WHO structured the government around Confucianism?
Emperor Wu
WHAT dictated who had power in Hindu society?
caste system
WHEN did Augustus come to power?
27 BCE
WHERE was the Han Dynasty located?
China
WHY was Augustus' will important?
shows us how Augustus stayed in power, helped national economy, cared for his people, bribed them
HOW did the Roman Empire gain power?
Augustus restored the republic
WHO restored the Roman Republic?
Octavian turned Augustus
WHAT did people have to take to work for Emperor Wu?
civil service exams
WHEN did Emperor Wu rule?
141-87 BCE
WHERE were the Mauryan and Gupta Empires located?
India
WHY was Buddhism appealing to some Indians under the Mauryan Empire?
offered social mobility
HOW did the Han gain power?
Qin lost Mandate of Heaven, Han gained it
WHO converted to Buddhism after the War of Kalinga?
Ashoka
republic
WHEN did Ashoka write his edicts?
260 BCE
WHERE was Rome located that helped it with trade?
Mediterranean Sea
WHY was propaganda important to Rome?
political stability (statue of Augustus, coins)
HOW did the Mauryans gain power?
conquest
WHO contributed to the end of the Pax Romana and the fall of the Roman Empire?
Christians
WHAT mathematical concepts did the Gupta invent?
pi, decimals, 0-9
WHEN did Hinduism appear in the Indus River Vallery?
4000 BCE
WHERE did the Silk Road begin?
China
WHY was political propaganda important to the Guptas?
political stability (coins)
HOW did the Guptas gain power?
conquest, caste system, marriage/political alliances
WHO was the first Gupta emperor?
Chandragupta
WHAT was the moral code of conduct for Buddhism?
Eightfold Path
WHEN did the Gupta reign?
320-550 CE
WHERE did Roman citizens go for entertainment/distraction from political corruption?
Colosseum
WHY was the Han Dynasty so important?
invented paper, silk/Silk Road (trade, cultural diffusion), Confucian form of government, civil servants
HOW did Confucianism lead to political stability under the Han?
government structured around ruler-subject relationship and filial piety (respect for elders/rulers)