Vocabulary Chapter 4

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Vocabulary Chapter 4

• The Royal Road
• Famous structure King Darius built to unite the
  Persian Empire
• Pg 101 - Map

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Persia

• 500 B.C.
• A kingdom which saw itself as the guardians of
  Egyptian civilization after the Libyans were
  ousted from Egypt
• See map on page 101

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Legalism

• System of Government
• Ruler provided rich rewards for people who
  carried out their legal duties
• Disobedient behaviors were strictly punished

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Confucianism

• Chinese philosophy stressed that social order,
  harmony, and good government could be restored by
  organizing society around five basic
  relationships

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The Great Wall of China

• A great structure was created by forced labor to
  protect China from attacks by northern nomads
• Pg 108