Periphery.
The outer limits or edge?
From within or inside something.
What is internal?
The best holiday of the year.
What is Thanksgiving?
The dynasty that mixed harsh Legalism and Confusianism.
The group that overran much of Asia many times.
Who were the Mongols?
Overrun by Germanic Tribes.
What is Rome?
A succession of rulers in the same line of descent.
What is a Dynasty?
The emperor who split the Roman Empire in eastern and western halves.
Who is Diocletian?
in the context of empires, the conquering of different groups, often through force.
What is Militarism & Expansion?
The idea that emperors ruled because they fulfilled their "ren" or benevolent duty to the country.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Expansive roads, schools, military outposts, and canals are examples of this.
What is Infrastructure?
Chinese philosophy that espoused (emphasized) respect for one's elders.
What is Confusianism?
In the context of empire, coordinated power focused in one place.
What is a a strong central government?
What is Han?
The spread of one religion from one region of the world to another.
What is a Portable Belief?
When one group has authority and rules over others and so on down the line.
What is a social hierarchy?
A form of government in which the power belongs to elected representatives of the people & not a dictator.
What is a republic?
Unification.
What is integration socially & commercially among conquered peoples?
The way to expand and empire that doesn't require an extensive military effort.
What are trade netowrks?
476 CE
When did the Roman Empire fall?
Legalism.
What is a philosophy that emphasized strict enformcement of laws to maintain order?
Common currency and language would be an example of this an empire.
What is standardization?
10 charactersistics of an empire. Double Points if you can get it in one try.
What are militarism/ expansion. Rule of one group or another. Social status/ hierarchy. Strong central government. Trade Networks. Extensive Infrastructure. Bureaucracy. Standardization. Portable Beliefs. Unification of Diverse populations.
Emphasized the pursuit of harmony with the natural world.
What is Daoism?
Bureaucracy.
What is a complex organization with multiple layers that runs the day-to-day operations throughout the empire?