History Test 2.2

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Medes

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Huge impire. Ruled over pastorial nomads and created first system to rule large area. ( Romans even used system.)

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Persians

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Indo-Europeans with nomadic culture ruled by medel.

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Cyrus II

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First king to concise medes, filled from mesopataima to mediterranean, had lots of city states, bomb town near mwditerranean, allowed need to rebuild, killed by nomads

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Cambyses II

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2nd of 4 great kings of Persia, contined to conquer and even for egypt. He was crowned a pharoe and not a Persian king.

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Herodotus

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First " world historian" was Greek and said Egypt hated cambuses II ( snarked about persepolis having to borrow art )

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Apis bull

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Bill that was treated like a god aaand mumifyed after death. Herodotus says cambyses killed it but who knows.

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Darius

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3rd great king. Involved in great Persian war. Came up with coins as money system.

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Xerxes

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4th great king. 2nd to fight in persian/Greek war.

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Susa

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After Alexander the great conqured and died, this became part of the seleucid empire (this was part Persians empire)

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Persepolis

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City of Persians ( namadic?) They browse arts from other cultures. (Burred only bones)

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Scythians

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Nomads from north, fight alot with persepolis.

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Royal road

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16000 miles long road in mult. Different terreatories built just to take **** from one side of city to another, takes 19 days.

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Aramaic

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Lauange of Persians that spread throughout written and spoken.

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Zoroastrianism

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Religion, came from momas days, fire pits-religious symbol for named ahura muzda with a satin for called ahiram, no creation after death.

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Polagamy

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Many wife marage, very nomadic

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Caste system

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The social ladder in india

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Varna

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Layers of caste system of which their there 4 plus pariahs/untouchables

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Brahmans

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Priesthood top barns of caste system

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Kshatriyas

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2nd varna of catse system, land owners and warriors

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Vaisyas

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3rd varna of catse system, farmers and poor laboriors

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Pariahs

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( technical 5th varna of caste system ) considered outside of varna untouchable, unclean, street sweapers.

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Hinduism

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Worship of many Gods, so when nomads come in We can just stick then whereever.

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Upanishads

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Suprem knowledge passed from student to master

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Asceticism

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Setting apart and focusing on one relegion

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Reincarnation/karma

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Live life good and move up ib thw cast system in the next life

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Mauryan empire

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Most successful empire to rule in India after Alex died

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Chandruhgupta maurya

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1st king who used spies and secrete police to keep an eye on everyone . 1/4 to 1/2 taxes are agr and used elephants in war .

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Patna

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Capital city and center of Buddhism 1 of the largest cities in the world

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Ashoka

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Grandson of chansruhgupta, extremely ruthless, didn't care for deaths in the army, all of a sudden he converts to buddism and starts apologising, becomes a pacifist and funds tempols for buddism and other relogins and makes laws to protect them .

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Therevada

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1 of 2 branch's of buddism. Buddia is a teacher, learn from books, had alot of munks, LITERATE

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Mahayana

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1 of 2 parts of budda.

Budda is a god, focussed of kindness and the deed, don't have to read.

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Silk road

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Roate from and to China that would have trade goods on. Porcoln, art, jade, tea, incense

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Kushans

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A dynasty that stuff happened in