________ is called the Grand Historian for his work in compiling a history of China from the ancient dynasties to Wudi.
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Ban Zhao
________ gained fame as a historian, however, most women made important contributions to their familys economic life through duties in the home and work in the fields of the familys farm.
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Wang Mang
________ decided that a strong ruler was needed to restore order.
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Liu Bang
________; s first goal was to destroy the rival kings power.
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Confucius
________ had taught that gentlemen should practice "reverence, generosity, truthfulness, diligence, and kindness.
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Wudi
________ set up a school where hopeful job applicants from all over China could come to study Confuciuss works.
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Chandragupta
________ moved northwest, seizing all the land from Magadha to the Indus.
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Hinduism
________ became dominated by priests, while the Buddhist ideal of self- denial proved difficult for many to follow.
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Craftspeople
________ had shops on the street level and lived in the rooms above.
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Chaos
________ reigned in the palace, and with peasant revolts, unrest spread across the land as well.
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Paper
What was invented in A.D. 105? Answer with a single words or term.
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Asoka
________ felt sorrow over the slaughter at Kalinga.
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Peace
What was restored to China in the first decades of the Later Han Dynasty and was quite prosperous? Answer with a single words or term.
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Bankers
What were willing to lend money to merchants and charge them interest on the loans? Answer with a single words or term.
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Mauryan Empire
The ________ stretched more than 2000 miles uniting north India politically for the first time.
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technological advancement
Another ________ was the collar harness for horses.
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Monopoly
________: occurs when a group has exclusive control over the production and distribution of certain goods.
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Drama
What was also very popular? Answer with a single words or term.
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province
Each ________ was then divided into local districts, whose officials assessed taxes and enforced the law.
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groups
What were matriarchal, headed by the mother rather than the father? Answer with a single words or term.
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Commerce
What was quite profitable? Answer with a single words or term.
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Chandragupta Maura
________ may have been born in the powerful kingdom of Magadha.
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Asokas death
________ left a power vacuum.
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Seleucus
________ inherited part of Alexanders empire.
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Kautilya
________ wrote a rulers handbook called the Arthasastra.
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