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founded by Mozi
- choose leaders that are righteously moral |
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- began with the Dorian Invasion and the end of the Mycenean Civilization
- ended with the rise of the Greek city-states |
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-founded the earliest Bronze Age
characterizations:
1. writing on oracle bones
2. bronze craftsmanship
3. appearance of social classes |
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- continued the Shang way of life
- city-states but more militaristic |
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- first phase of the Eastern Zhou
- kinship and religious ties to the Zhou house were wearing thin and they lacked military strength to reimpose its rule |
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- began with the barbarians overrunning the Wei capital and the Zhou hier reestablishing a new capital at Loyang
- 771 BCE |
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- second phase of the Eastern Zhou
- defense alliances collapsed and border states grew in size and power until 8 or 9 states remained
- 401-256 BCE |
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First Emperor
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- Legalist aristocrat
- implemented reforms throughout China
1. construction of the Great Wall
2. bureaucratic government
3. unified writing and measurement systems |
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| by realizing the Dao, he transcends disruptive action and allows nature to flourish |
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- Confucian disciple
- "humans tend toward good just as water runs downward" |
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- 206 BCE-8 CE
- Gaozu unified China after the collapse of the Qin Dynasty |
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| a strong state was necessary to have a good society |
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| Bronze Age civilization of mainland Greece that was centered at Mycenae |
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- father of history
- Persian War
- attempted to explain human actions and draw instruction from them |
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| alliance of Greek states under the leadership of Athens that was formed to resist the Persians |
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- leader of Athens
- formed the freest government, ie direct democracy |
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- King of Persia
- 490 BCE: sent an expedition to punish the Athenians and lost at Marathon |
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- Darius' successor
- 480 BCE: invaded Greece by land and sea but lost to the Athenian navy |
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- King of Macedonia
- admired Greek culture
- control over gold and silver mining led to the finest army |
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| Later Hellenistic Kingdoms |
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| Greek culture was spread by Alexander's conquests |
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| dynasty in Egypt (Cleopatra) |
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| dynasty in Asia Minor and Macedonia |
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| - humans could only be happy with natural law |
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| sought to liberate people from fear of death and the supernatural by teaching that gods took no interest in human affairs |
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| Roman orator who studied rhetoric and philosophy in Greece |
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- opened the army to all
- presented the challenge of military leaders over civilian government |
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- Marius' military general
- led a civil war against Marius and proclaimed himself dictator |
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- First Triumvirate
- conquered Gaul
- as his term ended, he led a civil war against Pompey and the Senate and won |
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First Punic War
- war over Sicily between Carthage and Rome
- Rome built a navy and won
Second Punic War
- Hannibal (Carthage) conquered Spain and Italy and allied with Philip V of Macedonia
- Scipio (Rome) conquered Spain and defeated Hannibal at Zama |
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