PEOPLE
Ruler of the Maurya Empire who sought to spread Buddhism throughout his empire from 268-232 BCE.
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Siddhartha Guatama Ashoka the Great
Cyrus the Great
ASHOKA THE GREAT
The practice and approach of Greek philosophers who doubted and questioned authoritative knowledge in favor of what was rationalized from logical thinking
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Socratic Method centralized skepticism
SKEPTICISM
This city-state emerged as the capital of Greece and experienced a Golden Age
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Athens Sparta Persepolis
ATHENS
A city-state that evolved from a small town on the Tiber River in central Italy into an empire controlling territory across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
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Rome Olympia Sparta
ROME
Imperial capital of the Persian Empire from which all law-making, cultural, economic, civic, and religious policy-making centered.
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Macedon Athens Persepolis
PERSEPOLIS
Ruler that conquered the 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
The cooperative argumentative dialogue based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking ___________________________________________
Socratic Method skepticism philosophy
SOCRATIC METHOD
A powerful ancient Greek city-state, known for its military strength, strict social structure, and discipline-focused culture __________________________________________
Persepolis Athens Sparta
SPARTA
Series of conflicts between Rome and Carthage during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE.
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Punic Wars Persian Wars
Macedonian Wars
PUNIC WARS
Centralized empire on India’s subcontinent from 350-543 CE that ushered in a Golden Age of India
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Gupta Empire Persian Empire Macedonian Empire
GUPTA EMPIRE
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
The term used to describe a state that concentrates all power in the hands of a single authority to make decisions and perform functions
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empire centralized confederacy
CENTRALIZED
Ancient Greek conflict fought between the two most powerful city-states, Athens and Sparta, from 431-404 BCE.
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Peloponnesian War Macedonian War Spartan War
PELOPONNESIAN WAR
Roman general, politician, and stateman who played a critical role in the downfall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
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Leonidas Socrates Julius Caesar
JULIUS CAESAR
Alexander the Great's conquests in the 4th century BCE reached as far east as this country
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China India Iran
INDIA
Greek philosopher whose philosophic views most-profoundly influenced the Western, Islamic, and Indo-Iranian world ____________________________________
Plato Aristotle Dharma
ARISTOTLE
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
Ancient Greek city-state known for the implementation of one of the world's first functional democratic governments
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Alexandria Sparta Athens
ATHENS
Roman _____ were state-funded travel networks that stretched across Europe and connected all major cities and routes to Rome.
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ships centurions roads
ROADS
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 founder of Buddhism
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Ashoka the Great Dharma Siddhartha Gautama
SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA
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
This country emerged victorious at the end of the Persian War
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Persia Carthage Greece
GREECE
Rome and Macedonia fought a series of conflicts in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE known as
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Punic Wars Macedonian Wars Persian War
MACEDONIAN WARS
Conquered people and their kings had to show loyalty and pay taxes to the Persian king, which is why the Persian king was referred to as this.
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Great King High King King of Kings
KING OF KINGS