Summer APWH

This was the first large, centralized empire that unified most of the Indian subcontinent from 332-185 BCE.

Persian leader who founded and led the Persian Achaemenid Empire

This is the name for the rigid social hierarchy practiced by adherents of Hinduism

This term is used to describe the fulfillment of one’s life [caste] duty.

religion of Persian origin that established theological precedents such as Good vs. Evil, free will, a future messiah

a term used to describe an appointed Persian provincial official that governed according to the policies of the emperor

This was the Hebrew faith that borrowed from many of the key beliefs of Zoroastrianism

The person who set out on an undefeated expedition that conquered the entire Persian Achaemenid Empire, as well as

This term is used to describe one’s efforts in the current life impacting their hierarchical placement in the next life.

Chinese philosophy laid out 3 levels to maintain social harmony, individual to the family, to the state

Chinese philosophy emphasized the existence of a strong state built on moral law, strict secular laws, and punishments

This term refers to religion that has one god.

Chinese philosopher who created Confucianism

a document or other source that provides first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a historical

The state policy practiced by Rome in which conquered peoples could obtain full civil protection and privilege

This was the religion that began following the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth from 20-33 CE.

Roman _______ were used to provide transportation systems for trade and troop movements within the Roman Empire.

Greeks of which city-state were most famous for their successful implementation of a democratic state.

This term refers to a religion that has many gods

a document or other source created by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in events or conditions

leader who unified China and began the Qin dynasty

The Persians were famous for the world’s first effective use of a large-scale ____________ government

The series of conflicts between the Roman Republic and its rivals in Carthage during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE.

The ruler who began the process of unifying the independent Greek city-states into an empire.

This was the name for Roman provincial rulers that carried out the policies of the Roman Republic and Empire.

This was the set of documents that codifies the major beliefs of Confucianism

religion that dominated the Indian subcontinent; its beliefs were codified by the Vedas by 700 BCE

Chinese dynasty from 221 – 206 BCE that ended the warring states period

the approach of Greek philosophers who questioned authoritative knowledge in favor of that which was observed

A concept that dominates South/Southeast Asian religions that believes human souls exist in a cycle of death and rebirth

This was the ruler of the Maurya empire

The first large, centralized empire, unified most of the Indian subcontinent from 350-543 CE, the Golden Age of India

Chinese Dynasty from 202 BCE – 220 CE that issued in a Golden Age of imperial Chinese history

This was the name for the period of intermittent fighting and disunification in China from 475 – 221 BCE.