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Empires of Persia

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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Empires of Persia

Achaemenids: 558-330 B.C.E. under Cyrus the Great
Cyrus: Known for his brilliance at military strategy
Enlightened and tolerant view of empire
Efficient bureaucracy and an elaborate spy network to maintain order
Persian Royal Road was the center piece of an expansive road system

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Achaemenid State declines: Under Xerxes
Alexander- Macedonian Leader-Invades Persia in 334
His early death prevented any true lasting unification (Persia)
Sasanids were defeated in 651 C.E. by Arab warriors
Shapur I was the greatest Sasanid King

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Unification of China

221 B.C.E.-Emperor Qin Shihuangdi brought unification to china: First Time
Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism were philosophes: Zhou Dyn
Han- Liu Bang: Carriedon the centralizing policies of Qin while replacing
harsh Legalism with a more Confucian approach (Dominant Roles of Men)
Social Structure:Works-Classic of Filial Piety and Admonitions of Women)

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Terms

Legendary founder of Daoism-Laozi
The "Socialist Emperor-Wang Mang
The most powerful Han emperor-Han Wudi
Wuwei-Daoist virtue of removal from the affairs of the world-
Qin Shihuangdi-Emperor who united China

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State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in India

Megasthenes-The author of the Indika
Time of Aryans: Indian Political Landscape-Small Kingdoms
327-India-Political chaos by the invasion of Alexander of Macedon
First ruler to unify India-Chandragupta Maurya
Kautalya: The main advisor to Chandragupta Maurya

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Terms

Vardhamana Mahavira-A great Jainist teacher
Mahyana-The lesser vehicle
Dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna-Bhagavad Gita
Ahimsa-The Jainist prinicple of nonviolance to other living things
Arthashastra-Ancient Indian political treaties

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Mediterranean Society: The Greek Phase

Mycenaeans-Influenced by the extraordinary Minoan Society centered
around the city of Knossos on Create
Homeric Epic-Iliad-The war to capture Troy
Natural Disaster that plagued the Minoans-Volcanic eruption in 1628 Thera
Greeks: Polis refererd to City-State

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Aristotle-Believed that philosophers could rely on their senses
Socrates: Thinker who proposed that "The unexamined life is not worth livin
Philip II: Macedonian Leader who defeated the Greeks by 338 B.C.E.
Plato: Philosopher who discussed the World of Forms
Pericles: Leader who made Athens the cultural leader of the Greek World

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The Roman Phase

Early History Rome was dominated by the Etruscans
Early States: Roman Republic the patricians elected two "Consuls"
During times of crisis-Roman Official-Absolute Power-Dictator
When the Romans expanded to Sicily-Conflict with Carthaginians
Turning Point in Roman History-Conflict with Carthaginians

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Terms

Ehruscans-Northern Italian tribe that dominated Rome in its early history
Plebians-Common people in Early Rome
Gaius Marius-General who created a common army loyal only to him
Augustus Caesar-Leader who reunified the Roman world (Pax Romana)
Cicero-A leading Roman Stoic philospher

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