Persia and the Achaemenids
Qanats
What philosophy did the Han use after the fall of the Qin?
Confucianism
What was the most common religion among Persian peasants?
Zoroastrianism
Which mountain range is located NORTH of India and is most famous for Mount Everest?
Herodotus called Egypt "The Gift of the Nile." What river would he have used for Harappa?
Indus River
Which persian leader conquered Babylon and ruled from Pasargadae?
Cyrus
Which nomadic steppe group most heavily influenced Han political and military affairs?
the Xiongnu
What text contains the sayings and teachings of Confucius as collected by his disciples?
The Analects
Persia
What was the Mayan creation myth called?
Popol Vuh
The Persian bureaucratic system relied on what for records from the satrapies?
The "eyes and ears of the king"
Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi standardized scripts, burned books, and executed scholars. What ruling philosophy would encourage this?
During the Han Dynasty, the state supported __________, while common people secretly practiced _________.
Confucianism; Daoism
What region located in modern-day Türkiye was once home to the Hittites?
Anatolia
Sargon of Akkad
What curriculum did the Imperial University in Han dynasty China use to prepare students for civil service exams?
Confucianism
Who wrote about cosmic forces of chaos and order in Persia?
Zarathustra
Which river was also known as "China's Sorrow" due to frequent and unpredictable flooding?
The Yellow River (Huang He)
Egypt
The underground canals (qanats) prevented WHAT from happening to the already scarce water?
evaporation
What piece of evidence might historians use as a reason for the decline of the Han Dynasty?
Yellow Turban Rebellion
Ban Zhao
Yangtze River
Aboriginal Australians practiced ___________, while in New Guinea, aboriginals adopted ___________.
hunting and gathering; agriculture