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The exchanging of goods or money with other groups or cultures.
What is Trade
100
The thread that comes from a worm that lives in mulberry trees
What is Silk
100
This network ran throughout the empire and always led to Rome.
What are Roads
100
When the Roman Empire split, this part became the Byzantine Empire.
What is Eastern Empire
100
The mathematic way to write "nothing."
What is Zero
200
Home to the Parthenon and was named after the goddess Athena.
What is Athens
200
It allowed anyone to apply for government jobs by passing tests.
What is Civil Service
200
The basis for Roman laws that were like Hammurabi’s Code.
What is The Twelve Tables
200
The Byzantines developed this writing system that is still used in Russia today.
What is Cyrillic Alphabet
200
The Gupta Empire developed these characters that we in America do math with.
What is Arabic Numerals
300
City-state with a strong military history that began training its soldiers from an early age.
What is Sparta
300
This dynasty united most of China during its 400-year rule
What is Han Dynasty
300
The Latin name for Emperors of Rome.
What is Caesar
300
The main religion of the Byzantines and Russia today.
What is Eastern Orthodox
300
Throughout the Gupta rule, many people converted to this religion.
What is Hinduism
400
A government where people were allowed to vote
What is Democracy
400
A trade route which went from China all the way to Rome
What is Silk Road
400
This body of water greatly influenced Rome's ability to trade and rule its empire.
What is Mediterranean Sea
400
The country of Russia has gets most of its culture from this empire.
What is Byzantine
400
After the fall of the Mauryan, this group ruled most of what today is India.
What is Gupta
500
He took over and expanded his empire from Egypt all the way to India and spread Hellenistic culture on the way.
Who is Alexander the Great
500
Because of mountains to the south, desert to the north and west, and the Pacific Ocean China developed without outside influence known as this
What is Isolation
500
Rome’s extensive road system, domination of other cultures, and large amounts of trade allowed for the exchange and mixing of ideas known as this.
What is Cultural Diffusion
500
The Byzantines did this to the writings, ideas, and culture of the Greeks and Romans.
What is Preserve
500
Name one geographic feature of India that played a role in the development of the Gupta Empire.
What is Mountains and Rivers