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Who was supposed to kill Cyrus? |
Harpagus |
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Chandragupta founded which Dynasty? |
The Mauryan dynasty |
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What kingdom remained after Alexander's departure from India |
The Magadha |
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Megasthenes was greek but wrote about the ... |
Mauryan empire (which was founded by Chandragupta ) |
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Who was Cyrus's grandfather and also king of the Medes |
Astyages was king of the Medes. He told Harpagus to kill his grandson cyrus. |
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The Persian empire was divided into ... |
Satrapies |
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In 490BCE the Persians were defeated at the battle... |
Marathon |
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Which group do the Parthians belong to.. |
The Partisans were the 3rd ancient Persian dynasty |
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Zoroastrianism holds 3 elements scared out of the 4... |
Earth, Fire, Water |
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The terra-cotta army was founded in what city? |
Xian |
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Who was the first emperor of a Unified China? |
Shihuangi |
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Han Wudi was what type of emperor? |
The martial emperor |
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Who founded the Han dynasty? |
Liu Bang |
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Wang Mang was what type of emperor? |
Wang Mang was a socialist emperor |
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Who built a strong kingdom north of Han China ? |
The xiongnu |
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Who claimed to be more persian than the Partisans? |
The sasanids |
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Who was the first Achaemenid emperor? |
Cyrus |
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Darius built the capital... |
Persepholis |
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What Persian emperor did Alexander the Great crush? |
Darius 3 |
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What was the capital of the sasanid empire? |
Ctesphion is the capital of the sasanid empire |
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Magi is a priest for what faith? |
Zoroastrianism |
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What is the Zoroastrianist's main god? |
Ahura Mazda |
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Who said Li was the most important confusion value? |
Xunzi |
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What are the qanats in persia? |
Underground water canals |
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What was the last Persian empire? |
The seleucids |
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Who said Ren was the most important confusion value? |
Mencius |
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When a Zoroastrianist dies they cross what bridge? |
The chinvat bridge, |
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What two classes did legalists believe were the most important to cultivate? |
A military class and a peasant class |
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Who founded Doaism? |
Loa Tzu |
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What was the capital of both the Mauryan and Gupta dynasties? |
Pataliputra |
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The secular version of AD... |
CE |
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Who was an architect responsible for the early Egyptian pyramids? |
Imhotep |
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The woman who ruled egypt |
Hatshepsut |
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The Euphrates river is in.. |
Mesopotamia |
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Tut or Tutankham was a famous pharoh but not... |
Powerful |
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Who led the Hebrews out of Egypt? |
Moses |
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The Pheonicians were known for ... |
Martime trade |
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Early Mesopotamia society was divided into... |
City - States |
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Leader that unified Egypt? |
Menes |
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Bantu means? |
People or person |
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What sea does the Nile empty into? |
The arabian sea |
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Favorite wife of Amenhotep IV |
Nefertiti |
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Sumerian temples were known as.. |
Ziggurats |
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Famous Akkadian king and also grandfather of Naram Sin |
Sargon 1 |
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The pharoh responsible for the sphnx? |
Khafra |
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Hitties have an ____ origin |
Indo European |
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Harrapan civilization is around modern day... |
Pakistan |
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Osiris was murdered by ... |
Set or seth |
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The Dravidian cultivated cotton as early as ... |
5000 bce |
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Iris collected... |
Her husbands dismembered body. |
