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Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Monsoon | A seasonal wind pattern in Southern Asia |
Sanskritndo | An Indo-European language |
Varnas | Social Groups that ranked people from high to low |
Caste | Every Indian believed to be born in a caste social group defined by occupation and family lineage. |
Hinduism | Origins in the religious beliefs of the Aryan people who settled in India |
Reincarnation | appeared in Hindusim belief individual soul is reborn in different form of death |
Karma | Force generated by a persons actions |
Dharma | Divine law in Hinduism requires all people to do there work |
Buddhism | appeared in Northern India rival of Hinduism |
Nirvana | Ultimate Reality the end of the self reunion with the great world soul |
Silk Road | Shipments along the silk road |
Bhagavad Gita | Serma by the god Krishna on the eve of battle |
Monotheistic | belief in one god |
Cyrus | Persian King Very Powerful |
Satrap | Protecter of the kingdom |
Zoroaster | The creator of zorotheism |
Fertile Crescent | Land from flooding Arch of land to Persian gulf |
Dynasty | Passed to family member |
Ziggurats | stepped towers |
City-States | City treated as a state. |
Mesopatamia | Land Between 2 Rivers |
Cuneiform | System of writing |
Menes | King of Egypt |
Hatshepsut | First female Pharaoh |
Hieroglyphics | Symbol Writing |
Mummification | Drying of dead body |
Empire | Territories and city-states controlled by one leader. |
Babylon | city state south of akkad |
Hammurabi | Came to power king of Babylon |
Patriarchal | Men Dominated the society |
Nile River | Begins in heart of Africa largest river |
Lower Egypt | The Nile Delta, The land Upstream |
Upper Egypt | Egypts important cities developed at tip |
Silk Road | Shipments along the silkroad |
Vedas | Religious Chants |
Bhagavad Gita | God Krishna |
Aristocracy | Upper class whos wealth is based on land |
Mandate of Heaven | The king was the link between heaven |
Dao | King was suspected to rule the proper way |
Filial Piety | Every family member has there own place |
IdeoGraphs | Characters combine two or more pictographs |
Confucianism | political and Ethical not spiritual |
Daoism | Proper form of behavior |
Legalism | Emphasized strong leders |