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57 Cards in this Set
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born in magadha; start maurya empire; seize land from magada to the indus
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chandragupta maurya
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macedonian general that wanted to reestablish control over the Indus
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seleucus
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chandragupta's advisor; wrote arthasatra
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kautilya
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book written by kautilya that explained tough-minded policies to keep gov't toether
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arthasatra
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wrote descriptions of chandragupta's palace
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megasthenes
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brought mauryan empire to heights; addopted buddhism; religious toleration; roads
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asoka
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the bloody war asoka felt sorrow over
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battle of kalinga
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dominated after mauryan in central india
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andhra dynasty
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live in southern india; 3 warring kingdoms
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tamil
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est gupta empire in northern magadha
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chandra gupta
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southern india headed by mother
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matriarchal
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defeated shakas; trade with mediterranean and organized marital alliances
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chandra gupta II
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cental asian nomads taht overran gupta empire
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hunas
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potential buddhas gave up nirvana to save humanity
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bodhisattva
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accepted new buddhist doctrines
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mahayana
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held to strict original buddhist teachings
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theravada
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stone structures built over relics paid by merchants wanting to do good deeds
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stupas
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creator
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brahma
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vishnu
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preserver
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shiva
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destroyer
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chandra gupta II's court poet; wrote shakuntala
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kalidasa
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city in souther india; site of writing
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mandurai
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calculated pi and solar year
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aryabhata
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indians built trading stations here at oases and brought silk from china
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silk roads
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yellow silt depostited by huang he
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loess
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first chinese dynasty
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xia dynasty
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mathematician and engineer that controlled floods and irrigation projects
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yu
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first rulers to leave written records; surrounded city with walls
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shang dynasty
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capital of shang made of wood
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anyang
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overthrew shang; brought mandate idea; feudalism
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zhou dynasty
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just ruler has divine approval; dynastic cycle
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mandate of heaven
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lords fought with each other for power at this capital; period of warring states
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luoyang
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created beaucracy; developed 5 relationships; lived during decline of zhou
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confucius
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respect for parents/ ancestors; devotion to paretns; honor after death
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filial piety
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appointed confucious as minister of justice
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duke of lu
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students of confucius collected his words in a book
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analects
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diciple spread confucius's ideas
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mencius
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search for knowledge and understanding of nature and scientific studies
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daoism
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wrote "way of virtue"; dao guides all things
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laozi
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powerfult gov't restore harmony; punishments
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legalism
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founders of legalism
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hanfeizi and li si
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solve eithical and practical problems
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i ching
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two opposite forces of life
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yin and yang
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replaced zhou; employed legalist ideas to unify
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qin dynasty
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first emperor; doubled china; nobles to capital; 36 districts
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shi huangdi
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legalist prime minister of shi huangdi; burned books and killed confucian scholars
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li su
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aristocratic general allowed lords to keep land if ackknowege him as feudal lord
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xiang yu
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xiang yu's general; 1st han emeror; softened legalism
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liu bang
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outlived liu bang's son
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empress lu
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martial emperor; set up confucian schools; defeated xiongu
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wudi
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nomads at steppes north and westof china with archery on horseback skills
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xiong nu
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18 ranks of gov't jobs civilians could have during han by tking exams
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civil service
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groupe has control over production and distribution of good
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monopoly
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making conquered people part of chinese culture
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assimilation
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grand historian; recors of grand historian
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sima qian
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wrote lessons for women to be obedient
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ban zhao
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overthrew early han; took from rich to give to poor; mint new money
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wang mang
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