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Where was the location of the Persian empire?
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Southwest Asia.
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In order to organize their subjects, the rulers created administrative institutions in many regions. What is an example of an administrative institution?
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Centralized governments.Elaborate legal systems and bureaucracies
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Imperial governments projected military power over larger areas using a variety of techniques. What was one technique?
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Diplomacy• Developing supply lines• Building fortifications, defensive walls, and roads• Drawing new groups of military officers and soldiers from the local populations or conquered peoples
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Empires and states developed new techniques of imperial administration based, in part, on the success of earlier political forms.
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Much of the success of the empires rested on their promotion of trade and economic integration by building and maintaining roads and issuing currencies
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Unique social and economic dimensions developed in imperial societies in Afro-Eurasia and the Americas.
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Cities served as centers of trade, public performance of religious rituals, and political administration for states and empires.
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Unique social and economic dimensions developed in imperial societies in Afro-Eurasia and the Americas.
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The social structures of empires displayed hierarchies that included cultivators, laborers, slaves, artisans, merchants, elites, or caste groups.
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Unique social and economic dimensions developed in imperial societies in Afro-Eurasia and the Americas
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Imperial societies relied on a range of methods to maintain the production of food and provide rewards for the loyalty of the elites.Corvée• Slavery• Rents and tributes• Peasant communities• Family and household production
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What did a patriarchy do?
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Patriarchy continued to shape gender and family relations in all imperial societies of this period.
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Codifications and further developments of which existing traditions provided a bond among the people and an ethical code to live by?
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The association of monotheism with Judaism was further developed with the codification of the Hebrew Scriptures, which also reflected the influence of Mesopotamian cultural and legal traditions. The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Roman empires conquered various Jewish states at different points in time. These conquests contributed to the growth of Jewish diasporic communities around the Mediterranean and Middle East. ....And the core beliefs outlined in the Sanskrit scriptures formed the basis of the Vedic religions — later known as Hinduism — which contributed to the development of the social and political roles of a caste system and in the importance of multiple manifestations of Brahma to promote teachings about reincarnation.
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What was the core belief of Buddhism and who was its founder?
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The core beliefs about desire, suffering, and the search for enlightenment preached by the historic Buddha and recorded by his followers into sutras and other scriptures were, in part, a reaction to the Vedic beliefs and rituals dominant in South Asia. Buddhism changed over time as it spread throughout Asia — first through the support of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka, and then through the efforts of missionaries and merchants, and the establishment of educational institutions to promote its core teachings.
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What was the core belief of Confucianism and who was its founder?
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Confucianism’s core beliefs and writings originated in the writings and lessons of Confucius and were elaborated by key disciples who sought to promote social harmony by outlining proper rituals and social relationships for all people in China, including the rulers.
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What was the core belief of Daoism?
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In the major Daoist writings, the core belief of balance between humans and nature assumed that the Chinese political system would be altered indirectly. Daoism also influenced the development of Chinese culture.
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What was the core belief of Christianity?
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Christianity, based on core beliefs about the teachings and divinity of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded by his disciples, drew on Judaism, and initially rejected Roman and Hellenistic influences. Despite initial Roman imperial hostility, Christianity spread through the efforts of missionaries and merchants through many parts of Afro-Eurasia, and eventually gained Roman imperial support by the time of Emperor Constantine
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What were the core ideas in Greco-Roman philosophy?
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The core ideas in Greco-Roman philosophy and science emphasized logic, empirical observation, and the nature of political power and hierarchy
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Belief systems affected gender roles, which religions did this include?
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Belief systems affected gender roles. Buddhism and Christianity encouraged monastic life and Confucianism emphasized filial piety.
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