Han dynasty was focused on creating a large ______
What is bureaucracy?
100
Unlike most other civilizations, this one used government initiatives as a means of expansion instead of merchantry
What is China?
100
Which Chinese dynasty was the first to emphasis the values of Confucian philosophy in education
What is Han?
100
What form of writing became an especially prominent type of art in China?
What is calligraphy?
100
Name one of the advances in astronomy that classical Chinese astronomers discovered
What is
1. discovered sunspots?
2. calculated the movement of Saturn and Jupiter?
3. created an instrument to measure intensity of earthquakes?
200
Superseded Shi as governors of China
What is scholar-gentry?
200
This civilization included trade items such as cotton, silk, dyes, and ivory
What is India?
200
In India, what two subjects were predominant?
What are science and mathematics?
200
A spherical shrine built to honor Buddha; preserved Buddhist architecture
What is stupas?
200
What disease did Indian scientists learn to treat?
What is smallpox?
300
Persian politics focused on wide tolerance as well as did this to the laws and tax collections
What is centralization?
300
What was the most widely used trade route in central Asia?
What is the Silk Road?
300
In Greece, this philosopher educated his students to use rational reflections on moral decisions
Who is Socrates?
300
Which part of Greek architecture is still used in modern building?
What is columns?
300
This was created in Greece as an alternative to war; was intended to provide an outlet for nations to release any sort of violent tension
What are the Olympic Games?
400
The first system of democracy was formed here
What is Rome?
400
In Rome, the growth of international trade meant decrease in population because of this negative factor that was exchanged
What is disease?
400
This culture, which made a sudden and mysterious disappearance, created the first calendrical and writing systems
What is the Olmecs?
400
The Greeks were especially known for their advances in sculpture and _______
What is architecture?
400
Greeks were not particularly advanced in science, but instead innovated what kind of mathematics
What is geometry?
500
In the system of the Zhou dynasty, land was given by the king to these people who promised to be loyal to the royalty
Who are feudal lords?
500
Because of trade opportunities in the classical Mediterranean civilizations, this group of people enjoyed high status
What are merchants?
500
What was the importance of the city of Nalanda in India?
What is the location of the first Indian University?
500
Under the Guptas, sculpture and painting moved away from realistic portrayals of the human form to other forms of art, which payed homage to what?
What is religious views?
500
There were many reasons as to why this empire collapsed, most of it being interior setbacks rather than exterior, but lack of science and innovation was just one example. What was this empire?