Deck 3: B: State and Empire in Eurasianorth Africa 500 B.C.E-500 C.E

Question 1

How did the imperial states in the second-wave empires contribute to culture?

Answer 1

•Patronized the arts,literature,sciences,and so on
•Financed construction of temples and other buildings
•Language of the empire became language of power and elite culture

Question 2

What elements united Greece during the classical era?

Answer 2

•Language
•Religion (worship of the same gods)
•Culture
•Events like the olympic Games

Question 3

How did some of the imperial states deal with people within its empire who followed different cultural traditions?

Answer 3

•Policy of respect and tolerance (Persian Empire,Indian empires)
•Policy of assimilation (Chinese and Greco-Roman imperial traditions)
•Interaction and blending (empire adopts/incorporates elements from different cultures within its borders)

Question 4

What policies did rulers implement to control their empires?

Question 5

What factors made the formation of an empire in India less likely than elsewhere?

Question 6

What common factors contributed to the collapse of the Chinese and Roman empires?

Question 7

What were the limitations of Greek democracy?

Question 8

What qualities did the leaders of the second-wave empires share in common?