Chapter 75: Between East and West Flashcards
Chanyu
it was the name of a leader of an association in the Xiongnu.
Heliocles
he was the last Bactrian king of Greek descent. His reign probably ended sometime around 130 BC, by the invading Yuezhi.
Hui-ti
he was the son of Gao Zu, he succeeded his father.
Kao-hou
she was the widow of Gao Zu and the real power in the Han court. She ruled as an empress dowager and regent for her son.
Mao-tun
he was a Xiongnu general. He is one of the few nomadic leaders whose name survives, and he had organized his confederation to the point where they had a regular annual gather place and something like a voting system.
Wendi
he was another son of Gao Zu and proclaimed emperor by a concubine after Kao-hou’s death and the removal of her family.
Wudi
he began his rule around 140. He was the sixth or seventh emperor of the Han Dynasty, and ruled for fifty-three years.
Xiongnu
it was a group of nomads, each association of tribes had its own leaders. It fell under the authority of a man appointed to be their king, pr chanyu.
Yuezhi
they were nomads from the north that were not part of the Xiongnu confederation.
Zhang Qian
he was the ambassador sent by Wudi to find out way lay beyond the western border of Wudi’s empire.
Ctesiphon
this was the place the Parthians used to campaign closer and closer to Babylon. They would use this camp to penetrate deeper into Seleucid land.
Demetrius II/Nicator
he was the third ruler of Parthia after Antiochus Epiphanes.
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
he was sent to keep an eye on the restless movements of Mithridates, who was gradually procuring himself a vast new required power and dominion.
Menander I
he was the most famous king of the “Indo-Greeks,” who came into power around 150 BC.
Mithridates I
he was a Parthian king, and in 139 he captured Demetrius Nicator in battle and hauled him back to Parthia.
