Key Concept 2: The Development of States and Empires
e. Persian Empires: 1) Achaemenid; 2) Parthian; 3) Sassanid. For any empire covered in this class, you should know the names and locations of those empores.
f. Regions where rulers created administrative institutions: 1) China; 2) Persia; 3) Rome; 4) South Asia
g. The Great Classical Cities: 1) Persepolis; 2) Chang'an; 3) Pataliputra; 4) Athens; 5) Carthage; 6) Rome; 7) Alexandria; 8) Constaninople; 9) Teotihuacan. For this topic, describe the city. What were the principal structures? How were the cities arranged? What kind of goods were traded there? How many people lived there? How was it administered?
h. Methods to produce food and reward elites for their loyalty: 1) Corvee; 2) Slavery; 3) Rents and Tributes; 4) Peasant communities; 5) Family and household production
i. Environmental damage: 1) Deforestation; 2) Desertification; 3) Soil erosion; 4) Silted rivers. In this topic, also delve into the social tensions and economic difficulties that occurred and the fact that this damage was resulting in a vast amount of the wealth going to a small group of elites.
j. Problems along the frontiers: 1) Han China and the Ziongu; 2) Gupta and the White Huns; 3) Romans and their northern and eastern neighbors
f. Regions where rulers created administrative institutions: 1) China; 2) Persia; 3) Rome; 4) South Asia
g. The Great Classical Cities: 1) Persepolis; 2) Chang'an; 3) Pataliputra; 4) Athens; 5) Carthage; 6) Rome; 7) Alexandria; 8) Constaninople; 9) Teotihuacan. For this topic, describe the city. What were the principal structures? How were the cities arranged? What kind of goods were traded there? How many people lived there? How was it administered?
h. Methods to produce food and reward elites for their loyalty: 1) Corvee; 2) Slavery; 3) Rents and Tributes; 4) Peasant communities; 5) Family and household production
i. Environmental damage: 1) Deforestation; 2) Desertification; 3) Soil erosion; 4) Silted rivers. In this topic, also delve into the social tensions and economic difficulties that occurred and the fact that this damage was resulting in a vast amount of the wealth going to a small group of elites.
j. Problems along the frontiers: 1) Han China and the Ziongu; 2) Gupta and the White Huns; 3) Romans and their northern and eastern neighbors