The Rise
Chandragupta
After Skandagupta's death the dynasty became embroiled with domestic conflicts. The rulers lacked the capabilities of the earlier emperors to rule over such a large kingdom. This resulted in a decline in law and order. They were continuously plagued by the attacks of the Huns and other foreign powers.
What caused the Gupta to fall?
a fine, strong, soft lustrous fiber produced by silkworms in making cocoons and collected to make thread and fabric.
What is Silk?
Most of modern day Eastern China
What is the location of Han China?
A term used to refer to the Kushan Empire
What are middlemen?
This empire began with a peasant revolt against the Qin Emperor.
What is the origins of the Han Dynasty in China?
One by one, the Classic cities in the southern lowlands were abandoned, and by A.D. 900, Mayan civilization in that region had collapsed.
What was the mysterious disappearance of the Mayans?
The mathematical concept of zero and the Bhitargaon temple.
What are two achievements of the Gupta?
Modern day southern Mexico.
The Mayan empire was governed by a bunch of local rulers controlling small city-states
What made the Mayans different than other empires?
The Roman Empire started as this thing
What is a small kingdom?
This period, also known as The Imperial Crisis, was characterized by constant civil war, as various military leaders fought for control of the empire. The crisis has been further noted by historians for widespread social unrest, economic instability (fostered, in part, by the devaluation of Roman currency by the Severans), and, finally, the dissolution of the empire which broke into three separate regions.
What is a reason for the fall of the Roman Empire?
Technology used to move water from one area to another
What is an aqueduct?
Most of modern day Inida
What is the location of the Gupta Empire?
The Mayans lacked several resources that the Romans and the Han Chinese had due to their location.
What is an example of geographic luck?
As early as 1500 BCE this civilization had settled in villages and had developed an agriculture based on the cultivation of corn (maize), beans, and squash; by 600 CE cassava (sweet manioc) was also grown.
What is the origins of the Mayan Empire?
The empire crumbled into a western half, which was almost immediately conquered by the Sassanid Empire of Persia, and an eastern half with its capital in Punjab.
Architecture, Government, and Coins
What are the influences of the Roman Empire on Modern day US?
The Roman empire surrounded this sea
Mr. Burtis's son's name
What is Beau
Han China was based upon this philosopher's teachings.
Confucius
The name of the nomadic warriors that lead to several empires collapsing.
WHAT ARE THE HUNS?!?!?
A period considered the peak in the history of a country or people, a time period when the greatest achievements were made.
What is a golden age?
Northern India and Modern day Pakistan
The Mayans predicted the end of the world in 2012.
What is a conspiracy theory that has been proven FALSE about the Mayans based on their calendar ending?