The Han Dynasty
The Olmec
The Mauryans
The Aksumites
He united the first Indian Empire
He had an army of 600,000 soldiers, 30,000 horses, and 9000 elephants
He defeated Seleucus, one of Alexander the Great's generals
He was the grandfather of Chandra Gupta
Selenus
Chandragupta Maurya
Asoka
Chandra Gupta
He came to power by marrying a daughter of an influential royal family
He formed India's first empire
He united the empire after 500 years of invasion and turmoil
He oversaw a great flowering of Hindu culture
Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
Confucianism
1,000 years before Columbus, Indian astronomers proved that the Earth was round
Created modern numbers, zero, and the decimal system
Calculated pi
Invented paper
True
False
Liu Bang declared himself first emperor of the dynasty
It lasted for over 400 years
People today still call themselves "children of the Han"
The Han leaders never lost power to rule the dynasty
True
False
Christianity
Buddhism
Confucianism
Hinduism
True
False
The Mauryan Empire
The Han Dynasty
The Kingdom of Aksum
The Zapotec
The only known African kingdom to have developed a written language
One of the few civilizations to conquer Islamic invaders
First state south of the Sahara to mint it's own coins
Created the method of terrace farming
True
False
True
False
True
False
They had a hieroglyphic writing system
They influenced the development of future urban centers
They built larger pyramids
They invented the collared harness for horses to pull plows
True
False
India: The Maurya and Gupta Empires
China: The Han Dynasty
Africa: The Kingdom of Aksum
The Americas: The Olmec and the Zapotec
True
False
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