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Pg. 10 World History

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What was the young monk's purpose for leaving his family and searching for six years? to find a way to end suffering of all people
Another word for Buddha is ? the enlightened one
Buddha believed that our life is like what? an illusion
What is a state of complete peace? nirvana
Buddhists believe nothing is permanent and life is a cycle of _____, _____, and _______. birth, death, and rebirth
Buddha accepted the idea of reincarnation but disagreed and said that... nirvana can be reached in this lifealone
what did Buddha reject? the caste system
Buddhism began where? India
Greatest members of Buddhism are found where? East and Southeast Asia
After the IVC, civilizations arose in this river valley Ganges river valley
By whom was the first Indian empire established by in the Ganges River Civilization The Mauryan dynasty
Name the Mauryan dynasty's greatest leader Asoka
What did Asoka do? he conquered all but the southern tip of India
What did Asoka do after he had a sudden change of heart? He publicly apologized, gave up hunting and eating meat, and converted to Buddhism
India's government was based on Buddhism ideas so they made their people do what? Perform random acts of kindness
What else did Asoka encourage? Long-distance ocean trade
What were the greatest civilizations of India's classical period? Mauryan and Gupta Empires
What was the period called when India underwent great cultural and political advancments classical period
what has been called India's golden age? the reign of the gupta empire
what flourished during the golden age? art, drama, literature, & science
who invented the 0? Gupta mathematicians
What did the 0 do? it made it possible to calc. numbers faster and more accurately
Name some things that happened after this? smallpox inoculation, storing sugarcane while trading, cotton clothes
Who caused the Gupta empire to decline? Huns invading it
Four basic patterns for making a living: hunters and gatherers, farming villages, agricultural cities, pastoral societies
Who are pastoral people? nomadic herders of grasslands who did not settle down
What are the steppes? grasslands of central Eurasia
Pastoral nomads became good at what? Riding horses during warfare
These people attacked these places... Jericho, Sumer, and Gupta empire
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