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Rock and Pillar Edicts

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Laws created by Ashoka after his conversion to Buddhism created out of necessity

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Shi Huang Di

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First emperor of China, established first centralized imperial gov, built much of Great Wall, promoted legalism

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Confucianism

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Chinese belief system from 500s BCE that emphasized family loyalty, respecting elders, education, obedience, and ancestors, FIVE RELATIONSHIPS

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Jesus

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Born in 4 BCE and founded the world’s 3rd monotheistic religion

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Darius

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He built the Great Royal Road, Persepolis, and ruled over an 1865 mile empire

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Han Dynasty Inventions

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Paper, Pen, Re-imaged oxen plow

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Harappa and Mohenjo Daro

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2 most prominent cities in the Indus valley

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Mandate of Heaven

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philosophical concept that a ruler’s son would rule as long as he ruled fairly and wisely

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Qin promoted

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Legalism - being a soldier or a warrior is the best job according to this philosophy

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Moksha

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Release from the cycle of reincarnation in Hinduism

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4 Noble Truths

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Human existence being inseparable from suffering would be an example of Buddha’s

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Reincarnation

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Rebirth of the soul in another bodily form

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Caste/ Varna system

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Laws that regulated Indian Life
everyone has their own job
levels: priest, warrior, tradesperson, laborer

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Gupta Dynasty Inventions

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Pi and zero

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Siddhartha

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noble from India who eventually founded a major religion we know him as Buddha

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Ashoka

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Spread Buddhism throughout India

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Dharma

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The glue that holds the caste system together, religious and moral responsibility

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Ceasar

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became emperor in 31 BCE, reorganized Roman gov, called himself the Son of God

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Abraham

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Founder of Judaism, forced to leave Ur in Mesopotamia once he began preaching the idea of one god migrates to Isreal

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Qin dynasty achievements

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standardized coins, weight, measurement and language

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Ancient Sumer

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ancient civilization w/ distinct social structure located in the lower region of Tigris and Euphrates river
4000 B.C.

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Tenets of Judaism

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Ten commandments, lying, theft, adultery are prohibited

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Torah

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Jewish religious texts

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Rosetta Stone

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was used to decipher ancient languages as it was written in multiple languages

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Egyptian Women
Had more rights than women in Mesopotamia
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Nile
Egypt located on this river | flooded annually and deposits silt
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Hammurabi
wrote first set of written laws, punishments varied by social class, 1754 B.C. one of the oldest deciphered texts
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Fertile Crescent
moist land in desert used for agriculture
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Tigris & Euphrates
Rivers in Mesopotamia. The Mesopotamian civilization originated between and near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The rivers often flooded and were unpredictable.
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Cuneiform
one of the first forms of writing, used by sumerians
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Agrarian Revolution
transition from hunting nomads to farmers who stayed in place an settled 12500 years ago
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Similarities between Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus River Valley
invention of wheel, writing, math, calendars, domestication of horse
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Egypt
architectural structures, math, medicine, hieroglyphics, transportation systems
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Moses
Hebrew prophet and lawgiver; according to the Bible, he led the Hebrew people out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments from God
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Legalism
Chinese philosophy developed by Hanfeizi; taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws
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Gupta Trade
a hallmark of the Gupta economy, its trade relations with various civilizations sustained the Gupta Empire for several hundreds of years.
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Hinduism
has no single founder/ no single sacred text and can be traced back to possibly 4500 BCE
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221 BCE
Qin Dynasty
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Cyrus the Great
Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, conquered Media, Lydia, and Babylon.
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Mayan Buddhism
Enlightenment beings spurred by compassion for humanity. They vowed not to answer Nirvana until all beings enter together. People that have been enlightened stay behind to help others
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Confucius
His doctrine of duty and public service had a great influence on subsequent Chinese thought and served as a code of conduct for government officials
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Qin
the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall. LEGALISM
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Silk Road Trade
Jewelry, leather goods, and furniture, horses, ginger, cinnamon were traded along this mostly land based trade route
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Indian Ocean Trade
long distance trade that created interaction between peoples, cultures, and civilizations
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Persia
established after Cyrus the Great's conquest of phoenicians, in modern day Iran
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Satraps
governors of provinces in the Persian Empire
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Alexander the Great
founded many Greek-style cities naming many after himself, and spread Greek culture across the Middle East. super good general, never lost a battle, expanded empire, conquered Persia, didn't conquer india b/c soldiers were over it
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Greek Trade
Helped make the city-state extremely wealthy. Relied on this to get them the food they needed to survive. In return, they exported things such as pottery, jewelry, olive oil, and wine.
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Christianity
Worlds 3rd monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament
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Paul
Follower of Jesus who helped spread Christianity throughout the Roman world
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12 Tables
Written law code of Rome
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Hellenistic Age
This age refers to the political influence of Greece over foreign subjects in Africa & Asia after Alexander the Great
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Greek Geography
Mountains caused isolation and the development of independent city-state
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Constantine
first Roman emperor to adopt Christianity and probably the second most responsible person for its spread
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Yellow River
China crop regions developed along this
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Rig Veda
4 scriptures, written in Sanskrit, contain Hindu philosophy stories and hymns
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Collapse of Rome
ran out of land to conquer therefore there was no more money to collect from taxes
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Pax Romana
period of peace throughout Roman empire under Ceasar
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Dhimmi
people of the book
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Greek polis
city state form of government whereby the typical city state governed a surrounding territory of several hundred square miles

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