History Ch7 Vocab
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- Mauryan Empire
- the first Indian Dynasty, began in about 321 BC
- Stupas
- mound like structure, buddhist, covered relics of buddha supposedly
- Silk Roads
- trade routes form China to the Mediterranean sea
- Centralized Government
- a government that controls all aspects of society from a central location through a central system
- Kalidasa
- sanskrit poet and dramatist, wrote plays and poetry about buddhist legend
- "Martial Emperor"
- another name for Liu Bang's great grandson Wudi who returned to centralized government and expanded the empire by conquest
- Civil Service
- employees took exams to get jobs, need to know confucianism, looked for virtues promoted by confucianism
- Patriarchal
- where m the eldest male is the head of the household
- Mahayana
- a branch of buddhism that claims to have the direct teachings from the Buddha
- Wang Mang
- Confucian Scholar, overthrew Hans, minted new money, public granaries to feed poor, took land from rich to give to poor who lost it earlier, anger among wealthy, inflation, great flood, granaries fall, people revolt and wealthy join, Wang Mang assassinated
- Samudra Gupta
- conqueror who gave himself title king of kings
- Chandragupta Maurya
- name given to the first emperor of the Indian dynasty
- Monopoly
- where only a certain organization provides a good or service and competition is prohibited, in China government controlled salt mining, iron, alchohol, and silk
- Shiva
- destroyer
- Vishnu
- Hindu goddess who was the protector of the world
- Assimilation
- acceptance of people with other customs into a society in harmony
- Liu Bang
- beat out other generals for power at the end of the Qin Dynasty, declared himself emperor, began Han Dynasty, centralized government, useed hundreds of local provinces called commanderies, removed legalism, lowered taxes, won people's favor, succeded by son but the real ruler was son's mother Lu
- Han Dynasty
- followed Qin Dynasty, ruled china for 400 years, strong unifying influence, called "people of Han"
- Brahma
- creator of the world
- Tamil
- the name of a language and people group in southern india
- Theravada
- buddhist school promoting meditation and learning of the four truths
- Asoka
- considered one of the greatest emperors of india, conqueror, accepted Buddhism
- religious toleration
- allowing another religion to coincide
- Matriarchal
- where the eldest female is the head of the household, in southern India
- Gupta Empire
- began with Chandragupta I