| Question | Answer |
| complex societies with advanced technologies, cities workers, writing, and institutions | river valley civilizations |
| advanced societies with well-organized centralized governments that conquered and ruled a variety of formaly independent people | empires |
| what two things lead to frequent invasions and conquests in mesopotamia | fertile soil and lack of natural boundaries |
| one of the most important ancient empires in present day iran | persians |
| who were the two powerful kings of the persians | cyrus and darius |
| who did the persians conquer with their powerful army | mesopotamia, egypt, and india |
| what is the religion of the persians | zoroastastrianism |
| religion that viewed life as a struggle between good and evi | zoroastastrianism |
| Persians believed in what and what as consequences for the way they lived their life | heaven and hell |
| Zoroastrianism influenced the views of the afterlife for what 3 other religions | Judaism, Christianity, and Islam |
| in what way was persian king cyrus tolerant about to help him conquer and collect for the empire | allowed people to keep languages and religions rather than destroying or looting conquered cities; he had respect for th locals |
| how did king Darius conquer people | divided empire into 20 Providences each ruled by a local governor |
| local governor for king Darius who was his eyes and ears, collected tax, and inform king of uprisings | satrap |
| Persians built a network of what so they could collect tax, improve communications and trade throughout the empire | networks of roads |
| what did the Persians use to promote trade | metal coins that had standardized values |
| became king of India, created vast army, conquered new lands, and this person controlled most of Indian subcontinent | Chandragupta's |
| what was chandragupta's tactic to controlling his empire | divided empire into provinces ruled by local prince similar to persians |
| what was the name of chandragupta's empire | Mauryan empire |
| this king of Mauryan empire took over from CG and expanded empire to its greatest | king asoka |
| what did king asoka convert to that spread as a result of his influence | buddhism |
| king asoka developed policies of ___________ and ____________ for his empire as a result to swithcing to buddhism | tolerance and non-violence |
| who took over king asoka's death and what did the empire change to | chandra gupta; gupta empire |
| what did india experience under the gupta empire that it became a classical empire | GOLDEN AGE |
| who was the first to discoer the earth was round | indian astronomers |
| what did mathematicians invent in India | numerals, zero, and decimal system |
| what did Indian merchants sell to Mediterranean world | spices and silk |
| what cycle was the chinese government based on | dynastic cycle |
| how did the dynastic cycle work | one riling family or dynasty gains the mandate of heaven then rules until the dynasty grows weak and is overthrown |
| nmae the four dynasties that resulted fro the dynastic cycle | shang, zhou, qin, and han |
| during which dynasty did china become a classical civlization marked by its advanced gov't, trade, and technology | han dynasty |
| where did han kings expand into with their powerfully built asrmies | into asia to form china's first government |
| government workers who collected tax for han dysnasty | bureaucracts |
| silk and paper made what increase in china | literacy |
| the desire for luxury goods led to what | the silk road which connected china with indian, persian, and medditeranian socities |
