Ancient India Part 2
This empire, founded by Chandragupta Maurya around 322 BCE, had control over most of northern and central India and had a powerful army with a herd of war elephants
What is the Maurya Empire?
Ancient Chinese civilizations developed around the Yellow River, and farmers grew many crops including this most important one in the region.
What is rice?
The name of the ancient Chinese belief that rulers were destined to lead by a command from the gods.
The land of Greece is made up of these two landforms, which made it hard for ancient people to meet and combine cultural beliefs.
What are islands and peninsulas?
This important athletic event started in ancient Greece in 776 BCE as a way to honor the gods, and is still done today as a competition between countries.
What are the Olympic Games?
Chandragupta governed in this way, which means he had complete power over his people
What is absolute rule?
The Shang Dynasty was important for being the first major Chinese civilization, and for creating this:
What is a system of writing using characters?
The ancient Chinese belief of filial piety meant that you had a duty to respect these people.
What are parents, elders, and ancestors?
This time period in ancient Greece has no written records, and had little trading and extreme poverty.
What are the Dark Ages?
These were three of the most important ancient Greek philosophers, who focused on developing rational thought and tried to explain the universe.
Who were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
Asoka, the grandson of Chandragupta, was a powerful leader that eventually converted to this religion and started trying to spread peace and religious tolerance
What is Buddhism?
This large frontier defense was built by forced labor during the Zhou Dynasty.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This philosophy emphasized the importance of treating others fairly and compassionately.
What is Confucianism?
This type of government, where citizens govern themselves, became popular in some areas of ancient Greece.
What is a democracy?
This influential leader in ancient Greece introduced changes such as paying public officials and having citizens to vote in major decisions in a democratic government.
This dynasty was considered a golden age for India, a peaceful time where many new accomplishments were made.
What is the Gupta dynasty?
This very important export began being traded during the Han Dynasty
What is silk?
This philosophy is based on a belief that happiness comes from living a simple balanced life in harmony with nature.
What is Taoism?
This time period in ancient Greece was characterized by the city-state of Athens becoming rich and having many important cultural achievements
What is the Golden Age?
While the city-state of Athens was focused on peace, wealth, and the arts, this very different city-state focused on war and battle.
What is Sparta?
This group of invaders ended the golden age of Indian culture around the late 5th century CE.
Who are the Huns?
The name of the 4,000 mile long route used by traders to exchange goods like silk, spices, and tea, and ideas like Buddhism.
What is the Silk Road?
These seasonal winds in Asia cause heavy rains and floods
What are monsoons?
Ancient Greeks were polytheistic, and worshipped this family of gods led by Zeus and Hera.
Who are the Olympians?
This famous ancient Greek leader took over after his father was assassinated, and expanded his empire so much that Greek culture spread throughout much of the Asian and North African continent.
Who is Alexander the Great?