WH.1B, 3A | Classical Civilizations

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This was the ancient city-state known for the implementation of one of the world’s first functional democratic governments.

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Athens

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This was the imperial capital of the Persian Empire from which all law-making, cultural, economic, civic, and religious policy-making centered.

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Persepolis

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This person is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, skepticism, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought.

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Socrates

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This is the Persian conqueror and emperor famous for establishing the world’s first successful centralized imperial state from 559 – 530 BCE.

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Cyrus The Great

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This was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum and synthesized a complicated philosophy of his own from previous Greek philosophers. It was from his teachings that the West inherited its intellectual lexicon, as well as problems and methods of inquiry.

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Aristotle

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King of the dynasty that unified China and created the Great Wall of China.

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Qin Shi Huangdi

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King of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism and created the Rock Edicts

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Asoka

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Ruled the Persian Empire from 521 BCE to 486 BCE, conquering lands in Europe, Greece and the Indus River Valley to create the large empire during this time.

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Darius the First

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Ordered to be built by Qin Shi Huangdi in 220 BCE as a line of defense against attacks from the north.

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Great Wall of China

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A city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit.

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City-state