1. Margin Review Questions
Chapter 4
Margin Review Questions

3. Large geographic area-Egypt to India/35 million subjects
How did Persian and Greek civilizations differ in their political organization and values?
Persians-Imperial political system built upon previous societies-Babylonian/Assyrian
Large geographic area-Egypt to India/35 million subjects
Cult of Kingship
Absolute rule
Administrative system-Satrap-twenty-three provinces/local leaders
Policy of respect for the conquered

5. Greeks-Political organization(
Greeks-Political organization(?)- hundreds of independent city-states each with male citizens/not an empire/colonies around the Mediterranean and Black Sea
Culture of popular participation based on the ideas of citizenship-starts from wealthy to the lower classes
Athens most democratic-Solon-end of Aristocratic rule/debt slavery/extends citizenship/paid-still half of population left out

6. Why did semi-democratic governments emerge in some of the Greek city-states?
More men could afford weapons and serve in the military
Tyrants support the lower classes

7. Little impact on the Persians
What were the consequences for both sides of the encounter between the Persians and the Greeks?
Little impact on the Persians
Pride for the Greeks-Greek freedoms were the reason they won
Establishes East/West divide-West represents freedom and the East represents despotism

8. Radicalized Athenian democracy-more want full citizenship-fifty years following the Greco-Persian wars see the high point of Athenian democracy
Golden Age of Greek Culture-Philosophy/Architecture/Theater/Science
Civil War (Peloponnesian War)-weakens relationships opening the door for Alexander the Great (Macedonian)

9. What changes did Alexander’s conquests bring in their wake?
Widespread dissemination of Greek culture to Egypt, Mesopotamia and India
Establishment of cities

11. How did Rome grow from a single city to the center of a huge empire?
Values:
1. Rule of Law
2. Rights of citizens
3. Upright moral behavior-keeping one’s
word
4. Political system which offers
protection to all classes

12. Punic wars (with Carthage)-extends Roman control over the W
Punic wars (with Carthage)-extends Roman control over the W.Mediterranean.Becomes a naval power.
Rich get richer. Poor want to get richer.
Location, Location, Location
Army-well trained/fed/rewarded
Political support for expansion

13. How and why did the making of the Chinese empire differ from that of the Roman empire?
China old/Rome new
Preexisting traditions

14. How did the collapse of empire play out differently in the Roman world and in China?
Only Western half of Roman empire. Eastern half continued as the Byzantine Empire.
Invaders from the north for both, but in the case of China, invaders adopt Chinese culture-Rome-No
China reemerges as an imperial state (Sui). Rome- no large centralized state emerges

15. Why were centralized empires so much less prominent in India than in China?
India-failed to command the kind of loyalty and influence the Chinese were able to.
Cultural diversity
Invasions
Caste System