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________ is called the Grand Historian for his work in compiling a history of China from the ancient dynasties to Wudi.

________ gained fame as a historian, however, most women made important contributions to their familys economic life through duties in the home and work in the fields of the familys farm.

________ decided that a strong ruler was needed to restore order.

________; s first goal was to destroy the rival kings power.

________ had taught that gentlemen should practice "reverence, generosity, truthfulness, diligence, and kindness.

________ set up a school where hopeful job applicants from all over China could come to study Confuciuss works.

________ moved northwest, seizing all the land from Magadha to the Indus.

________ became dominated by priests, while the Buddhist ideal of self- denial proved difficult for many to follow.

________ had shops on the street level and lived in the rooms above.

________ reigned in the palace, and with peasant revolts, unrest spread across the land as well.

What was invented in A.D. 105? Answer with a single words or term.

________ felt sorrow over the slaughter at Kalinga.

What was restored to China in the first decades of the Later Han Dynasty and was quite prosperous? Answer with a single words or term.

What were willing to lend money to merchants and charge them interest on the loans? Answer with a single words or term.

The ________ stretched more than 2000 miles uniting north India politically for the first time.

Another ________ was the collar harness for horses.

________: occurs when a group has exclusive control over the production and distribution of certain goods.

What was also very popular? Answer with a single words or term.

Each ________ was then divided into local districts, whose officials assessed taxes and enforced the law.

What were matriarchal, headed by the mother rather than the father? Answer with a single words or term.

What was quite profitable? Answer with a single words or term.

________ may have been born in the powerful kingdom of Magadha.

________ left a power vacuum.

________ inherited part of Alexanders empire.

________ wrote a rulers handbook called the Arthasastra.