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This was the most impressive of the temples at Tenochtitlán that had a dual stepped pyramid and stood about ninety feet tall.

True or false? The Inca Empire was divided into four administrative units.

True or false? The central text of Hinduism, the Bhagavad Gita, taught that commoners, not just Brahmans, could lead exemplary moral lives by abandoning bodily desires and seeking inner peace.

The __ was issued in 313 and outlined a policy of religious toleration in which Christianity was no longer illegal.

This group was the landless working class in Rome.

One Essay (50 points): Answer one (1) question below, providing as much relevant detail as possible.  Your answer should be roughly two pages.   2. How does Buddhism differ from traditional Vedic religion? Using “Dueling Voices: Hinduism and Buddhism in Ancient India” section in Chapter 5.4 of the textbook, discuss some examples of these differences. How was Buddhism spread in the first few centuries of its existence? How did Buddhism influence the rule of Ashoka in the Mauryan Empire? What do Figures 5.22 and 5.23 in Chapter 5 tell us about the relationship between Buddhism and Ashoka? Do the two figures suggest that Ashoka imposed Buddhism upon his empire? Explain your answer.     4. Discuss slavery, citizenship, and society during the principate era of the Roman Empire. How vital was slavery to the Roman Empire? Provide two examples of the type of work slaves performed in the Roman Empire. According to Mary Beard’s Meet the Romans, Episode 1, how did Romans define citizenship and being Roman during the principate? Was citizenship a limited concept, open only to a few residents, as we saw in the Greek city-states of classical Greece, or a more expansive view of citizenship? Why was Rome considered a consuming city? What are two examples of Rome as a consuming city found in the Beard documentary? How does the Colosseum, as shown in Meet the Romans, demonstrate the social hierarchy and openness of Roman society?  

Roman citizenship, or __, included the right to vote, property rights, marriage rights, and commercial rights.

In Buddhism, the __ acknowledge that pain and disappointment are unavoidable parts of life.

This is a script characterized by wedge-shaped symbols that evolved into a phonetic script—that is, one based on sounds— in which each symbol stood for a syllable.

King Croesus of Lydia increased the speed of trade by solving the problem of trust.  He guaranteed the purity of coins in his kingdom.