Assignment

Pick any 5 of these and answer these questions : what? when? where? who?

Cyrus the Great, Peloponnesian Wars, Phillip of Macedon, Hellenistic Kingdoms, patricians, Carthage, Liu Bang, Han Wudi, Shi Huangdi, scholar-gentry, Monsoonal system, Silk Road, concrete, stepplanders, Visigoths, Axum, Justinian, Sui Dynasty, Mohammed, Shi'ia, Five Pillars of Islam, Koran, Mecca, Abbasid Dynasty, caliph, Charlemagne, Edict of Milan, Kaaba, Council of Nicaea, Ashoka, Trisong Detsen

Here an example :

George Washington: First president of the United States, 1789-1797. Established a number of important presidential traditions, such as the practice of serving only two terms, the Cabinet system, presidential independence in setting foreign policy, and a semi-isolationist foreign policy that sought to avoid involvement in European affairs.

Second part is essay :

Compare how Persia, Rome, and China worked to meld large regions with diverse populations into cohesive empires. What techniques did they use in common, how did they diverge, and how successful were they?

Terms: Cyrus the Great, Peloponnesian Wars, Phillip of Macedon, Hellenistic Kingdoms, patricians, Carthage, Liu Bang, Han Wudi, Shi Huangdi, scholar-gentry.