The emperor of China from 221-201 BCE during the Qin dynasty
Who is Qin Shi Huangdi?
100
"Land between two rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
100
The invention of agriculture.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
100
The system of the Paleolithic Age in which men would hunt prey animals for food and women would scavenge for edible plants.
What is hunting and gathering?
100
The mother civilization to the Mayans and the Incans.
Who are the Olmecs?
200
Athenian politician who was the impetus behind the Peloponnesian War.
Who is Pericles?
200
This civilization's writing system was never deciphered.
What is Harappa?
200
This system led to the decline of the Zhou dynasty in 258 BCE.
What is feudalism?
200
This was spread by the son of King Phillip II. Examples include architecture, art, and philosophy.
What is Hellenism?
200
One aspect of this saw mariners utilize the geographic forces of the area.
What is Indian Ocean trade?
300
This emperor used the Battle of Milvian Bridge to justify his radical conversion of the empire.
Who is Constantine?
300
This kingdom conquered Egypt in 750 BCE and were Egypt-philiacs.
What is Kush?
300
This event led to the integration of city-states and helped to unite Greece from 500 to 449 BCE.
What is the Persian War?
300
_________ believes that following kharma and dharma will lead to ________, or salvation.
What is Hinduism, moksha?
300
These two trade routes helped to spread the religion created by Siddhartha Gautama.
What is Silk Road Trade and Indian Ocean Trade, (Buddhism)
400
This person's life and teachings indirectly led to the Edict of Milan.
Who is Jesus of Nazareth?
400
The decline of this dynasty saw the increased power of local princes.
What is Gupta India?
400
This event occurred under Diocletian around 285 CE and led to the ___________ Empire, which flourished, and the Western Empire, which did not.
What is the Split of the Roman Empire; Byzantine
400
This was one of the first monotheistic religions practiced by the empire conquered by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE.
What is Zoroastrianism?
400
This group contributed to the decline of two civilizations. Name the civilizations.
What is the Huns? Gupta India and Han China.
500
Father of a philosophy that helped to curb political disorder by stressing respect for one’s superiors, a modest life for those in power, proper manners for all and eventually a cohesive bureaucracy.
Who is Confucius?
500
The rugged Andean terrain hindered political unity in this area.
What is South America?
500
This event in 622 CE is one of the most important events you will see in the entirety of this course. Literally.
What is the creation of Islam?
500
This social system was why a certain Mauryan emperor's religious conversion was unpopular.
What is the caste system?
500
The following were common themes in classical civilizations. Provide an example corresponding to a classical civilization for each.
What is territorial expansion, effort to integrate new territories, unification, and decline?