1. ID Cards
On an index card, write the key term, person, place or event on one side. On the other side write a definition or description of that key term.
Persian Empire
Athenian democracy
Greco-Persian Wars
Hellenistic Era
Alexander the Great
Augustus
Pax Romana
Qin Shihuangdi
Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka Maurya
Gupta Empire
Xiongnu
Wu Ti (Wu Di)
Satrapies
Cyrus the Great
Darius
Han dynasty
Mauryan Empire
Ashoka
Rock and Pillar Edicts
Legalism
Confucianism
Daoism
Vedas
Upanishads
Siddhartha Gautama
Theravada
Bantu migration
Mound builders
Athens
Sparta
Polis
Silk Road
Mahayana
Bhagavad Gita
Zoroastrianism
Judaism
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Jesus of Nazareth
Paul of Tarsus
Caste system
Scholar gentry class
Yellow Turban Uprising
Helots
Meroe
Axum
Peloponnesian War
Great Royal War
Julius Caesar
Punic Wars
Constantine
Diocletian
Delian League
Patricians
Plebeians
Twelve Tables
Edict of Milan
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism
Moche
Chavin
Maya
Pericles

2. ID Cards Activities
1. Matching
2. Chronological Order
3. By Theme/GRAPES
4. By Importance

3. WHAP Exam Review Period 2
600 B.C.E. to around 600 C.E.
Chapters 3-6

4. Key Concepts
The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions
The Development of States and Empires
Emergence of Transregional Networks of Communication and Exchange

5. The Big Picture Think Themes! See AP syllabus Think GRAPES!
Change---What causes change?
Human Interaction with Environment---Where do they live? Why they move? Defense? How do civilizations interact with others? Technology?
Comparison---What similarities and differences can we find between these Classical civilizations?

6. Classical: Mesoamerica
Maya, 300 B.C.E. to 800 C.E.
Southern Mexico and other parts of Central America
Collection of city-states ruled by the same king
Pyramids, hieroglyphics, complex calendar, city planning, Tikal, Chichen Itza, ball game
Religion: 3 worlds, gods made people out of maize, sacrifices, blood-letting
Wars to acquire slaves, no beasts of burden
Social classes: most people were peasants/slaves
Cotton and maize, good agricultural practices

7. Classical=India
Mauryan Empire: founded by Chandragupta Maurya, grandson Ashoka Maurya was its greatest leader (Rock and Pillar Edicts, spread Buddhism), trade!
Gupta Dynasty: Chandra Gupta, decentralized and smaller than Mauryan, peace and advances in arts and sciences (pi and ‘arabic’ numerals), women losing rights

8. Classical: China
Qin Dynasty: short, strong economy based on agriculture, powerful army, iron weapons, grew, Great Wall of China united, legalism
Qin Shihuangdhi---emperor, standardized laws, currencies, weights, measures, writing--- burned books, killed scholars (legalism)
Han Dynasty: WuTi —warrior emperor, enlarged China, Trade thrived on Silk Road, civil service exam based on Confucianism, invented paper, sundials, calendars, used metals

9. Classical= Greece
Land=mountainous, peninsula, no major rivers, no large scale agriculture, harbors, sea, mild weather
Athens and Sparta=city-states/poleis, very different
Democracy, Aristocracy, Oligarchy
Mythology=Many gods/polytheists
Persian Wars leads to Golden Age of Pericles in Athens and Delian League which leads to Peloponnesian War
Philosophers: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Alexander the Great: Father conquered/united Greeks, he conquered Persian Empire, Hellenism, land split into Antigonid, Ptolemaic, and Seleucid empires

10. Classical= Rome Mythology: like the Greeks, polytheists
Patricians/Plebeians (like the Greeks too)
Twelve Tables of Rome
Social Structure: pater familias, patriarchal, slavery important
Roman Empire spread by military domination, Punic Wars
First Triumvirate= Pompey, Crassus, Caesar
Caesar became “emperor for life”, assassinated
Second Triumvirate= Octavius, Marc Antony, Lepidus----Octavius became dictator (Caesar Augustus)
Pax Romana---Can you compare this to other golden ages in other empires?
Christianity!

11. Late Classical c.e.
Collapse of empires such as Han, Gupta, Roman, Maya
Maya: ??? Disease, drought, internal unrest/warfare, expanding population too much for environment?
Han China: Wang Mang, land redistribution unsuccessful, famines, floods, war on edge of civilization, China is divided for a time into regional kingdoms

12. Late Classical 200-600 c.e. Gupta India: invaded by the White Huns
Rome: western half, remember “Who killed Mama Roma?”, Diocletian divided it in 284, Constantine moved capital to Byzantium, invasions brought final end.
Fall of Empire: Comparisons?

13. Silk Road World becoming “smaller” by trade and connection
What travels on trade routes besides goods to be traded?
Silk Roads---over land and sea

14. Major Belief Systems Polytheism Confucianism Daoism Legalism Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism
Christianity
Zoroastrianism

15. Technology
Stirrup
Architecture-temples, Greek columns, Roman arch and aqueducts, theaters, stadiums
Paper
Record keeping- math, sundial
Others?

16. Role of Women All patriarchal Upper-class/elite women more restricted
Veiling
In Buddhism and Christianity, women were equal in faith but not in Hinduism and Confucianism

17. Big Picture Civilizations---Golden Ages? Civilizations---Falls?
Change---trade, conquest, spread of belief systems, technology (innovation vs. adoption)
Human Interaction with Geography---how did they change their surroundings to meet their needs, human need to control/explain nature, in religion too (protection to internal peace)