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39 See also: The Law Code of Hammurabi 36–37 ■ The palace at Knossos 42–43 ■ The conquests of Alexander the Great 52–53 ■ The as ...

40 ATTACHMENT IS THE ROOT OF SUFFERING SIDDARTHA GAUTAMA PREACHES BUDDHISM (c. 500 bce) S iddartha Gautama, better known as the ...

41 Stone reliefs depicting the life of Buddha decorate gateways of The Great Stupa at Sanchi, commissioned by the emperor Ashoka ...

42 A CLUE TO THE EXISTENCE OF A SYSTEM OF PICTURE-WRITING IN THE GREEK LANDS THE PALACE AT KNOSSOS (c.170 0 bce) I n the 1890s, ...

43 This bull-leaping fresco in the palace at Knossos in Crete is the most completely restored of several taureador stucco panels ...

44 IN TIMES OF PEACE SONS BURY THEIR FATHERS BUT IN WAR IT IS THE FATHERS WHO BURY THEIR SONS THE PERSIAN WARS (490–449 bce) L e ...

45 See also: The Law Code of Hammurabi 36–37 ■ Athenian democracy 46–51 ■ The conquests of Alexander the Great 52–53 ■ The Pelop ...

ADMINISTRATION IS IN THE HANDS OF THE MANY AND NOT OF THE FEW ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY (c. 507 bce) US_046-051_Athenian_democracy.indd ...

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48 T he term “democracy” comes from the Greek words demos (people) and kratos (rule). The democracy that developed in ancient At ...

49 The Parthenon, built in 447–438 bce as a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, is often seen as a symbol of democracy and W ...

50 excluded. In the 4th century bce, out of the 300,000-strong total population of Attica—the region of Greece controlled by Ath ...

51 An Audience in Athens (1884), by Sir William Blake, captures the atmosphere at the Greek tragedy Agamemnon by Aeschylus c.450 ...

52 THERE IS NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE TO HE WHO WILL TRY THE CONQUESTS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT (4TH CENTURY bce) I n one of the fastest ...

53 See also: The Persian Wars 44–45 ■ Athenian democracy 46–51 ■ The assassination of Julius Caesar 58–65 ■ Belisarius retakes R ...

54 IF THE QIN SHOULD EVER GET HIS WAY WITH THE WORLD, THEN THE WHOLE WORLD WILL END UP HIS PRISONER THE FIRST EMPEROR UNIFIES CH ...

55 See also: Emperor Wu claims the Mandate of Heaven 70 ■ China is divided into Three Kingdoms 71 ■ The An Lushan revolt 84–85 ■ ...

56 relocated to the emperor’s capital city Xianyang (near Xi’an, in the Shaanxi province), and their arms were confiscated, melt ...

57 Confucius is generally considered to be the most influential philosopher in Chinese history. His teachings emphasized the imp ...

THUS PERISH ALL TYRANTS THE ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR (44 bce) US_058-065_Assassination_of_Caesar.indd 58 15/02/2016 16:40 ...