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Persian Empire leaders
Darius and Cyrus
Persian Empire inspired by
Achaemenid Dynasty
Persian God
Ahura Mazda
Satraps
Governers who were internal spies
Susa and Perspolis
Imperial centers reflecting wealth
Sparta
Greek city known for its military discipline, conquered people in slave like conditions
Council of elders
28 men over the age of 60, usually rich, served for life. Provided political leadership for Sparta
Leader of Athens 594 BCE
Solon
What did Solon do
Pushed Athens to a more democratic
Ionia
Greek settlement
Western World View Persia
Represented Asia and Depotism
Western World View Greece
Represented Europe and Freedom
civil war with ionia
peloponnesian war (Sparta won, Athens lost)
Macedonia leader
Phillip II
Macedonia
took over Greeks, united the cities
“King of Asia”
Alexander
Hellenistic era
Spread of Greek culture due to Alexanders conquests
Alexandria
in Egypt, largest city which was an outcome of the Hellenistic era
Menander
Greek king who converted to Buddhism
End of hellsenic era led to
decrease in greek influence
Rome
A weak city which became a huge imperial state
Punic war led
Romans to control western Meditarian
Common Era Rome Women
lower class women had more freedoms than rich women, but rich women had protections from their husbands.
Augustus
Disguised empire provided prosperity
Augustus is referred to as
“first man“
First civilizations under China
Xia Shang and Zhou
Xia Shang and Zhou had
crumbling states
Qin Shihuangdi means
“first emperor”
Great wall of China
to keep northern barbarians out
Qin dynasty collapsed due to
harshness of Shihuangdi
Han Dynasty
Not as harsh as Qin dynasty
Han Dynasty established
political patterns still present
China emperors called themselves
Sons of Heaven
Sui dynasty emperor Wendi
supported Buddhism
To china language was a
tool for assimilation
Rome East
Byzantine
Rome West
Collapsed
Aryans
Pastoral Indo-European people who were thought to destroy Indus Valley and make a new civilization along the Ganga
Mauryan empire
best known for emperor Ashoka
Ashhoka
Emperor of Mauryan empire, inscribed his thoughts in stone.
Arthashastra
book telling how a king should rule
Gupta empire
post Ashoka death
untouchables
carried bells to signal higher classes of their presence
Chinese teachings confucius, and laozi
confucianism and Daoism
Written Upanishads
Hinduism
Siddartha Gautama
Buddhism
Middle East Zarathustra
Zoroastrian
Israel Judiasm
by prophets
Legalism
Punishment and Rewards
Confucian
Morals, education, Golden Age
Analects
book written by confucius
Ban Zhou
advocated women’s education so they could better provide for their husbands
Daoist
explained by Zhuangzi, not fans of education, connect with nature, yin and yang
Yellow Turban Rebellion
on the basis of Daoism, wishes for a utopian society, no gov
vedas
sacred south indian texts compiled by priests
Panishads
idea of Brahman, divine reality infused in everything
Moksha
liberation, hinduism
Samsara
many lifetimes
Laws of Manu
control gender systems of India, child weddings
Kamasutra
sex was supposed to be pleasurable for all, this book detailed positions
Siddartha Guatama founded
Buddhism
Dukkha
expiriencing life as imperfect due to your desires
Nirvana
where you lack greed, hatred
Buddhism written in
Pali, not Sanskript like hinduism making it more accessible.
Mahayana
saying you can get help to attain Nirvana
bodhisattva
spiritually developed people who post pone their Nirvana to help others.
Bhagvad Gita
promise that even ordinary people can achieve spiritual fulfillment
One god religions
Zoroastrianism and Judaism
Zoroastrian god
Ahura Mazda
Zoroastrian evil forces
Ahara Mainyu
Judaism
Hebrews
Judaism God
Yahwen
Judaism book
Genesis
Greek religion
No lasting traditions (Mount olympus)
Pope Gelaisus
Men at Jesus alters not women
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