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Period 2- 600 B.C.E to 600 C.E Flashcards

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Mauryan Empire

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Founded by Chandragupta Maurya

Wealthy due to Indian merchants trading silk, cotton, and elephants to Mesopotamia & the eastern Roman Empire

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Ashoka Maurya

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Brought the empire to its height
Most famous for rock and pillar edicts
Were spread throughout Empire to remind people to live virtuous lives (Buddhism) and kept Empire unified

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The Gupta dynasty

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Discovered by Chandra Gupta II
Gold Age
Developed pi, zero, and decimal system
Religion was Hinduism and reinforced the caste system
Social structure was very rigid
Very patriarchal women were able to own property or participate in rituals
Collapsed from pressure of White Huns

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Qin dynasty

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Created Great Wall of China
First emperor was Qin Shi Huang
Political philosophy was legalism
Fell after emperors death due to resentment from peasants

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Qin Shi Hunag

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Re-centralized feudal kingdoms that split apart after Zhou dynasty
Standardized all laws,currencies, weights measures, and systems of writing
Anything that was against him was hurt anyone that was against him was killed

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Han dynasty

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Liu bang was the first emperor
Established civil service system based on Confucian values
In order to get a position in the government you needed to passed civil service exam
Made important navigation inventions like the rudder and compass

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Han Wudi

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Greatest emperor of Han dynasty
Strengthened centralized rule
Ended Xiongnu threats by establishing colonies in central Asian stepped

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Xiongnu

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Nomadic herders

Invaded regions from China to Eastern Europe

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Strapies

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Provinces

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Satrap

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Governor

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Persians

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Built the Great Royal Road to improve transportation and communicatio

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Lydians

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Came up with the concept of using coined money for trade

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Phoenicians

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Established powerful naval city-states

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Greece

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Coastal position aided trade & cultural diffusion by boat
Government monarchy - aristocracy - democracy

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Polis

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City-state

2 main polis were Athens & Sparta

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Polis government

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Practice of engaging in debate led to first democracy in Athens
Only free adult males could participate in democracy

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Athens

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Political, commercial, and cultural center

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Sparta

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Agricultural and highly militaristic

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Pericles

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Greece Golden Age

He established democracy, rebuilt Athens, and established Delian League

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Delian league

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An alliance against aggression from common enemies

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Peloponnesian League

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Greek city-state

Athen & Sparta started becoming fearful of their increased power

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Peloponnesian War

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Trade dispute involving city of Corinth forced Athens & Sparta into was

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Alexander the Great

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King of Macedonia who conquered Greece, Egypt, and Persia

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Hellenism

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Culture, ideals, and pattern of life of classical Greece

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Rome

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Alps provided protection from invasion
Sea limited possibility of naval attacks
Representative Republic

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Patricians

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Landowning noblemen

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Plebeians

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All other free men

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Ronan government

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Made up of two group the senate and the assembly
Developed civil laws known as twelve tables of Rome
Political leaders started fighting among themselves and Senate weakened and power and power was transferred to first triumvirate

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Roman social structure

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Centered on later familias

Patricians - plebeians - slaves

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Punic Wars

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Carthage became Rome’s first enemy to

Conflict resulted in Punic wars

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Mayan civilization

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Dominated Mexico
Believed gods maintained agricultural cycles for honors, sacrifices, and bloodletting rituals
Developed complex calendar system

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collapse of Han Empire

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Interrupted by reign of Wong Mong and he established the Xin dynasty
Used Mandate of Heaven to gain power

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Division of Roman Empire

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Diocletian tried to deal with problems by dividing Empire into 2 regions run by co emperors
Invaders: Sassanids from Persian empire and Germanic tribes

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