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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. |
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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). |
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Describe Moksha |
The Hindu's nirvana. As the ultimate goal of liberation, Hindu's were taught caste determined methods of attainment. |
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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. |
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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). |
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What was the name of the Emperor whom ordered the erection of the Great Wall of China? |
Shihuangdi |
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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. |
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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. |
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When was the Second Wave Era? |
500 B.C. - 500 C.E. |
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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 |