World History Review 3

The Pax Romana was the period of peace and prosperity that lasted 207 years in Ancient Greece.

A large landmass that is smaller than a continent is called a subcontinent

Form of writing in which pictures stand for ideas are pictograms

The most important language of Ancient India Sandstone

injure no life, tell the truth, do not steal, own no property, nonviolent and are vegan

Roman epic, the Aeneid, was written by

Spies

Julius Caesar was an absolute ruler at the time of his assassination by members of the Senate

What did Kautilya's Arthasastra teach?

Emperor Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantium

Considered to be the first pope of the Christian Church?

Hindu god that is the preserver of the world

Darius the Great built this to facilitate rapid communication throughout his very large empire

Asoka's edicts proclaimed national adherence to his religion, Buddhism.

Indian religion that evolved from a blend of Aryan and pre-Aryan beliefs

The North China Plain was also known as __ and the center of civilization in Ancient China

This concept divides the world into two powers that represent the natural rhythms of life.

Shi Huangdi had books burned and forced peasants to work on the Great Wall of China.

Thutmose III

Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia that unified the empire was Hammurabi’s Code

Religious sect that held to the stricter original teachings of Buddha

Nubia

Han Dynasty Confucian scholars consider agriculture the lowest of occupations.

Hindu god that is the destroyer of the world

How did Confucian teachings define women's roles?

River that China's first cities arose

The teachings of this man, China's most influential scholar, are found in the Analects.

A system of government by one person with absolute power

Meroë

Buddhist sect that believed that salvation was available to all

All land is owned by the king but nobles are granted rights to use it in exchange for loyalty

Significant Roman technological advance in engineering used in the building of aqueducts

Human beings are more inclined to do wrong because they are motivated entirely by self interest

The people of Pompeii were killed by a monsoon.

The pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of a line of hereditary rulers of a country

Shang kings consulted the gods through the use of

The supreme god during China's first several hundred years as a civilization was

Hyksos

Indian religion where an individual can reach a state of peace called nirvana

Hindu god that is the creator of the world

Philosophy that human beings ought to behave in an ethical or moral way; (Philosophy of Laozi)

Last great Egyptian Pharaoh military leader and peacemaker

First dynasty of Imperial China

Filial piety is the virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors

The caste system divided Indian society into groups based on a person's

The accurate histories of Rome, Annals and Histories, were written

The Harappan civilization had the first carefully planned cities with sophisticated plumbing

Elite force of soldiers in the first Persian Empire (550 BC – 330 BC)

Played an important part in Roman building that helped them construct structures like aqueducts

Persian prophet and religious reformer

Emperor Diocletian divided the Roman empire into Greek-speaking East and Latin-speaking West