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Unit 2 600 BCE-600CE
Adrianna Togiai
Question | Answer |
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Persia | Modern-day Iran. A series of empires arose and controlled much of the territory |
Administration | Tightly governed. Having networks of educated bureaucrats,tax collector's, and spies to maintain order and authority of emperor |
Economic Foundation | Underground canals developed to also support agriculture |
Zoroastrianism | A popular and influential religion |
Unification of China | Expansion of China during the Qingdao and Han dynasties |
Social and Political Foundation | Philosophies of Confucians,Daoist,and Legalists |
Prosperous economy | Based on technological and industrial development and long distance trade |
Mauryan and the Gupta | Two influential empires that emerged in northern India |
Classical India | Growth of long-distance trading networks, and promotion of several significant religions |
Mediterranean Basin | Far West of India. High volume of manufacture and trade within this region |
China | Far east of India. Another region of trade |
Patriarchal families | Became more elaborate with the subcastes called Jati |
Jati | Derived from the term Sanskrit jata, "born" or "brought into existence" |
Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism | Salvation-based religions that emerged and spread |
Mediterranean Society | Greek phrase. Started up with sea traders and evolved in to something better |
Hellenistic Empire | Rich cultural legacy of politics, philosophy, art, literature, and science |
Islamic world | Shaped along with the European worlds for centuries |
Pericles | Statesman of Athens where the earliest form of democracy was found |
Southwest Asia | Hundreds of established cities along with the Mediterranean Basin. |
Literature | Found in the form of mythology, poetry, drama, and essays |
Philosophical thoughts | Contributed by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. |
Republican Government | Governed by a constitution and a fixed body of law that guaranteed citizens rights |
Elaborate Transportation | Sophisticated roads, sea lanes linking port cities, and an imperial postal system |
Economic specialized region | The development of cash crops for export or in localized industries |
Philosophical Beliefs and values | Stoicism, and Christianity became widespread by romans |
Cross-cultural exchange | Trade among Rome, China, and pathia |
Wealth | Merchants, traders, mariners, and bankers became rich |
Popular religions | Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Mitharism became more widespread |
Epidemics | Disease pathogens were carried to populations with no immunity. Throughout Eurasia |
Downfall | Epidemic caused downfall of the Han and Roman Empires |