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24 Cards in this Set
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Who founded the Achaemenid Empire? |
Cyrus the Great |
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How was early Iranian Society organized? |
family structure |
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How did Cyrus treat the citizens of his empire? |
With tolerance |
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How do you explain the great communication in the Persian Empire? |
Darius extended networks of roads for troops and info to travel with speed... one language (Aramic) |
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Where was the Persian Ceremonial Center located? |
Persepons, or the capital of the Achaemenid Empire which was founded by Cyrus and built by Darius... present day Iran |
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When the the classic form of the Hindu temple occur? |
Gupta Empire |
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What product did India trade with China? |
Agricultural products, Iron, and religious beliefs (Hinduism and Buddhism) |
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why did the Gupta collapse? |
Huns invasion... India split into many kingdoms after the Invasion |
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What technologies did the Silk Road spread? |
silkworm breeding, silk spinning, paper making, printing with movable type, invention of gun powder |
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What places were involved in the Indian Ocean Meritime System? |
India, Coastal East Africa, Persian Gulf, Southeast Asia, and Southern China |
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Why could Indian Ocean Meritime System ships travel further than Greek ships? |
technology of Indian ships were better |
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What made Saharan travel possible? |
camels and caravans |
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What resource was most commonly traded to Southern Saharan people? |
gold and ivory |
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Why was trans-Saharan trade important? |
resupplying food and water, slave trade... communication and trade with Europe |
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What part of a culture can not be shared? |
attitudes, values, political structures |
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why did populations move into the Sahel? |
agricultural purposes, lots of trade occurred there |
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What metal was first melted in Africa? |
iron |
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What religion benefited most from the Silk Road? |
Buddhism |
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How would you describe Zoroastrianism |
monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia found by Zoroaster in 6th century BCE |
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How would you describe the geography of Greece? |
mountains and islands prevent complete unification of Greece by one ruler...coastal access helped for trade... not very good for agriculture |
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How was Ancient Greece organized? |
democracy, but only certain people could vote, usually white males |
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How did Greek philosophers view the world? |
rationalism, meaning of life is pursuit of knowledge and truth...physical world importance debated |
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What does the Hellenistic age refer to? |
when the Greeks expanded their way of life and empire to outside land |
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What was the center of political action in the Roman Republic? |
the senate |
