Dynasties
Known for their hieroglyphics and pyramids
Egypt
Who is your favorite teacher?
Mr. Wilkie
A religion that believes Jesus of Nazareth is the promised messiah and follows the teachings of him and his disciples.
Christianity
A ruler in Ancient Egypt, considered a God as well as a political leader
Pharoah
The ____________ in India is a rigid social hierarchy that fixed one in a specific rank for their lifetime.
Caste System
A period in Chinese history from 475-221 BCE defined by disunity, chaos, and local fighting for power.
Warring States Period
Macedonian conqueror who defeated the Persian Achaemenid Empire and ushered in the Hellenistic Era in Greece, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of South Asia from 323-31 BCE.
Alexander the Great
A Jewish religious and philosophical system that syncretized with Persian monotheism and other theological precedents around the time of their exile from Babylon in the 6th century BCE.
Second Temple Judaism
_______ was offered to peoples conquered by the Roman Empire, providing equal status and protection to all those who would accept it.
Roman Citizenship
People who raise livestock and depend on them for sustenance, often moving with their herds
Pastoralists
A series of societies that flourished due to their utilizing of agriculture in fertile river basins.
River Valley Civilizations
Macedonian conqueror who defeated and united most of the Greek city-states in the 4th-century BCE. You may have heard of his son...
Phillip II
A religious and philosophical system developed by the Persians which emphasized monotheism, free will, good/evil, and a coming messiah.
Zoroastrianism
Ethical and philosophical system focused on good moral character and creating a harmonious society
Confucianism
A period defined by small, nomadic groups of humans utilizing simple tools.
Paleolithic Era
The first imperial dynasty of ancient China.
Qin Dynasty
Founder of the Achaemenid Empire, Persian leader known for his achievements in human rights and politics
Cyrus the Great
A religion that believes one must rid themselves of desire in order to break the reincarnation cycle of suffering.
Buddhism
This was the philosophic system implemented by the Qin Dynasty whose reforms helped them to become the dominant and unifying state of China around 221 BCE.
Legalism
A period defined by the establishing of permanent civilizations and agriculture
Neolithic Revolution
This was the ancient Chinese dynasty that, during the 1st-century BCE, declared Confucianism as the official state philosophy.
Han Dynasty
Founder and first emperor of the world’s first official empire in ancient Mesopotamia from the 24th to 23rd centuries BCE.
Sargon of Akkad
This was the name of the religion brought by Indo-Aryan invaders around 1500 BCE that dominated the Indian subcontinent; its beliefs were codified by the Vedas by 700 BCE.
Hinduism
A governor of a province in the ancient Persian Empire
Satrap
A rectangular-stepped tower, often with a temple at the top, found in Ancient Mesopotamia
Ziggurat