Chapter 4: What different elements of Chinese civilization took shape between 1200 and 221 b.c.e.? What were the most important measures in the Qin blueprint for the empire? Chapter 5: What were the similarities and differences among the complex societies of Mesoamerica, the northern peoples, and the Andes? What do they suggest about contact? Where did the early settlers of the Pacific islands come from, and where did they go? What vessels did they use, and how did they navigate? Chapter 6: What military and administrative innovations enabled the Achaemenid dynasty to conquer and rule such a vast empire? How was Alexander able to conquer the Persian empire, and what was his legacy?
Chapter 4: What different elements of Chinese civilization took shape between 1200 and 221 b.c.e.? What were the most important measures in the Qin blueprint for the empire? Chapter 5: What were the similarities and differences among the complex societies of Mesoamerica, the northern peoples, and the Andes? What do they suggest about contact? Where did the early settlers of the Pacific islands come from, and where did they go? What vessels did they use, and how did they navigate? Chapter 6: What military and administrative innovations enabled the Achaemenid dynasty to conquer and rule such a vast empire? How was Alexander able to conquer the Persian empire, and what was his legacy?