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Unit 2 Review Identi
Unit 2 AP World Review Project Identifications
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rise and Fall of Persian Empires | The sixth century B.C.E lead to an empire of four ruling dynasties: Achaemenids(558-330 B.C.E) Seleucids(323-383 B.C.E) Parthians(247-224 B.C.E) and Sassanids(224-651 B.C.E.) |
| Cyrus the Achaemenid | Cyrus reigned from 558-530 B.C.E. He was the King of Persian tribes and seized all of Babylonia taking all of Iran under his control and eventually expanding an expire from India to the edges of Egypt. |
| Darius | Darius was considered the greatest of Achaemenid emperors and ruled a population of 35,000,000, which had been the largest empire the world had seen yet. He created regular tax levies, standardized coins, and uniform law codes within his empire. |
| The Persian Wars | The Persian wars occurred between 500-479 B.C.E. Ionian Greeks fell under the domination of Cyrus and became unruly under Darius's Persian Governors. They were called "Tyrants" by the Greeks. Their rebellious actions started the Persian Wars. |
| Alexander of Macedon | Also known as "Alexander the Great". He and conquered the Persian Empire. Surviving lands included Seleucid, Parthian, and Sassanid empires. |
| Zarathustra | Zaroastrianism emerged from the teachings of the prophet Zarathustra. This influenced other religions such as Christianity and Judaism. |
| Confucius | The educator and political advisor Confucius greatly influenced educational systems and political systems, as well as helped bring order to China. |
| The emergence of agriculture | led to social organization, which developed into classical societies, which influenced cultural traditions |
| Challenges of maintaining Classical Societies | administering large portions of territory under authority, military problems and sustain land and wealth distribution |
| Qin Shihuangdi | Qin Dynasty during (221BCE-207BCE), centralized imperial rule, extended Great Wall, standardized currencies and law, created huge public projects led to rebellion, which ended the dynasty |
| Han Wudi | Han Dynasty (206BCE-23CE) est bureaucracies and monopolies, expanded empire to Korea, Vietnam, and northern steppes, high taxes and land distribution issues led to rebellion |
| Silk Roads | growth of long distance trade spread goods from China to western Europe, merchants, travelers and missionaries would spread popular religions |
| The Greek Phase's Enduring Innovations | democracy in Athens under Pericles, the establishment of cities from the Mediterranean basin to Southwest Asia, literature (mythology), philosophical thought (Plato, Socrates, Aristotle) |
| Daoism | idea of being passive and yielding, the way of the cosmos |
| Legalism | concepts on practical and efficient statecraft, agriculture and military advancement not so much on commerce and education |
| Greek Phases Enduring Innovations | democracy in Athens under Pericles, the establishment of cities from the Mediterranean basin to Southwest Asia |
| Northern India (Mauryan and Gupta Empires) | mass manufacture and trade with regions from China and the Mediterranean basin, patriarchal families, caste systems (jati), responsible for spread of Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism |
| The Mediterranean Basin (the Greek phase) | Alexander of Macedon created centralized state, Greeks left cultural legacy (politics, philosophy, art etc.) and democracy |
| Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and Mithraism | became more widespread via the silk roads and growth of trading empire |
| Caste System | System of social groups used in India |
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