Exam 5: The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

The Edict of Milan (313 C.E.)was an attempt to outlaw Christianity and bring back the worship of the old Roman gods.

Members of the aristocratic governing class in Rome were known as the

The Roman general who returned from Spain as a military hero in 71 B.C.E.was

What did the tenor of popular life in Rome,including the spectacle of gladiatorial shows,reveal about living conditions and popular value systems of the early Roman Empire?

Although at the time of the first Han dynasty census,in 2 C.E.,the population of China was estimated at sixty million,within two centuries the oppressive Han policies had reduced the population to:

Identify the following terms. -Wang Mang and the Xin dynasty

Which of the following were among the Jewish population of Judea?

What factors in the beliefs and social structure of the Roman Empire contributed to the rise of Christianity?

Identify the following terms. -Pax Romana

Discuss the impact of geography upon the development of Roman civilization.

Roman slaves

The Third Punic War

Identify the following terms. -Sassanid Persians and Germanic tribes

Identify the following terms. -patricians

Identify the following terms. -Marius

In much the same way as the Germanic invasions crippled the Western Roman Empire,the Han dynasty suffered from the incursion of the nomadic Xiongnu from Central Asia.

The third century C.E.was notable for all of the following except

Identify the following terms. -State Confucianism and the civil service examination

During the centuries of Roman history,from Republic to Empire,the paterfamilias' authority

The key figure in the spread of Christianity outside the Jewish community was