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| Assyrians | The _____ originated from the area that is now Israel, Iraq, and Jordan. |
| cavalries | Assyrians are usually thought to have used one of earliest _____. |
| 612 BCE | The Assyrian Empire was defeated by the Chaldean army in _____ . |
| Tiber | Rome was established on the _____ River in modern-day Italy in 753 BCE. |
| Roman Republic | In 509 BCE, after a group of nobles overthrew the king of Rome, the _____ was formed. |
| dictator | In the Roman Republic during times of war, the people would elect a _____ to rule for six months. |
| Julius Caesar | _____ was one of the most well-known dictators in Ancient Rome. |
| murder | Roman Senators concerned with Caesar's power decided to ____ Caesar. |
| 31 BCE | in approximately _____ , the Roman Empire came into being. |
| Octavius | After Caesar's death, _____, Caesar's nephew came into power. |
| Zhou | The _____ Dynasty adopted a philosophy known as the Mandate of Heaven. |
| Shang | The Zhou Dynasty came into power after defeating the _____ Dynasty. |
| gods | The Mandate of Heaven was a belief that the _____ would only allow a government to stay in power as long as it was good and moral. |
| Shi Huangdi | _____ was China's First Emperor. |
| united | Shi Huangdi _____ China. |
| legalism | Shi Huangdi adopted _____. |
| politica | Legalism is a _____ philosophy that taught that a government needed to maintain order through powerful and efficient means. |
| 206 BCE | In ____, a peasant rebel, Liu Bang, defeated the Qin forces, marking the beginning of the Han Dynasty. |
| Han Dynasty | The _____ is considered one of the greatest periods in the history of China. |
| Alexander the Great | In 326 BCE, the legendary conqueror _____ marched his army into India and defeated the Indian forces. |
| Mauryan Empire | Chandragupta Maurya seized power and founded the first Indian Empire, the _____ , in 321 BCE. |
| Ashoka | The Maurya Empire reached its height during the reign of Emperor _____. |
| equally | Ashoka treated all his subjects _____ , no matter what caste they were in. |
| smelting techniques | With the development of higher temperature _____, people could make iron more easily than before. |
| Siddhartha Gautama | Buddhism arose in India in the 500s BCE when a prince, _____ began his a spiritual quest. |
| Buddha | Siddhartha found enlightenment, and was known as the _____, or the "Enlightened One." |
| Confucius | _____ was an influential leader who believed that China was overrun with dishonest people. |
| ethics and moral | Confucianism taught that China needed to return to _____ values. |
| Nazareth | Christianity is a monotheistic (belief in one God) religion that began with Jewish followers of Jesus of _____ . |
| Constantine | In the early 300s CE, Emperor _____ of the Roman Empire became a Christian and removed any bans on the religion. |
