AP World 7-11
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Moderation | shared tenant between zoro and buddhism |
| Medes | indo-euro group that lost to other indo-euro group called persians when they migrated to area of persia |
| Anatolia | turkey |
| Satrap | province in persia |
| Angra Mainyu | Evil god of Zoroastrianism |
| Darius | builder of persian empire |
| Royal Road | built by persians from Aeagan port of Ephesus to Sardis in Anatolia |
| Magi | priests of zoro |
| qanat | Name of persian method of delivering water to cities |
| Cyrus the Great | founder of Achaemenid dynasty Rule from Pasargadae Launched imperial expansion of Persia |
| Xerxes | retreat from policy of toleration Instigate war with Greeks after Darius |
| Persian Wars | Persians wanted Ionian Greeks to pay Persian taxes Darius attacks Ionian greeks Athens defeats Persians in Battle of Marathon |
| Ahura Mazda | main god of zoroastrianism |
| Zarathustra | founder of zoroastrianism be honest and moderate |
| Gathas | Zarathustra's works |
| Persepolis | capital city build by darius |
| Pasargadae | Capital and tomb location of Cyrus |
| Achaemenid | family name of cyrus the greats dynasty |
| Ren | kindness |
| Qin | 1st ruler = Qi Shi Huang Di Executes scholars Standardization of axle lengths, weights, measures, coins, laws, language Tomb Great Wall |
| Sima Qian | castrated chinese who gave us info on qin and han dynasty |
| Lao zi | Founder of Daoism |
| Xiongnu | Nomadic tribe that troubled the Han dynasty |
| Han Feizi | founder of legalism |
| Dao | "the way" supremely passive force that does nothing but accomplishes everything |
| Wu wei | to act without effort in daoism |
| Mencius | chinese , believe that people were good |
| Zhuangzi | Daoist work named after philopsopher |
| Han Wudi | martial, energetic emperor increase taxes for more public works (grow military) establish imperial university Confucianism adopted as teaching method Invade modern Vietnam, Korea, Xiongnu |
| Analects | principle text of confucianism |
| Admonitions for women | Chinese publication affirming patriarchal society |
| Book of Songs | one of few classics of chinese literatuer |
| Filial Piety | devotion to parents |
| Maodun | brutal leader of xiongnu |
| Xunzi | confucian philosopher, warped lumber |
| Han | Liu Bang Han Wudi Wang Mang |
| xiao | filial piety - obedience to parents |
| Junzi | superior man/gentleman took a broad view of public affairs and did not allow personal interests to influence their judgements |
| Wang Mang | leader during han dynasty, not really part of han family |
| Dao Dejing | Text of Daoism |
| Kong Fuzi | real name of Confucius |
| Li | sense of propriety, rituals |
| Moksha | salvation of the soul |
| White Huns | invasion of these people led to lack of unity in India |
| The Buddha | enlightened one |
| Vedas | orally transmitted of aryan time |
| Mahavira | founder of jainism |
| Nirvana | state of no wind state of perfect spiritual indepndence |
| Ashoka | indian leader replused by violence |
| Arthashastra | political handbook for indian rulers |
| Chandragupta Maurya | Founder of maurya dynasty |
| Chandra Gupta | founder of gupta dynasty |
| Brahman | soul of everyone that gets passed on, where all souls go |
| Bactria | region north and west of india settled by alexanders army |
| Karma | tally of good and bad deeds |
| Jainism | indian philosophy focus on reducing mass of soul and nonviolence |
| Upanishads | written version of vedas |
| Boddhisatva | chooses to stay even when enlightened |
| Samsara | wheel of life, cycle of birth |
| Polis | city-state |
| Sparta | Spartan citizens equal in status, no elaborate clothes Militarized society 2 kings - oversee military Council of Elders - oversee kings action Assembly - rubber stamp kings action |
| Plato | believe that you cant understand life through senses, you must reason it |
| Delian League | Formed by athens after persian war |
| Alexander the Great | Creates a unified greek empire Ends Achaemenid empire, splitting into Seleucids, Parthians, Sasanids |
| Ionian Greeks | trigger the persian war lived in anatolia |
| Battle of Marathon | Athens defeat Persians in Persian war |
| Philip of Macedon | father of alexander the great |
| Aristotle | Tutor to alexander the great |
| Macedonia | Alexanders homeland |
| Xerxes | last persian leader to attack greece |
| Socrates | greek philosopher who annoyed people |
| Athens | democratic Attica - region around athens Pericles - leader Solon - allow aristocrats to keep land, cancelled debts |
| Plebeians | lower class of people in greece |
| Gracchi Brothers | worked to limit amount of land any individual could hold get assassinated by wealthy class |
| Augustus | title given to octavian |
| Cincinnatus | basis of dictatorship |
| Tiber River | where Rome is located on provide easy access to sea but no risk on invasion by sea |
| Julius Caesar | replace republic with centralized imperial govt favor social reform and liberal policies assasinated by aristocrats in order to restore republic |
| Cleopatra | leader of egypt |
| Punic Wars | Rome take over Carthage |
| Marc Antony | Defeated by Octavian in naval battle at Actium |
| Carthage | Rome's rival in the punic wars |
| Brutus | assasinated Julius Caesar |
| Patricians | Upper class in Rome |
| Romulus | Founder of Rome |
| New Testament | compiled body of works on Christian teachings, holy book of Christianity |
| Paul of Tarsus | spread christianity |
| Pontius Pilate | Roman governor who executes Jesus for creating a riot in Jerusalem during passover |
| Cicero | Establish Stoicism as prominent philosophy in Rome |
| Yahweh | god of jews |
| Dead Sea Scrolls | Essene writtings |
| Jesus of Nazareth | Jewish teacher who Christians recognized as their savior |
| Cybele | goddess of nature (roman) |
| Mithras | Mithras - god of sun and light Roman soldiers adapt Mithras to be associated with military virtues such as strength and discipline |
| Bishops | supervisors who oversaw priests and governed their jurisdictions according to their understanding of Christian doctrine |
| Essenes | Jews in palestine who looked for a savior who would deliver them from roman rule. strict moral code and rituals that reinforce sense of community |
| Isis | egyptian goddess who was the focus of a cult |
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