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Quiz 2 (Greece, Roman, Early China, Early India) Flashcards

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Latium

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Where the Romans are from

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Magna Graecia

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Traitors from Greece hanging out in Rome

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Patricians

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Nobles and the high up dudes

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Plebians

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Romans

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Senate + assembly

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Rome’s government

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Veii

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Etruscan; Marks the first territorial conquest for Romans

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Sentinum

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Roma’s defeated Samnites

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Septimius Severus

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Emperor after Marcus Aurelius; Not as prosperous but not terrible middle class liked him; Alexander Severus is next then barracks emperors, causing inflation and famine

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Samnite War

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Samnites teamed up with Etruscans and Umbrians to beat up the Romans. How’d that work out for ya?

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Pyrrhus

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King won a battle, but lost a ton of men. You can’t keep going if you have let all your troops die, Pyrrhus

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Carthage

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competed with Romans; Affluent capitol city where the trading went down. East of Lake Tunis (now Tunisia)

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Sicily

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1st Punic War- was given up along with Corsica and Sardinia- Island by Italy, definitely not the same as Italy.

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Corsica

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1st Punic War- was given up along with Sisily and Sardinia

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Sardinia

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1st Punic War- was given up along with Corsica and Sicily by Carthage

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Punic War I

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1st Punic War- Romans fought with Carthagiants gave up Corsica, Sisily and Sardinia at the battle of Mylae

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Punic War II

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Hannibal conquered some places until Saguntum? War elephants and troops over the alps. 1/2 of the soldiers died. Dude, did you not hear of Pyrrhus; Battle of Cannae Carthaginians were winning. Hannibal couldn’t defeat Rome, Cathage was losing in Spain and gave up

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Punic War III

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3Rd, enough already. Rome massacres Carthage. There can be only one true ring.

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Hannibal Barca

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General in Punic War II for Carthage

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Scipio

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defeated Hannibal once he was retreating and weak. Kick a fella while he’s down why don’t ya.

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Antioches III

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Seleucid leader trying to take over Greece Rome beat them

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Antiochus Epiphanes

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Seleucid leader make the Jews practice Greek religion causing a revolution. Don’t mess with people’s religions.

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Social consequences of Roman Expansion

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  1. Increased socioeconomic inequality
  2. Urbanization
  3. Increased power of military & expense of Senate
  4. Rivalries among regional commanders
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Lucius Cornelius Sulla

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Social War- Italic subjects were rebelling but Lucius kept them down and became dictator of Rome. Gave Italics citizenship, that was big of him.

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1st Triumverate

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Caesar, Pompey, Crassus’ secret alliance. A main aim was to get Pompey’s wishes fulfilled by the Senate who said No Way Dude.

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Spartucus

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led slave revolt; defeated by Crassus.

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Pericles

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leader peak of democracy in Athens

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Peloponnesian War

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Athens (Dems) and Sparta (Haters)

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Socrates

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Philospher, discussion/question/figure it out

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Greek Peninsula

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Greece

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Aegean Sea

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The sea

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Asia minor

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Turkey

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Sparta

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Peloponnesian Peninsula, Military-centered govt.

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Athens

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More Democratic

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Crete

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Island to the south

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Seleucid

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Alex kicked it and his lands got shopped in 3 this part isSyria,Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Iran

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Antigonid

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Alex kicked it and his lands got shopped in 3 this part isGreece

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Miletus

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city-state in Ionia, intellectual city-state before athens

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Augustus

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Octavian after he changes his name

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Herod

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King of Palestine, where the jews lived

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Paul

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Christian guy started spread of Christianity; writing letters to christians (earliest writings of the New testament)..and stuff

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Tiberius

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After Augustus, the last stable emperor before the crazy ones hit the stage

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Caligula, Claudius, Nero

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Crazy pants emperors of Rome

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Trajan

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Emperor of Rome Conquered Romania and Armenia and Mesopotamia. Height of Roman power, towards end of Pax Romana

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Marcus Aurelius

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Last Period of good governance and prosperity fro Roman Empire

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Vespasian

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Destroyed the first jewish revolt from the Zealots

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Baudica

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Celtic chick who said step off Roman dudes this is our land in 60CE and made them listen.

47
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Diocletian

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Divided the empire into 4 prefectures; Tetrarchy

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Constantine

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Galarius battled him after Diocletian; integrated christianity into the government.

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Theodosius

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Emperor made it more christian, Constantinople was battling with Rome for the center of christianity

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Huns

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Nomadic came from Mongolia into East Europe. and eventually butt up against Roman Empire. Huns tore

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Goths

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Eastern Europe and they start fleeing the huns and fighting everything in their path IE the Romans, Still bad for Rome

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Vandals

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they start fleeing the huns and fighting everything in their path IE the Romans This is bad for Rome

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Alaric

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He was the Goth leader taking them into Greece

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Yangtze

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Tibet

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Above Nepal

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Mongolia

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Northern Country

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Taklimakan

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Mandate of Heaven

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Used to legitimize the King/Emperor of China

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Lao tzu

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Wrote Tao Te Ching

60
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Tao Te Ching

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400 BC Basis for Daoism written by Lao Tzu; pillar of Chinese theology; One undivided truth at the root of all things

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Huang He

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North River

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Yangtze

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South River

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Chronology

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2200-1760 BCE: Neolithic/Bronze
1760-1046 BCE: Shang
1046-221 BCE: Zhou
221-206 BCE: Qin
206-25 AD: Western Han
25-220 AD: Eastern Han
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Wu (Zhou)

