key concept 2
The Development of States and Empires
e. Persian Empires: 1) Achaemenid; 2) Parthian; 3) Sassanid. For any empire covered
in this class, you should know the names and locations of those empires.
f. Regions where rulers created administrative institutions: 1) China; 2) Persia; 3)
Rome; 4) South Asia
g. The Great Classical Cities: 1) Persepolis; 2) Chang’an; 3) Pataliputra; 4) Athens; 5)
Carthage; 6) Rome; 7) Alexandria; 8) Constantinople; 9) Teotihuacan. For this topic,
describe the city. What were the principal structures? How were the cities arranged?
What kind of goods were traded there? How many people lived there? How was it
administered?
h. Methods to produce food and reward elites for their loyalty: 1) Corvee; 2) Slavery;
3) Rents and Tributes; 4) Peasant communities; 5) family and household production
i. Environmental damage: 1) Deforestation; 2) Desertification; 3) Soil erosion; 4) Silted
rivers. In this topic, also delve into the social tensions and economic difficulties that
occurred as a result and the fact that this damage was resulting in a vast amount of
the wealth going to a small group of elites.
j. Problems along the frontiers: 1) Han China and the Xiongnu; 2) Gupta and the White
Huns; 3) Romans and their northern and eastern neighbors
e. Persian Empires: 1) Achaemenid; 2) Parthian; 3) Sassanid. For any empire covered
in this class, you should know the names and locations of those empires.
f. Regions where rulers created administrative institutions: 1) China; 2) Persia; 3)
Rome; 4) South Asia
g. The Great Classical Cities: 1) Persepolis; 2) Chang’an; 3) Pataliputra; 4) Athens; 5)
Carthage; 6) Rome; 7) Alexandria; 8) Constantinople; 9) Teotihuacan. For this topic,
describe the city. What were the principal structures? How were the cities arranged?
What kind of goods were traded there? How many people lived there? How was it
administered?
h. Methods to produce food and reward elites for their loyalty: 1) Corvee; 2) Slavery;
3) Rents and Tributes; 4) Peasant communities; 5) family and household production
i. Environmental damage: 1) Deforestation; 2) Desertification; 3) Soil erosion; 4) Silted
rivers. In this topic, also delve into the social tensions and economic difficulties that
occurred as a result and the fact that this damage was resulting in a vast amount of
the wealth going to a small group of elites.
j. Problems along the frontiers: 1) Han China and the Xiongnu; 2) Gupta and the White
Huns; 3) Romans and their northern and eastern neighbors