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Three great fertile river valleys of Asia- Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, Huang He(Huang
Ho/yellow river)
Ancient cultures who made their homes in the three river valleys- Mesopotamia,
India, China
Geographic features surrounding India- mount Everest, Himalayas, the dead sea.
Native Indian family who drove Greek out and established an empire- Mauryas,
established Maurya Empire
Places where Buddhism survive today- Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Japan,
and parts of China, Korea, and Southeast Asia
Dynasty that marked the height of ancient China’s power and glory- Han dynasty
Contributions of Han- Great Silk Road, devised calendar, wove silk cloth, made
glazed pottery, discovered how to make paper
The word the name Japan derived from- Cipango (given by Marco Polo)
Reason why Japanese isolated themselves from the world during 1600s- afraid that
Jesuit activity would destroy traditional Japanese Culture and extensive trade with
foreigners would result in foreign domination
Nations that recognizes some measure of freedom for their citizens- Malaysia,
Singapore, Philippines
Chapter review
Aryans- invaders from Central Asia and the Iranian Plateau
Dravidians- indigenous people who fled to southern India, descendants still live
there today
Mauryas- native Indian family who drove the Greek out of India and established an
empire
Asoka- extended his dominion southward until he controlled over 2/3 of the Indian
subcontinent
Chi’in Dynasty- the dynasty that came after Chou, where the word China came from
Shih Huang Ti- first emperor of an united China. Abolished the ancient feudal
system, established strong monarchy, expanded existing frontier fortifications to
the great wall of China
Han dynasty- marked the height of ancient China’s power and glory
Genghis Khan- leaded the Mongols and swept into China, his empire was the
largest continental empire in history
Marco Polo- Italian who traveled to China, spent almost 20 years in the kingdom
of Kublai Khan, reported about Chinese to Europe
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