AP World History Strayer Chapter 3 Flashcards

10512436903	Alexander the Great	Alexander III of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire and part of northwestern India.	0
10512436904	Ashoka	The most famous ruler of the Mauryan empire; he converted to Buddhism and tried to rule peacefully and with tolerance.	1
10512436905	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
10512436906	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
10512436907	Greco Persian War	Two major Persian invasions of Greece, in which the Persians were defeated on both land and sea each time.	4
10512436908	Han Dynasty	Dynasty that ruled China, creating a durable state based on Shihuangdi's state-building acheivement.	5
10512436909	Hellenistic Era	The period in which Greek culture spread widely into Eurasia in the kingdoms ruled by Alexander's political successors.	6
10512436910	Mauryan Empire	A major empire founded by Chandragupta that encompassed most of India and unified the Indian subcontinent.	7
10512436911	Pax romana	The "Roman Peace," a term typically used to denote the stability and prosperity of the early Roman Empire.	8
10512436912	Persian Empire	A major empire that expanded from the Iranian plateau to incorporate the Middle East from Egypt to India.	9
10512436913	Qin Shihuangdi	First emperor from the Qin that forcibly reunited China and established a strong and repressive state.	10
10512436914	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
10512436915	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
10512436916	Empire	States, political systems that exercise coercive power; often multi-national, aggressive, and often conquer, rule and extract resources from other states.	13
10512436917	Imperial State	A state that imposes its will on other states politically, economically and socially.	14