He was known to usher in a period of peace and prosperity when he established the Roman empire
Who is Augustus?
100
Used his cruel force and military strength to unify China
Who is Shihuangdi?
100
His accomplishments include his conquests in 320 BCE,
laying the foundation for the Mauryan empire and
overthrowing, in 321 B.C.E, the ruling dynasty and consolidating his hold on the kingdon
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
100
traditional, relating to a form or system felt to be the first of significance before modern times
What is Classical?
200
He was the supreme god, (the "wise lord") and made Zarathustra a prophet.
Who is Ahura Mazda?
200
Slaves in Rome were quite populous. They could often be found working on one of these.
What is a latifundia?
200
It purported ideas of filial piety and patriarchy in its writings.
What is Confucianism
200
The indigenous word that describes the cycle of rebirth in this region's according to this region's most populous religion
What is samsara? (reincarnation)
200
An Athenian man who established democracy for all adult males and rebuilt Athens; he also created the Delian League
Who is Pericles?
300
these were administrative and taxation districts governed by specific indviduals, twenty-three of them, appointed by the central government
What are satrapies?
300
A polis that made very clear a man's role in society was to fight in the military
What is Sparta?
300
A system of belief that would most likely not support creativity, the arts, and standing up for your family even when they are in the wrong.
What is legalism?
300
This battle played a role in his dramatic conversion, resulting in different ramifications throughout the region. ( name of person and battle)
Who is Ashoka and the Battle of Kalinga?
300
A religion that, in contrast to what else was available, offered people of lower socioo-economic roles a higher purpose in life.
What is Buddhism?
400
underground canals part of irrigation systems
led to enhanced agricultural production and population growth
constructed because water was scarce and to keep water from evaporating
What are Qanat?
400
a form of government in which power is in the hands of representatives and leaders are elected by the people
What is a republic?
400
the historical pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties
What is the dynastic cycle?
400
The Four Noble Truths in Buddhism
What is all of life is suffering, suffering is caused by desire, one can be freed of this desire, one is freed of this desire by following the Eightfold Path.
400
This law code created the concept of "innocent until proven guilty"
What is the Twelve Tables of Roman Law?
500
These two groups of people migrated from central Asia to Persia before 1000 BCE and were Indo-European speakers and shared cultural traits with Aryans that
challenged the Assyrian and Babylonian empires
Who are the Medes and the Persians?
500
Not a yummy drink! Took the title of "emperor-for-life" but was assassinated by his angry senators
Who is Julius Caesar?
500
the class of prosperous families next in wealth below the rural aristocrats from which the rulers drew their administrative personnel
What is the scholar-gentry class?
500
Followers of this movement believed in Ahimsa-nonviolence, as well as the idea that individual souls equally participate in ultimate reality and not recognizing hierarchies of caste and jati.
What is Jainism?
500
Hellenism incorporated the following cultures (name all 4)