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Content Exam #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chandragupta Maurya | (321-292 BCE) First of Mauryan Empire |
| Ashoka Maurya | (268-232 BCE) Second of Mauryan Empire, tightly organized, grandson of Chandragupta, supported Buddhism |
| Bactrian kingdom | conquered states of Alexander the Great, Indo-Greeks |
| Kushan Empire | 1-300 BCE supported Buddhism, conquering nomads from central asia |
| Gupta Dynasty | smaller than Mauryan , Gupta and Gutpa II, loose admin |
| Siddhartha Gautama | original Buddha, gave up inheritance to be an ascetic monk, the enlightened one, the one who is awake |
| Mahayana Buddhism | greater vehicle, easier for common people |
| Zhou Dynasty | 1122-256 BCE cunfucianism, daoism, Zhou classics |
| Mandate of Heaven | check on evil rulers, rulers rule by consent of the divine |
| Period of the Warring States | 403-221 BCE when Zhou fell |
| Sima Qian | first great historian, came up with Dynasties |
| Qin dynasty | lasted only 14 years, first empire |
| Shihuangdi | First Emperior of Qin Dynasty (221-210) |
| Han dynasty | longest and most influential in all of chinese history, lasted 400 years (206 BCE-220 BCE) with brief usurper in middle (9-23 CE) |
| Liu Bang | determined, methodical, and persistant commander who took over central rule after downfall of Qin dynasty |
| Han Wudi | Martial emperor who made Han dynasty a success with pursuit of admin centralization and imperial expansion |
| Xiognu | nomadic peoples form steppes of central Asia, spoke Turkish |
| Ban Zhou | woman scholar who wrote Lessons for Women is support of women ed |
| Wang Mang | usurper who was first regent, then took over, known as socialist emperor |
| Minoan Society | society on island of Crete (2200-1450 BCE) large palaces, wine, olive oil |
| Mycenaean society | came from Greek peninsula and spread, linear B, defeated in battle of Troy |
| Sparta | simple, frugal, austere, focus on physical prowess and mainting military state |
| Athens | democracy |
| Socrates | (470-399 BCE) posed questions, scrutinized and discussed everything = trouble |
| Plato | (430-347 BCE) world of Forms and Ideas, educated elite should rule |
| Aristotle | (384-322 BCE) master of those who know, logic |
| polis | independent city-states in Greek area, originally refuges from war |
| Achaemenid Empire | (558-330 BCE) first family, good admin, satraps |
| Seleucid Empire | (323-83BCE) followed basic Achaemenid structure founded new cities, foreigners |
| Parthian Empire | (247-224 BCE) federation of leaders, bigger horses, enemies of Selucids |
| Sasanid Empire | (224-651 BCE) strong rule, lots of admin,continuous conflicts with Romans, brought rice, sugarcane, citrus fruits, eggplant, and cotton |
| Persian Wars | persia vs greece, greece wins/fights them off |
| Peloponnesian War | Athens vs Sparta, Athens lost |
| Alexander of Macedon | The great, took over a lot of land, died in 323 BCE before he could establish admin |
| Antigonid Empire | smallest Hellenistic empire, Greece and Macedon, sent out colonists |
| Ptolemaic Empire | Egypt, ruled over already existing society, lots of money through Alexandria |
| Bactria | modern day afganistan, Greeks in Asia |
| Etruscans | peoples before Romans (8c.-5c. BCE) |
| Roman Republic | aristocratic republic with two consuls full of patricians |
| patricians | hereditary elite class |
| plebeians | common people |
| Carthage | large city in Northern Africa, beginning of Rome's Mediterranean conquests (Punic wars) |
| Augustus | adopted son of Caesar, responsible for most of imperialization of Rome |
| Bantu | meaning "peoples", originated in Nigeria, agricultural peoples, Bantu languages |
| Bantu migrations | 3000 BCE nigeria, moved south and everywhere, 1000 BCE everywhere in Africa south of equator |
| kin-based societies | villages with family groups, had a chiefs with male heads of household as council, main means for African gov't until 1000 CE but did not die out |
| Jenne-jeno | big city in Mali, principal commercial crossroads of Western Africa |
| Olmecs | corn beans squash, writing, slash and burn, jade, started mesoamerican culture characteristics |
| ceremonial centers | temples or areas where people would gather to perform rituals and worship |
| Maya | followed the Olmecs, warlike, smart, silted soil and raised field agriculture, blood letting, sacrifices ball game |
| Austronesian peoples | from south east asia, great sea faring skills, brought ag to Pacific |
| Polynesia | triangle of Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island |
| Lapita peoples | lots of language families (austronesi+A1:B60an), agriculturized Pacific Islands |
| Austronesian migrations to Pacific islands | 1500 BCE-700CE |
| Beginnings of Bantu migrations | 2000 BCE |
| Confucius | 551-479 BCE |
| Era of the classical Greek polis | 800-338 BCE |
| Establishment of the Roman Republic | 509 BCE |
| Han dynasty | 280 BCE - 220 CE |
| Life of Buddha | 563-483 BCE |
| Mauryan dynasty | 321-297 BCE |
| Maya society | 300-1100 BCE |
| Qin dynasty | 221-207 BCE |
| Reign of Alexander of Macedon | 336-323 BCE |
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