The Persian Empire
He created a powerful Persian state that stretched all the way from Asia Minor to western India.
Cyrus the Great
This Chaldean king rebuilt Babylon as one of the greatest cities of the ancient world.
Nebuchadnezzar
The Sudras made up the bulk of the population and held this specific role in the economy.
peasants (or manual laborers)
This concept is the force generated by a person’s actions that determines how they will be reborn.
Karma
Because of the iron plow, the Aryans were able to stop being nomadic and settle down as this.
farmers
This Persian leader successfully invaded Egypt and added it to the empire.
Cambyses
After the collapse of the Assyrian Empire, this group made Babylonia the leading state in western Asia.
Chaldeans
These were the merchants who engaged in commerce and trade.
Vaisyas?
This is the divine law that requires all people to do their duty based on their status in society.
Dharma
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro showed evidence of an advanced government because they had these for household trash.
garbage bins (or chutes)
This leader added a new province in western India and divided the empire into 20 "satrapies."
Darius
This last Assyrian king established one of the world’s first libraries at Nineveh.
Ashurbanipal
This group represented the lowest level of Indian society, often given tasks no one else would do.
the Untouchables
This new doctrine appeared in northern India during the sixth century B.C.
Buddhism
Buildings in the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were organized in this specific geometric pattern.
a grid pattern
The Persian elite military force was known by this name because their numbers were never allowed to fall below 10,000.
the Immortals
The Assyrian army was successful because they used horse-drawn chariots and weapons made of this metal.
iron
This second caste consisted of warriors.
Kshatriyas
This religion had its origins in the beliefs of the Aryan people who settled in India after 1500 B.C.
Hinduism
The introduction of this tool allowed the Aryans to clear the dense jungles along the Ganges River.
iron plow
In the Persian religion, this was the name of the evil spirit that opposed the good spirit, Ahuramazda.
Ahriman
Besides military strength, the Assyrians used this "psychological" weapon to discourage people from resisting them.
terror tactics
Brahmans
These were the "priests" at the top of the Indian social scale.
Early Hindus believed in a single force in the universe, a form of ultimate reality called this.
Brahman
India’s summer monsoons blow warm, moist air from this direction.
Southwest