Global- Chap 7 Flashcards
(12 cards)
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Chandragupta Mauryan
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Founder of the Mauryan empire who seized the throne by killing the Nanda king
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Mauryan Dynasty
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First empire in the Indus River Valley
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Ashoka
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- Grandson of Chandragupta
- converts to Buddhism
- places columns throughout the empire with laws to ensure equality
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Gupta Empire
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- 4 to 5 C CE
- golden age of India
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Brahma
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Creator of the world
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Vishnu
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Preserver of the world
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Shiva
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Destroyer of the world
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Kalidasa
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- great Indian writer
- court poet for Chandragupta II
- SHANKUNTALA
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Aryabhata
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Indian mathematician who calculated the value of pi to 4 decimal places & length of a solar year
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Silk Road
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Vast network of reading route that brought silk from China to Western Asia
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Han Dynasty
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Brought unity to China
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Emperor Wudi
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- “Martial Emperor”
- held the throne longer than any other emperor
- adopted the policy of expanding through war
