Great Empires
Part 1: Timeline
Create a timeline for each of the following empires, listing any significant events in the empire’s history.
EMPIRE
DATE
MAJOR EVENTS IN THE EMPIRES HISTORY
Punic
264-146 BC
218-201 BC
149-146 BC
First Punic War.
Second Punic War.
Third Punic War.
Roman
753 BC
509 BC
AD 410
The foundation of Rome.
The creation of the Latin war.
The fall of Rome.
Han
206 BC
202 BC
220 CE
Liu Bang conquers the Qin dynasty.
Emperor Gauzo establishes the capital of the Han dynasty.
Lui Xie abdicates and ends the Han dynasty.
Tang
618 CE
657 CE
907 CE
Liu Yuan establishes the Tang dynasty.
The Tang controls the Turkish Frontier.
Zhu Wen ends the Tang dynasty.
Song
960
998
1276
Emperor Taizu founds the Song dynasty.
Khitans invade the Song dynasty.
The Song dynasty ends.
Mongol
1221
1248
1368
The Pax Mongolica begins.
Mongke Khan succeeds as a ruler.
End of Mongol dynasty in China.
Part 11: Cultural Contributions
Complete the following matrix with at least one element for each category.
EMPIRE
Intellectual
Contributions
Artistic Forms or Contributions
Architecture
Religious Beliefs
Traditions
Punic
Punic shipments helped their economy to be a success.
Jewelry, figurines, and masks were art forms of punic.
Naval and merchant ships were built to accommodate the punic navy.
Many archaeologists belied that infant sacrifices occurred.
Women were not granted citizenship and hence could not participate in political life.
Roman
Roman used arches to build structures.
Classical arts included mosaic work, architecture, sculpture, and genre painting.
The ancient Romans created a curved arch that could support massive amounts of weights.
Roman believed they were watched over by spirits of their ancestors.
Homo Sacer is traditional Roman punishment, whereby the status of the homo saucer was given to those who broke oaths.
Han
It was during the Han dynasty when the silk road was established.
Han artistic forms were glazed pottery and figure painting.
Ruins of bricks and rammed earth walls are the architectures of the Han dynasty.
The dynasty believed in nature gods and defied heroes.
Men dominated the Han family, and the family name is carried on by male children.
Tang
Porcelain and gun powder were invented during the Tang dynasty.
Painting, literature, calligraphy were among the art form during the Tang dynasty.
Bricks and stone architecture replaced wooden efficiency.
Tang dynasty believed Tao an afterlife was a reality parallel to the living world.
Different designs on potteries were popular tradition.
Song
Movable type printing was invented, allowing for mass distribution of documents and books.
Painting and pottery were significant forms of arts during the Song dynasty.
Buddhist pagodas were built out of stone.
Song dynasty believed in non-Confucianism developed by song scholars.
Ancient Chinese Taoism was the prominent religious practice in the song period.
Mongol
Mongols used gun powder to develop hand grenades.
Performance arts, graphic arts, and literature are the Mongols forms of art.
The architecture is based on traditional dwellings, such as yurt.
Mongols believed in Lamaism, which is the yellow sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
Mongolian women traditionally enjoyed relatively high status and freedom.