards
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| 470521031 | mandarin | d. the standard Chinese language s. first language throughout the country | |
| 470521032 | legalism | d. an absolute monarchy with rewards and punishments for all classes-very practical s. very scholarly way of government | |
| 470521033 | patriarchalism | d. a philosophy, form, or system of patriarchal government s. new government style | |
| 470521034 | Daoism | d. a distinctive science, artistry, and rituals s. other belief system besides Confucianism | |
| 470521035 | silk road | d. large trade route founded during Han dynasty s. first trading between china and other countries | |
| 470521036 | Zhou Dynasty | d. first dynasty with decentralized government s. used local rulers to govern | |
| 470521037 | Qin Dynasty | d. dynasty ruled by Shi Huangdi-central government s. first dynasty to have a single ruler with other officials | |
| 470521038 | Qin Shi Huangdi | d. brutal ruler of the Qin dynasty-built great wall s. first Qin emperor | |
| 470521039 | Han Dynasty | d. continued central government- less brutal than Qin and used trade s. basis of modern government, started trading | |
| 470521040 | Wu Ti | d. famous Han ruler s. enforced peace in China and surrounding areas | |
| 470521041 | caste system | d. different levels of social classes s. showed social classes | |
| 470521042 | Sanskrit | d. language of India s. first written language in India | |
| 470521043 | dharma | d. conformity to religious law, custom, duty, or character s. gave government better morals | |
| 470521044 | Upanishads | d. written treaties | |
| 470521045 | Vedas | d. Hindu sacred writings s. explained different aspects of life and the gods | |
| 470521046 | Mahabharata and Ramayana | d. two great Indian epics s. great intellectual achievements | |
| 470521047 | Bhagavad and Gita | d. part if the Mahabharata about Arjuna and Krishna s. great writings | |
| 470521048 | reincarnation | d. to come back to earth in a new body after death s. shows Indian's interest in the afterlife | |
| 470521049 | Alexander the Great | d. invaded part of India for Macedonia s. brought in new cultures | |
| 470521050 | Aryans | d. herding nomads who eventually settled in India s. greatly influenced religion | |
| 470521051 | Mauryan Dynasty | d. religions. dynasty started by Changdragupta s. first real central government in India | |
| 470521052 | Ashoka | d. Changdraguptas son s.ast Mauryan emperor | |
| 470521053 | Gupta Empire | d. united much of northern India | |
| 470521054 | Kautilya | d. generals who wrote a set of laws s. first laws-eye for an eye | |
| 470521055 | polis | d. Greek word for city-state (politics) s. suggests intense political interests in cities | |
| 470521056 | tyranny | d. a strong government | |
| 470521057 | Hellenistic Period | d. period of the Greeks or Hellenes s. established trade and promoted education | |
| 470521058 | senate | d. aristocrats who held high power in Rome | |
| 470521059 | Pericles | d. aristocratic political figure s. promoted whose influence and negotiation | |
| 470521060 | Peloponnesian Wars | d. was between Athens and Sparta for power | |
| 470521061 | Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle | d. influential philosophers | |
| 470521062 | Phillip II of Macedonia | d. conquered Athens and Sparta as part of Macedonia | |
| 470521063 | Punic Wars | d. three wars against Carthage s. end of classical Mediterranean age- seized entire western Mediterranean | |
| 470521064 | Julius Caesar | d. very powerful ruler of Rome s. ended my traditional institutions | |
| 470521065 | Augusus Caesar | d. established basic structures-Julius' nephew | |
| 470521066 | Cicero | d. wrote political writings-like Confucianism s. focused more in service than government | |
| 470521067 | Diocletian and Constantine | d. later, powerful empowers s. tried to reverse downfall of Rome and introduce Christianity |