Persia
Greece
Rome
China
India
100
This huge empire included the area where this first civilization existed
What is Mesopotamia?
100
geography influenced ancient Greece to form into these separate political units
What is the polis (or city-state)
100
Another name for Roman farmers, merchants, artisans, and traders
Who are plebeians?
100
The first emperor of China
Who is Qin Shi Huangdi?
100
World's oldest religion that has its origins in India
What is Hinduisum?
200
This empire stretched east to this river where South Asia's Harappan civilization was located
What is the Indus River?
200
highly militaristic city-state
What is Sparta?
200
This series of wars was a result of Roman conflict with Carthage
What are the Punic Wars?
200
Overland trade route connecting Han China to Rome in the West
What is the Silk Road?
200
This was the first emperor of India
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
300
The core of the economic life of Persia and all Classical empires was this activity
What is agriculture?
300
War fought between Greeks
What is the Peloponnesian War?
300
This man was famous for his conquest of Gaul and eventually became a Roman dictator
What is Julius Caesar?
300
This religion was first introduced to China during the Han empire
What is Buddhism?
300
Asoka was a patron of this faith
What is Buddhism?
400
Like the Romans, Persians unified their empire by constructing these
What are roads?
400
Philosopher who states, "the unexamined life is not worth living"
Who is Socrates?
400
Name for the Roman period relative peace and stability
What is the Pax Romana?
400
These people were placed in the lowest social position because of Confucian values
Who are merchants?
400
This social ranking system grew more complex during the Classical period
What is the caste system?
500
This belief system developed in Persia?
What is Zoroastrianism?
500
Blending of Greek, Indian, Persian, and Egyptian culture
What is Hellenistic?
500
Major world religion that has its origins in the Roman Empire
What is Christianity?
500
The accomplishments of the Han period were so numerous that is often referred to as this type of age
What is a Golden Age?
500
Indian mathematicians originated this concept
What is the number "zero"?
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