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Led revolution Starting the Zhou Dynasty; Split it into smaller regions. Feudalism

65
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Duke of Zhou

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Helped found the Zhou Dynasty with his brother; Confucius was a big fan

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Artistic Zhou tradition

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Bronze work using wax molds
Lacquer ware
Writing

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Luoyang

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Capitol in the later part of the Zhou Dynasty and Eastern Han Dynasty

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Confucius

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philosopher started Confucianism emphasized humaneness, reciprocity and relationships

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Daoism

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At same time as Confucianism, spiritual/meditation

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Xi’an

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Moved capitol: Qin Dynasty wins and raises the capitol flag for all here. Stayed capital through W. Han dynasty

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Qin

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221-206 BCE Dynasty- Started building the Great Wall; led by Shi Huang Di Establishes the silk road (Europe Trading)

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Legalism

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Conservative variation of Confucianism with rigid system of rewards and punishments

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Xunzi

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Started Legalism

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Han Fei

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Made Legalism extreme; People too stupid to have morals.

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Shi Huang Di

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Qin Dynasty leader Legalism and executed Confucian scholars

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Gaozu

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established the Han dynasty then changed his name to Gaozu.

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Cultural/Technology - Han Dynasty

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More writing, wrote Chronology of Chinese rulers, Taoism created alchemy (making local cults)

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Mencius

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Confucian guy in Han dynasty

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yellow turban Rebellion

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Revolution: daoists revolt- military was using it to increase their independence

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Jomon

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1st settlers on Japan.

pit dwellings arranged around central open spaces, and obtained their food by gathering, fishing, and hunting.

81
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yayoi

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Came from Korean then became main people in Japan

Japan spanning from c. 300 BCE to c. 250 CE, preceded by the Jomon Period and followed by the Kofun Period.

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religion - China

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Confucianism
Daoism
Legalism
All at the same time

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Trade interactions - China

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Geography of India (Himalayas, Karakorum, Hindu Kush, Indo-Gangetic Plain, Deccan Plateau)

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Himalayas, Karakorum and Hindu Kush are mountain ranges in North & West, North South Asia is mostly Indo-Gangetic Plain, South South Asia includes Deccan Plateau

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Indo-Aryans

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Civilization after Indus Valley Civ, absorbed old population, N. spoke sanskrit, S. spoke Dravidian languages

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Dravidian

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Family of languages ex: Tamil, Telugu

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Vedic period

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Period early Indo-Aryan Civilization recounted in Vedas, a Hindu religious text.
Iron metallurgy caused conflict

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Caste System

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Separation of population by occupation
major groups:
Brahmins (priests & scholars)
Kshatriyas (Soldiers & Govt. Officials)
Vaisyas (Craftsmen, Merchants, landowners)
Sudras (Peasants)
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Hinduism & main gods

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Polytheistic, Major religion of India, Believed in reincarnation
Main gods:
Brahma (Creation)
Vishnu (Preservation)
Shiva (Destruction)
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Upanishads

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Religion, more simplistic than Hinduism

Focused on meditation, self-discipline, & vegetarianism

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Jainism

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Most extreme religion, avoid harming living creatures, spend time as a beggar

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Buddha/Buddhism

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Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) born rich, gave up for poverty, decided on moderation “middle path”

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Theravada Buddhism

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Sri Lankan & SE Asian, focus on individual enlightenment

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Mahayana Buddhism

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East & Central Asian, Worship Buddha & other teachers

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Maurya Empire

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Formed by Chandragupta Maurya, 1st unified empire in Indian subcontinent
Efficient & Well-funded

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Chandragupta Maurya

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Formed Maurya Empire with military conquest

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Pataliputra

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Capital of Maurya Empire, on the Ganges river

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Ashoka

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Mauryan emperor, after a war appalled by cost of war, became Buddhist, promoted religious tolerance

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Fall of Maurya Empire

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Maurya Empire fell after invasions by Greco-Bactrians

Space filled by Sakas and Kushans, Indo-Iranian ppl

100
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Kushan Empire

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Controlled NW. India for 200 yrs, created more trade routes

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Gupta Empire

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Empire formed by Chandra Gupta, controlled North India & drove Kushans back
Witnessed rise of astronomy & math, invention of decimals

102
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Chandra Gupta

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Started campaign to unify northern India, resulted in Gupta Empire.

103
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Tamils

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South Indian people, established 3 small kingdoms, Chola, Pandya, & Chera
Important for maritime trade
Strong literary tradition

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Harsha Vardhana

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Briefly re-unified North India after Gupta Empire, didn’t last

105
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SE Asia Geography

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Mainland: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
Malay Peninsula: South from SE. Asia, includes S. Thailand, Malaysia, & Singapore
Island SE. Asia: Philippines & Indonesia, extends towards Australia

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Austronesians

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Earliest SE. Asian peoples, migrated to island SE. Asia & the Malay Peninsula

107
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Funan

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1st SE. Asian Kingdom w/ an urban center. Near modern Vietnam

108
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Oc-Eo

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Capital of Funan, major center of maritime trade

109
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Srivijaya

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Maritime SE. Asian kingdom, overtook Funan as focal point of trade, in Indonesia with control over Malaysia
Practiced Theravada Buddhism

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Palembang

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Capital of Srivijaya

111
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Borobodur

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Location of major Theravada Buddhist temple built by Srivijayans

112
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Wu (Han)

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Expanded China’s borders, claiming enough territory to make space for the Silk Road

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