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Chapters 5-9 Flashcards

1
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The Medes & Persians were _________ peoples originally

A

indo-europeans

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2
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The eyes and ears of the king in Persia

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spies

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3
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were defeated by Romans in 83 BCE

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Selecudis

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4
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social structure was originally similar to that of the Medes and Persians

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Aryans

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5
Q

saw the material world as a resting place for the reincarnated

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Zarathustra

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6
Q

capital of the Persian empire before Persepolis

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Pasargadae

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7
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Persian administrative and taxation districts

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Satrapies

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8
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defeated by Arab warriors in 651 CE

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Sasanids

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9
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Zarathustra’s compositions

A

Gathas

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10
Q

decisive victory of Alexander of Macedon over the Persians

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batlle of Guagamela

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11
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Major early turning point in rise of Persian empire was victory of

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Cirus over Lydia

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12
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Darius was the greatest of the _____ emperors

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Achaemenid

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13
Q

Persian underground canals

A

qanats

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14
Q

“good words, wood thoughts, good deeds” were used to sum up the view of _______

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Zoroastrianism

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15
Q

king who failed to follow normal Persian governing policy of toleration

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Xeres

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16
Q

Wang Mang had many revolutionary reforms causing him to become known as the ______ emperior

A

socialist

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17
Q

Chinese emperor that started imperial institute for higher learning

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Han Wudi

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18
Q

most successful Xiongnu leader

A

Modu

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19
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founder of the Han dynasty

A

Liu Bang

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20
Q

found 15,000 terra-cotta soldiers in it when who’s tomb was discovered

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Qin Shihuangdi

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21
Q

Qin Shihuangdi would declare that he was the first _____ of a unified China

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emperor

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22
Q

via ruthless strengthening + expansion of state, who attempted to control their Chinese subjects

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Shang Yang & Han Feizi

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23
Q

philosophy that criticized social activism, and proposed the people live a life of relection and introspection

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Daoism

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24
Q

Daodejing was the most important _____ of Daoism

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book

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25
Q

Mencius served as chief spokesman for _______ philosophy and was most learned man of Warring States period

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confucian

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26
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_____ literary works were core texts of traditional Chinese education due to the efforts of Confucius

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zhou

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27
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were considered superior individuals in Confucianism due to participation in public affairs

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Junzi

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28
Q

Under Qin & Han dynasties, there’d be a greater cultural unity than there was with the ____ emperors

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Persian

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29
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Sima Qian

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great Chinese historian

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30
Q

Chinese emperor known for his hatred of confucianism and his destruction of its books

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Qin Shihuangdi

31
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main advisor to Chandragupta Maurya

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Kautalya

32
Q

leading Janist teacher

A

Vardnamana Mahavira

33
Q

what was promised for Hindu practicioners that participated in the world and observed their caste duties?

A

salvation

34
Q

Megasthenes

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author of the Indika

35
Q

invasion of _____ in 327 BCE by Alexander of Macedon caused political chaos that led further to the country’s unification

A

India

36
Q

Vardhamana Mahavira was the first popular teacher of _____

A

Jainism

37
Q

Bhagavad Gita is an Indian work that deal w/ a convo between warrior _____ and his charioteer, Krishna

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Arjuna

38
Q

caused political chaos in India w/ his invasion in 327 BCE

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Alexander of Macedon

39
Q

capital of Ashoka’s empire

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Paliputra

40
Q

In india, Kushans would reach their peak under the rule of

A

Kanishka

41
Q

called people to lead lives characterized by balance and moderation

A

Buddhism

42
Q

high cost of administration and cost of soldier & bureaucrat salaries were the biggest financial problem of late ______ period

A

Mauryan

43
Q

Indian political structure was known for series of small kingdoms during time of the:

A

Aryans

44
Q

the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, 2 great Indian epics, characterize _____ as weak-willed and emotional creatures

A

women

45
Q

Philip II conquered the _____ by 338 BCE

A

Greeks

46
Q

citizenship in athens was open to _____ athenian citizens

A

male

47
Q

in the early Roman republic, the _____ elected 2 councils

A

pathenicians

48
Q

in classic Greece society, women lived under _____ authority of their male relatives

A

legal

49
Q

large plantations that were worked by slaves

A

latifutidia

50
Q

Christ means:

A

annointed one

51
Q

location of most notable, lavish palace of Minoan culture

A

koriossos

52
Q

condemned to death by jury of Athenian citizens

A

socrates

53
Q

has the writing of the iliad attributed to him

A

homer

54
Q

also known as serfs, constantly presented a threat of an uprising to the Spartans

A

helots

55
Q

raised an army of 70k rebellious slaves in 73 BCE

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spartacus

56
Q

popular relgions during the roman empire:

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mithraism, judaism, cult of Isis, and christianity

57
Q

during the ____ empire period, Selenucid realm had the greatest Greek influence

A

hellenistic

58
Q

cleopatra was the last of the ____ rulers

A

ptlomaic

59
Q

under the leadership of Pericles, ____ became the most sophisticated of the poleis

A

athens

60
Q

ambassador sent out by Han Wudi

A

Zhang Qian

61
Q

it was the information that zhang qian brough back with him from his time as ambasssador that encouraged Han Wudi to destroy the ______ and form the foundations of the silk roads

A

xiongou

62
Q

location of trading port of rhapta

A

east african coast

63
Q

land route of the main silk road ran from ___ capital of chang’an to mediterranean port of antioch

A

han

64
Q

buddhism would ne spread to china by foreign:

A

merchants

65
Q

christian community that emphasized human nature of Jesus

A

nestonians

66
Q

manichaens who lead a normal life but followed strict moral code

A

“hearers”

67
Q

st. cyprian would record the suffering of christians that was caused by ____ _____ in his work on mortality

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epidemic diseases

68
Q

26 roman eperors that reigned during 235 CE and 284 CE

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Barracks emperors

69
Q

would divide roman empire into two parts

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diocletian

70
Q

4 officials who ruled roman empire under diocletian’s plan

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tetrarchs

71
Q

via work of st. augustine, christian thought would be linked to:

A

platonic philosophy

72
Q

as a result of _____ __ _____, a decision wwas reached in the belief that jesus possessed both human and divine natures

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council of nicea

73
Q

invaded and destroyed rome in 410 CE

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visigoths

74
Q

when the edict of milan was issued by constantine, the _____ religion was allowed to openly practice religion

A

christioan

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