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Period: 100 to Oct 6, 1000
Part 2
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Emperor Wu Di Academy Ch.5
Emperor Wu Di established an imperial academy for people who want to be an official to study for the Civil Service Exam. It prepared the people for the exam and allowed them to study more about Confucianism. The academy was very hard to get into because it costed a lot of money to go there. That means that there were few poorer people to go to the academy. -
146
Slavery from Carthage Ch.3
When the city of Carthage fell, 55,000 people were enslaved by the Roman Empire. This shows that the Roman Empire used and needed many slaves. This also means that slavery was very popular in the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire needed plenty of slaves for all of their labor, and this is why they enslaved 55,000 people. -
200
Roman Empire Greatest Ch.3
This was when the Roman Empire was the greatest and this showed how strong the empire was. This spread the Roman/Greek culture since the Romans were influenced by the Greeks. When the Roman Empire was the greatest, it was called the Pax Romana. This was when there was little conflict, and everything was peaceful. -
206
Han Dynasty Began Ch.3
The Han Dynasty was the guidelines for all of the dynasties that followed. All of the dynasties that followed copied the techniques of the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty established the Mandate of Heaven for their religious rule. This idea was an influence to many of the following dynasties. -
221
Qin Dynasty Formed Ch3
The Qin Dynasty was ruled by Qin Shihuangdi. The Qin Dynasty brought China out of the Warring States Period and unified China. This allowed for all of the other dynasties to come to be formed. The Qin Dynasty only lasted for 18 years, but that was enough to unify China. -
250
Meroe Civilization Flourish Ch.6
The Meroe flourished for 400 years and it started to flourish in 300B.C.E. This was important because they were a major place where they distributed goods for trade. This meant that new ideas were brought back into that city, and that finally led to the decline of the city. They were very elaborate with their irrigation system, and this allowed them grow a plentiful amount of food for their civilization. -
300
Niger Civiliztion Began Ch.6
The Niger Civilization began in 300 B.C.E., and this civilization was the new form of a civilization. This was very important because this civilzation was like the Indus Valley Civilization. This means that we don't know much about the civilization. This civilization also helped influence some other futue civilizations. -
323
Hellenistic Era Ch.3
This era was when the Greek Culture flourished and spread the most throughout Eurasa. This was when Athens and all of the other major cities flourished greatly. Their Greek culture was spread all the way into the Roman Empire, and the Roman Empire adopted some of their influences. Some of the things that were spread were their art and architecture, and some of their math and science systems. -
375
Saint Augustine Ch.5
Saint Augustine changed the thought of Christianity. He embedded slavery into the religious thinking by saying that "slavery as God's punishment for sin." He was a missionary that was against women, and he did not think they shoukd have any power. He thought men shoukld control everything and rule. -
431
Civil War in Greece (Peloponnesian War) Ch.3
The civil war in Greece weakened Greece greatly and opened the doors for outsiders to invade and take over. It also stopped the spread of Greek culture for now and the Golden Age for Greece. The war was between Athens and their Allies against Sparta and their Allies. Sparta won, but outside invaders were already invading Greece. -
435
Xenophon Ch.5
Xenophon talked about how homosexuality was not allowed and is not liked in Rome. This was because Rome wanted men and women to have intercourse so that way more boys are born for the military. This shows how important Rome's military was if they wanted just men and women to marry and have intercourse. He became very famous about his thoughts, and he influenced a lot of people to have more kids for their military. -
500
Caste System Became Popular Ch.5
The caste system changed the way social systems were arranged and formed. It was also adapted into Buddhism and Hinduism, and this brought out even more inequalities in empires. They had many different levels in the caste system, and it was very hard to move up through the caste system. This made it appeal to the richer and wealthier people. -
566
Siddhartha Gautama Ch.4
Siddhartha Gautama spread his ideas, and these ideas turned into Buddhism. These were very new ideas, but Siddhartha did not mean to make a new religion. His followers spread his new ideas and made it a new religion. It was an influence of Hinduism, and Hinduism used the Buddha as a god. -
Oct 6, 600
Zoroastrianism Ideas Ch.4
Zoroastrianism ideas started around the 6th century B.C.E. and this was the first montheistic idea. This was a new type of religion and influenced Islam, Christianity, and all of the other monotheistic religions to come. The religion involved good vs. evil, and it was the first monotheistic religion. -
Oct 6, 600
Greek Rationalism Began Ch.4
Greek Rationalism Began around 600C.E., and this was a new idea in the world and it wasn't allowed at first. They killed the first person that started it, then it became to popular. This led to many advances in technology, and educated people greatly. -
Oct 6, 700
Athens Patriarchy Growing Ch.5
Athens started to become a more patriarchal society, and this meant that women were gaining less rights. This also meant that Athens were going to have more male citizens, and this idea will spread throughout greece. Their governmemnt were headed by men. This means that they could pass any laws that gave women less rights. -
Oct 6, 750
Chavin Influences Ch.6
The Chavin civilization was a major influence on future civlizations in the rain forest and the desert regions. They influnced civilizations by their religion, art and architecture, hidden passages, etc. Their civilization was brought through into the second-wave era, and that allowed their influences to spread further because they have been around for so long. -
Socrates Ch.4
Socrates was the first Greek thinker to question everything. This was very new and led to many advances in technology. He taught many students, and one of his students was Plato. Socrates was killed due to his teachings, but that did not end all Greek rationalism. -
Ashoka Ch.4
Ashoka was the emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty, and he converted to Buddhism. This helped spread and keep Buddhism alive. He was the greatest emperor in the Mauryan Dynasty. He built temples and statues that helped spread Buddhism. -
Aspacia Ch.5
Aspacia was a very educated women in Athens, and people considered her to be a professional. This means that her information is correct. This is important because Athens was a patriarchal cit, and for men to consider her a professional it was a very important thing. That is because men thpught of women to no be educated and to just work at home. -
Pericles with Aspacia Ch.5
Pericles and Aspacia married and they lived in the same house. When they lived in the same house, they were equal to each other. Pericles was not commanding and patriarchal towards Aspacia. This was very rare since Athens was a very patriarchal city, and Pericles did not want his house to be patriarchal. -
Vedas Ch.4
The vedas were a collection of hymns, prayers, poems, and rituals. They gave people a glimpse of early Indian civilization. This allowed us to learn about the gods, what kind of societies they had, warfare between chiefdoms and kingdoms, etc. They had the Upanishads written about them. -
Upanishads Began Ch.4
Upanishads was a book composed of many anonymous thinkers that talked about the Vedas's rituals. This was important because this explained in more depth about some parts of the Vedas, such as the rituals and the soul and how the Brahmins were the world soul. They were written throughout many centuries, and they had many different views or definittions of things. This means that they combined their ideas into one and had the ideas have a lot of information.
