PEOPLE
Ruler of the Maurya Empire who sought to spread Buddhism throughout his empire from 268-232 BCE.
Siddhartha Guatama Ashoka the Great
Cyrus the Great
ASHOKA THE GREAT
The founder of Buddhism
Ashoka the Great Siddhartha Guatama
Dharma
SIDDHARTHA GUATAMA
Imperial capital of the Persian Empire from which all law-making, cultural, economic, civic, and religious policy-making centered
Macedon Athens Persepolis
PERSEPOLIS
Series of conflicts between Rome and Carthage during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE
Punic Wars Macedonian Wars Persian War
PUNIC WARS
The practice and approach of Greek philosophers who doubted and questioned authoritative knowledge in favor of what was rationalized from logical thinking
Skepticism Centralized Socratic Method
SKEPTICISM
Ruler that conquered the entire Achaemenid Empire, as well as many polities in Central Asia and the West Indus Valley and Hindu Kush
Alexander the Great Cyrus the Great
Darius the Great
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Religion brought by Indo-Aryan invaders around 1500 BCE that dominated the Indian subcontinent. Its beliefs were codified by the Vedas
Buddhism Hinduism Zoroastrianism
HINDUISM
Ancient Greek city-state known for the implementation of one of the world's first functional democratic governments
Sparta Athens Alexandria
ATHENS
Centralized empire on the Indian subcontinent from 350-543 CE that ushered in the Golden Age of India
Gupta Empire Maurya Empire Persian Empire
GUPTA EMPIRE
The term used to describe a state that concentrates all power in the hands of a single authority to make decisions and perform functions
empire centralized confederacy
CENTRALIZED
Persian leader who conquered most of Mesopotamia with the use of nomadic warriors and founded the Persian Achaemenid Empire
Persepolis Aristotle Cyrus the Great
CYRUS THE GREAT
Hindu concept describing one's effort in the current life impacting their hierarchical placement in the next life
Karma Dharma Reincarnation
KARMA
Alexander the Great's conquests in the 4th century BCE reached as far east as this modern-day country
India China Iran
INDIA
Rome created these state-funded travel networks that stretched across Europe and connected all major cities and routes to Rome
Roman ships Roman roads Roman centurions
ROMAN ROADS
The cooperative argumentative dialogue based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking
debate philosophy Socratic Method
SOCRATIC METHOD
Greek philosopher whose philosophic views most-profoundly influenced the Western, Islamic, and Indo-Iranian world
Plato Aristotle Dharma
ARISTOTLE
Hindu term referring to the fulfillment of one's life duty
Caste system Vedas Dharma
DHARMA
Buddha's teachings migrated east along the Silk Road to this modern-day country
China India Mesopotamia
CHINA
The first large, centralized empire that unified most of the Indian subcontinent from 332-185 BCE
Achaemenid Empire Maurya Empire Roman Empire
MAURYA EMPIRE
The Persian policy in which conquered subjects were allowed to practice their own traditional belief systems, traditions, ceremonies, and faiths
religious toleration caste system
imperialism
RELIGIOUS TOLERATION
Because conquered people and their kings had to show loyalty and pay taxes to the Persian king, the Persian king was referred to as this.
Great King High King King of Kings
KING OF KINGS
Concept stating that human souls exist in a cycle of death and rebirth, with the ultimate goal being the transcendence of suffering
Reincarnation Skepticism Centralized
REINCARNATION
This country emerged victorious following the end of the Persian War.
Persia Carthage Greece
GREECE
Rome and Macedonia fought a series of conflicts in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE known as
Punic Wars Persian War
Macedonian Wars
MACEDONIAN WARS
Rigid social hierarchy practiced by adherents of Hinduism
karma toleration caste system
CASTE SYSTEM