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What is the Royal Road?

in 1,700 miles, the road connected all of Egypt to have an average period of three months to traverse. Communication & Commerce were incredibly dependent of it.

Describe Nirvana

A virtually indescribable state best related to as the complete extinguishing of the individual Self alongside its concurrent vices and bias. Through the Buddhist tradition this was accomplished by austere self-discipline and was the end-goal of many Buddhists (Pre-Mahayana).

Describe Moksha

The Hindu's nirvana. As the ultimate goal of liberation, Hindu's were taught caste determined methods of attainment.

What was the Mauryan Empire?

The first large-scale political system to encompass all but the southern tip of India. The political system of this empire was informed by the Arthashastra.

What year do historians refer to as the end of the Han dynasty?; as the final disintegration of the Roman Empire?

220 C.E.; 476 C.E. (though the decline had been in motion for several centuries prior).

What was the name of the Emperor whom ordered the erection of the Great Wall of China?

Shihuangdi

In what year did the Macedonian takeover of Greece occur? Who was their King and what was this event's affect?

in 338 B.C.E. King Philip II united Greece for the first time, negatively impeding on the independence known of the city-states.

What is an Empire?

States, political systems that exercise coercive power. The term, however, is normally reserved for larger and more aggressive states, those that conquer, rule, and extract resources from other states and peoples.

When was the Second Wave Era?

500 B.C. - 500 C.E.

What are all of the "wisdom traditions" listed by Strayer?

Confucianism and Daoism in China; Hinduism and Buddhism in India; Greek rationalism in the Mediterranean; and Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam in the Middle East