Matching: Flashcards
“I King of Babylon will destroy evil and pursue justice in the land.”
Hammurabi
“I have Persian empire, the largest empire the world has yet known.”
Darius
“The Great Darius has made me governor.”
Satrap
Egyptian Queen who encouraged trade with lands along the eastern Mediterranean.
Hatshepsut
Pharaoh who spread Egyptian rule to northern Syria and conquered Nubia.
Ramses II
Ruler who published a code of laws to help unite Babylonia.
Hammurabi
King who encouraged Babylonian learning.
Nebuchadnezzar
Ruler who United the Persian empire.
Darius
Large land continent that sticks out of a continent.
Subcontinent
A seasonal wind.
Monsoon
Social group into which they are born and cannot change.
Caste
Aryan tribal chief
Rajah
Fine, wind blown, yellow soil.
Loess
The term for a sign that expresses a thought or idea.
Ideograph
A single spiritual power that resides in all things.
Brahmin
A person who devotes his life to seek spiritual truth.
Mystic
A term describing the rise and fall of dynasties.
Dynastic cycle
An artistic form of writing
Calligraphy
Rebirth of a soul in another bodily form
Reincarnation
Large dome shaped shrine that housed scared remains.
Stupa
Headed by the father or oldest male
Patriarchal
Respect of ones parents
Filial Piety
Control of a product by one person or group
Monopoly
Hindu god known as the creator
Brahma
Founder of Buddhism
Siddhartha Guatama
Maurya emperor who converted to Buddhism
Ashoka
Philosopher whose idea was to shape China for 2500 years.
Confucius
Emperor who United China
Shi Huangdi
Chinese philosopher who believed that people were naturally good.
Confucius
The enlightened one who found Buddhism
Siddhartha Guatama
Ruler who established the first great Indian empire
Chandragupta Mauya
“Let your hands build a great tomb to me, the one who rules this great land.”
A pharaoh
“I wear this false beard as a sign of my authority.”
Hatshepsut
