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Quiz 2 (Greece, Roman, Early China, Early India) Flashcards

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Latium

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Where the Romans are from

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Magna Graecia

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Traitors from Greece hanging out in Rome

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Patricians

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Nobles and the high up dudes

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Plebians

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Romans

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Senate + assembly

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Rome’s government

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Veii

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Etruscan; Marks the first territorial conquest for Romans

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Sentinum

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Roma’s defeated Samnites

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Septimius Severus

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Emperor after Marcus Aurelius; Not as prosperous but not terrible middle class liked him; Alexander Severus is next then barracks emperors, causing inflation and famine

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Samnite War

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Samnites teamed up with Etruscans and Umbrians to beat up the Romans. How’d that work out for ya?

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Pyrrhus

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King won a battle, but lost a ton of men. You can’t keep going if you have let all your troops die, Pyrrhus

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Carthage

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competed with Romans; Affluent capitol city where the trading went down. East of Lake Tunis (now Tunisia)

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Sicily

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1st Punic War- was given up along with Corsica and Sardinia- Island by Italy, definitely not the same as Italy.

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Corsica

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1st Punic War- was given up along with Sisily and Sardinia

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Sardinia

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1st Punic War- was given up along with Corsica and Sicily by Carthage

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Punic War I

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1st Punic War- Romans fought with Carthagiants gave up Corsica, Sisily and Sardinia at the battle of Mylae

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Punic War II

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Hannibal conquered some places until Saguntum? War elephants and troops over the alps. 1/2 of the soldiers died. Dude, did you not hear of Pyrrhus; Battle of Cannae Carthaginians were winning. Hannibal couldn’t defeat Rome, Cathage was losing in Spain and gave up

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Punic War III

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3Rd, enough already. Rome massacres Carthage. There can be only one true ring.

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Hannibal Barca

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General in Punic War II for Carthage

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Scipio

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defeated Hannibal once he was retreating and weak. Kick a fella while he’s down why don’t ya.

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Antioches III

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Seleucid leader trying to take over Greece Rome beat them

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Antiochus Epiphanes

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Seleucid leader make the Jews practice Greek religion causing a revolution. Don’t mess with people’s religions.

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Social consequences of Roman Expansion

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  1. Increased socioeconomic inequality
  2. Urbanization
  3. Increased power of military & expense of Senate
  4. Rivalries among regional commanders
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Lucius Cornelius Sulla

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Social War- Italic subjects were rebelling but Lucius kept them down and became dictator of Rome. Gave Italics citizenship, that was big of him.

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1st Triumverate

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Caesar, Pompey, Crassus’ secret alliance. A main aim was to get Pompey’s wishes fulfilled by the Senate who said No Way Dude.

