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Athens!
Sparta!!!
India!
China!
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Roman world, slaves were captives from war and piracy (and their descendants), abandoned children, and the victims of long-distance trade; manumission was common. but in parts of the Roman state, thousands of slaves were employed under brutal conditions in the mines and on great plantations.
What is Roman slavery
100
prominent and influential statesman of ancient Athens (ca. 495-429 B.C.E.), he presided over Athens's Golden Age.
What is Pericles
100
The dependent, semi-enslaved class of ancient Sparta whose social discontent prompted the militarization of Spartan society.
What is Helots
100
The Indian social class of priests.
Who or what is Brahmins
100
A Chinese woman writer and court official (45-116 C.E.) whose work provides valuable insight on the position of women in classical China.
Who is Ban Zhao
200
Huge estates operated by slave labor that flourished in parts of the Roman Empire (singular latifundium).
What is Latifundia
200
A foreign woman resident in Athens (ca. 470-400 B.C.E.) and partner of the statesman Pericles who was famed for her learning and wit
What is Aspasia
200
The system of social organization in India that has evolved over millennia;
What is Caste
200
A term used to describe members of China's landowning families, reflecting their wealth from the land and the privilege that they derived as government officials.
What is Scholar-gentry class
300
A Roman gladiator who led the most serious slave revolt in Roman history from 73 to 71 B.C.E.).
Who is Spartacus
300
sitting at home being a house wife and living for the man
What is an Athenian woman
300
women didn't have power but they had
What is influence
300
In Indian belief, performance of the duties appropriate to an individual's caste; good performance will lead to rebirth in a higher caste.
What is Dharma
300
in order to have social mobility you have to have
What is money for a education and an education
400
when you don't want to be (blank) you kill yourself
What is a slave
400
had on of the first
What is democracy
400
the women are not forced stay in the house, have a role, people are big and buff and fight amazingly!
what is why Sparta rules!
400
In the Indian caste system, the thousands of social distinctions based on occupation .
What is Jatis
400
The Chinese emperor (r. 141-87 B.C.E.) who started the Chinese civil service system with the establishment in 124 B.C.E. of an imperial academy for future officials.
What is Wudi
500
an Indian social class that emerged below the Sudras and whose members performed the most unclean and polluting work.
who is Untouchables
500
A massive Chinese peasant uprising inspired by Daoist teachings that began in 184 C.E. with the goal of establishing a new golden age of equality and harmony.
What is Yellow Turban Rebellion