AP World History Strayer Chapter 3 Flashcards

7485740694	Alexander the Great	Alexander III of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire and part of northwestern India.	0
7485740695	Ashoka	The most famous ruler of the Mauryan empire; he converted to Buddhism and tried to rule peacefully and with tolerance.	1
7485740696	Athenian Democracy	A radical form of direct democracy in which much of the free male population of Athens had the franchise and officeholders were chosen by lot.	2
7485740697	Caesar Augustus	The great-nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar who emerged as sole ruler of the Roman state at the end of an extended period of civil war.	3
7485740698	Greco Persian War	Two major Persian invasions of Greece, in which the Persians were defeated on both land and sea each time.	4
7485740699	Han Dynasty	Dynasty that ruled China, creating a durable state based on Shihuangdi's state-building acheivement.	5
7485740700	Hellenistic Era	The period in which Greek culture spread widely into Eurasia in the kingdoms ruled by Alexander's political successors.	6
7485740701	Mauryan Empire	A major empire founded by Chandragupta that encompassed most of India and unified the Indian subcontinent.	7
7485740702	Pax romana	The "Roman Peace," a term typically used to denote the stability and prosperity of the early Roman Empire.	8
7485740703	Persian Empire	A major empire that expanded from the Iranian plateau to incorporate the Middle East from Egypt to India.	9
7485740704	Qin Shihuangdi	First emperor from the Qin that forcibly reunited China and established a strong and repressive state.	10
7485740705	Trung Trac	The older of two sisters that lead the Vietnamese Revolution. She lived from 12 - 43 C.E and rather than being captured in war after her troops were badly defeated, legend says she committed suicide in honor of her family.	11
7485740706	Kushan Empire	An empire located in Northern India and Central Asia. They maintained the Silk Road and they were one of the first emerging territories from Bactria.	12
7485740707	Empire	States, political systems that exercise coercive power; often multi-national, aggressive, and often conquer, rule and extract resources from other states.	13
7485740708	Imperial State	A state that imposes its will on other states politically, economically and socially.	14