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Spartucus
led slave revolt; defeated by Crassus.
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Pericles
leader peak of democracy in Athens
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Peloponnesian War
Athens (Dems) and Sparta (Haters)
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Socrates
Philospher, discussion/question/figure it out
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Greek Peninsula
Greece
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Aegean Sea
The sea
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Asia minor
Turkey
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Sparta
Peloponnesian Peninsula, Military-centered govt.
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Athens
More Democratic
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Crete
Island to the south
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Seleucid
Alex kicked it and his lands got shopped in 3 this part isSyria,Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Iran
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Antigonid
Alex kicked it and his lands got shopped in 3 this part isGreece
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Miletus
city-state in Ionia, intellectual city-state before athens
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Augustus
Octavian after he changes his name
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Herod
King of Palestine, where the jews lived
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Paul
Christian guy started spread of Christianity; writing letters to christians (earliest writings of the New testament)..and stuff
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Tiberius
After Augustus, the last stable emperor before the crazy ones hit the stage
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Caligula, Claudius, Nero
Crazy pants emperors of Rome
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Trajan
Emperor of Rome Conquered Romania and Armenia and Mesopotamia. Height of Roman power, towards end of Pax Romana
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Marcus Aurelius
Last Period of good governance and prosperity fro Roman Empire
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Vespasian
Destroyed the first jewish revolt from the Zealots
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Baudica
Celtic chick who said step off Roman dudes this is our land in 60CE and made them listen.
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Diocletian
Divided the empire into 4 prefectures; Tetrarchy
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Constantine
Galarius battled him after Diocletian; integrated christianity into the government.
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Theodosius
Emperor made it more christian, Constantinople was battling with Rome for the center of christianity
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Huns
Nomadic came from Mongolia into East Europe. and eventually butt up against Roman Empire. Huns tore
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Goths
Eastern Europe and they start fleeing the huns and fighting everything in their path IE the Romans, Still bad for Rome
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Vandals
they start fleeing the huns and fighting everything in their path IE the Romans This is bad for Rome
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Alaric
He was the Goth leader taking them into Greece
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Yangtze
River
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Tibet
Above Nepal
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Mongolia
Northern Country
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Taklimakan
Desert
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Mandate of Heaven
Used to legitimize the King/Emperor of China
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Lao tzu
Wrote Tao Te Ching
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Tao Te Ching
400 BC Basis for Daoism written by Lao Tzu; pillar of Chinese theology; One undivided truth at the root of all things
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Huang He
North River
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Yangtze
South River
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Chronology
``` 2200-1760 BCE: Neolithic/Bronze 1760-1046 BCE: Shang 1046-221 BCE: Zhou 221-206 BCE: Qin 206-25 AD: Western Han 25-220 AD: Eastern Han ```
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Wu (Zhou)
Led revolution Starting the Zhou Dynasty; Split it into smaller regions. Feudalism
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Duke of Zhou
Helped found the Zhou Dynasty with his brother; Confucius was a big fan
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Artistic Zhou tradition
Bronze work using wax molds Lacquer ware Writing
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Luoyang
Capitol in the later part of the Zhou Dynasty and Eastern Han Dynasty
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Confucius
philosopher started Confucianism emphasized humaneness, reciprocity and relationships
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Daoism
At same time as Confucianism, spiritual/meditation
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Xi'an
Moved capitol: Qin Dynasty wins and raises the capitol flag for all here. Stayed capital through W. Han dynasty
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Qin
221-206 BCE Dynasty- Started building the Great Wall; led by Shi Huang Di Establishes the silk road (Europe Trading)
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Legalism
Conservative variation of Confucianism with rigid system of rewards and punishments
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Xunzi
Started Legalism
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Han Fei
Made Legalism extreme; People too stupid to have morals.
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Shi Huang Di
Qin Dynasty leader Legalism and executed Confucian scholars
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Gaozu
established the Han dynasty then changed his name to Gaozu.
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Cultural/Technology - Han Dynasty
More writing, wrote Chronology of Chinese rulers, Taoism created alchemy (making local cults)
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Mencius
Confucian guy in Han dynasty
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yellow turban Rebellion
Revolution: daoists revolt- military was using it to increase their independence
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Jomon
1st settlers on Japan. | pit dwellings arranged around central open spaces, and obtained their food by gathering, fishing, and hunting.
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yayoi
Came from Korean then became main people in Japan | Japan spanning from c. 300 BCE to c. 250 CE, preceded by the Jomon Period and followed by the Kofun Period.
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religion - China
Confucianism Daoism Legalism All at the same time
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Trade interactions - China
silk road
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Geography of India (Himalayas, Karakorum, Hindu Kush, Indo-Gangetic Plain, Deccan Plateau)
Himalayas, Karakorum and Hindu Kush are mountain ranges in North & West, North South Asia is mostly Indo-Gangetic Plain, South South Asia includes Deccan Plateau
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Indo-Aryans
Civilization after Indus Valley Civ, absorbed old population, N. spoke sanskrit, S. spoke Dravidian languages
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Dravidian
Family of languages ex: Tamil, Telugu
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Vedic period
Period early Indo-Aryan Civilization recounted in Vedas, a Hindu religious text. Iron metallurgy caused conflict
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Caste System
``` Separation of population by occupation major groups: Brahmins (priests & scholars) Kshatriyas (Soldiers & Govt. Officials) Vaisyas (Craftsmen, Merchants, landowners) Sudras (Peasants) ```
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Hinduism & main gods
``` Polytheistic, Major religion of India, Believed in reincarnation Main gods: Brahma (Creation) Vishnu (Preservation) Shiva (Destruction) ```
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Upanishads
Religion, more simplistic than Hinduism | Focused on meditation, self-discipline, & vegetarianism
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Jainism
Most extreme religion, avoid harming living creatures, spend time as a beggar
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Buddha/Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) born rich, gave up for poverty, decided on moderation "middle path"
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Theravada Buddhism
Sri Lankan & SE Asian, focus on individual enlightenment
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Mahayana Buddhism
East & Central Asian, Worship Buddha & other teachers
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Maurya Empire
Formed by Chandragupta Maurya, 1st unified empire in Indian subcontinent Efficient & Well-funded
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Chandragupta Maurya
Formed Maurya Empire with military conquest
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Pataliputra
Capital of Maurya Empire, on the Ganges river
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Ashoka
Mauryan emperor, after a war appalled by cost of war, became Buddhist, promoted religious tolerance
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Fall of Maurya Empire
Maurya Empire fell after invasions by Greco-Bactrians | Space filled by Sakas and Kushans, Indo-Iranian ppl
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Kushan Empire
Controlled NW. India for 200 yrs, created more trade routes
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Gupta Empire
Empire formed by Chandra Gupta, controlled North India & drove Kushans back Witnessed rise of astronomy & math, invention of decimals
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Chandra Gupta
Started campaign to unify northern India, resulted in Gupta Empire.
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Tamils
South Indian people, established 3 small kingdoms, Chola, Pandya, & Chera Important for maritime trade Strong literary tradition
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Harsha Vardhana
Briefly re-unified North India after Gupta Empire, didn't last
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SE Asia Geography
Mainland: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Malay Peninsula: South from SE. Asia, includes S. Thailand, Malaysia, & Singapore Island SE. Asia: Philippines & Indonesia, extends towards Australia
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Austronesians
Earliest SE. Asian peoples, migrated to island SE. Asia & the Malay Peninsula
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Funan
1st SE. Asian Kingdom w/ an urban center. Near modern Vietnam
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Oc-Eo
Capital of Funan, major center of maritime trade
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Srivijaya
Maritime SE. Asian kingdom, overtook Funan as focal point of trade, in Indonesia with control over Malaysia Practiced Theravada Buddhism
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Palembang
Capital of Srivijaya
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Borobodur
Location of major Theravada Buddhist temple built by Srivijayans
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Wu (Han)
Expanded China's borders, claiming enough territory to make space for the Silk Road

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