Empires Vocab

Group of states under a single supreme authority

• Empire
• Globalization
• World Religions

Increased interconnectedness and integration of the world

• Globalization
• Empire
• Maurya Empire

Religions that gained popularity and spread globally

• World Religions
• Satrapies
• Chandragupta Maurya

System of government where power lies with the people

• Democracy
• Sparta
• Ashoka

Empire that rose out of modern-day Iran, conquered Mesopotamia

• Persian Empire
• Thebes
• Rome

King of Persia who conquered neighboring groups and Mesopotamia

• Cyrus the Great
• Argos
• Roman Republic

States within the Persian Empire, divided for control

• Satrapies
• Macedonia
• Julius Caesar

Religion followed by the Persians, based on light and dark deities

• Zoroastrianism
• Alexander the Great
• Augustus

Society based around the Mediterranean Sea, known for city-states

• Greek Society
• Hellenistic
• Rome

Independent states with their own government and identity

• City-States
• Maurya Empire
• Roman Republic