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Chapter 1-2vocab

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Avesta The holy book of the Zoroastrian religion.
Chavin Early Peruvian Ameridian culture.
Cuneiform Mesopotamia wedge-shaped writing begun by the Sumerians.
Gilgamesh One of the earliest epics in world literature, originating in prehistoric Mesopotamia.
Hieroglyphics Early Egyptian writing consisting of pictographs and symbols for letters and syllables.
Hittites An Indo-European people prominent in Anatolia (present-day Turkey) around 1200 b.c.e
Isis A chief Egyptian goddess with strong creative and nurturing associations.
Kush Kingdom in northeast Africa that had close relations with Egypt for several centuries in the pre-Christian epoch.
Mycenaeans An early and rich Greek culture centered on Mycenae and other cities that was destroyed by the "Sea Peoples" and the influx of Dorians from the north.
Nineveh The main city and later capital of the Assyrian Empire.
Osiris A chief Egyptian god, ruler of the underworld.
Persepolis With Ecbatana, one of the capitals of the Persian Empire in the 500s b.c.e
Tel el Amarna The site of great temple complexes along the Nile River in Egypt; Akhenaton's capital.
Ziggurat A massive stepped tower upon which a temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of a Sumerian city was built.
Zoroastrianism A religion founded the by Persian Zoroaster in the seventh century b.c.e; characterized by worship of a supreme god, Ahura Mazda, who represents the good against the evil spirit, identified as Ahriman.
Aryans A nomadix pastoral people from Eurasia who invaded the Indus Valley and other regions in about 1500 b.c.e
Brahman The caste of priests, which is the highest caste in Hinduism.
Dasa Sunskrit ferm for "slave" used by the Aryans; refers to the dark skin color of Indus valley peoples
Harappa A town in the Indus Valley; also a name for the early civilization in that region.
Karma A sunskrit term meaning "deed" or "action"; a belief held by members of all religions in India that the amount of good or evil done in a given lifetime affected one's destiny in the next existence.
Kshatriyas The warrior class of Aryan society.
Mahabharata A Hindu epic poem.
Mohenjo-Daro On of the two chief towns of the ancient Indus Valley civilization.
Oracle bones Animal bones used in Shang China for divination. Contains earliest evidence of Chinese writing.
Rig Veda The oldest of the four Vedas, brought into India by the Aryans; the holiest works of Hinduism.
Sanskrit The sacred language of India, an Indo-European Language introduced by the Aryans.
Shiva An important member of the Hindu Pantheon, along with his wife Kali (Durga). God of destruction and fertility.
Upanishads ]The Hindu writings dealing with philosophy issues.
Vaisyas the third caste, consisting of the landholder and artisan class of Aryan society.
Vishnu A Hindu savior god who, through his nine incarnations, saves the world from destruction; in one incarnation he as Krishna, in another Gautama Buddha.
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