People
The emperor of China from 221-201 BCE during the Qin dynasty
Who is Qin Shi Huangdi?
"Land between two rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
The invention of agriculture.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
The system of the Paleolithic Age in which men would hunt prey animals for food and women would scavenge for edible plants.
What is hunting and gathering?
The mother civilization to the Mayans and the Incans.
Who are the Olmecs?
Athenian politician who was the impetus behind the Peloponnesian War.
Who is Pericles?
This civilization's writing system was never deciphered.
What is Harappa?
This system led to the decline of the Zhou dynasty in 258 BCE.
What is feudalism?
This was spread by the son of King Phillip II. Examples include architecture, art, and philosophy.
What is Hellenism?
One aspect of this saw mariners utilize the geographic forces of the area.
What is Indian Ocean trade?
This emperor used the Battle of Milvian Bridge to justify his radical conversion of the empire.
Who is Constantine?
This kingdom conquered Egypt in 750 BCE and were Egypt-philiacs.
What is Kush?
This event led to the integration of city-states and helped to unite Greece from 500 to 449 BCE.
What is the Persian War?
_________ believes that following kharma and dharma will lead to ________, or salvation.
What is Hinduism, moksha?
These two trade routes helped to spread the religion created by Siddhartha Gautama.
What is Silk Road Trade and Indian Ocean Trade, (Buddhism)
This person's life and teachings indirectly led to the Edict of Milan.
Who is Jesus of Nazareth?
The decline of this dynasty saw the increased power of local princes.
What is Gupta India?
This event occurred under Diocletian around 285 CE and led to the ___________ Empire, which flourished, and the Western Empire, which did not.
What is the Split of the Roman Empire; Byzantine
This was one of the first monotheistic religions practiced by the empire conquered by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE.
What is Zoroastrianism?
This group contributed to the decline of two civilizations. Name the civilizations.
What is the Huns? Gupta India and Han China.
Father of a philosophy that helped to curb political disorder by stressing respect for one’s superiors, a modest life for those in power, proper manners for all and eventually a cohesive bureaucracy.
Who is Confucius?
The rugged Andean terrain hindered political unity in this area.
What is South America?
This event in 622 CE is one of the most important events you will see in the entirety of this course. Literally.
What is the creation of Islam?
This social system was why a certain Mauryan emperor's religious conversion was unpopular.
What is the caste system?
The following were common themes in classical civilizations. Provide an example corresponding to a classical civilization for each.
What is territorial expansion, effort to integrate new territories, unification, and decline?