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AP World Chpt 9

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TermDefinitionSignificanceUnitTime PeriodChapterRegion
Jainism Belief that everything in the universe -humans,animals,plants,the air,bodies of water, etc etc-possessed a soul. As long as these souls remained trappedin terrestrial bodies, they experienced both physical and psychological suffering. Much inspiration for Jainism came from the Upanishads, showing how influencial these ancient text were on the everyday lives of people in early Indian culture. Unit 1 600 BCE-500 CE Chapter 9 Southern Asia/Indian subcontinent
Buddha The "Enlightened One" The Buddha is the religious leader of Buddhism and played a significant role in changing Indian/Chinese/Japanese culture due to the spread and appeal of Buddhism Unit 1 600 BCE-500 CE Chapter 9 Southern Asia/Indian subcontinent/Central Asia/Japan
The Eightfold Path Calss for individuals to lead balanced and moderate lives, rejecting both devotion to luxury often found in human society and the regimes of extreme asceticism favored by hermits and Jains Brought together Buddhist with a unified idea of what was the correct way of going about their religious perfection Unit 1 600 BCE-500 CE Chapter 9 Southern Asia/Indian subcontinent/Central Asia/Japan
Stupas Burial mounds used by Buddhists to hold the remains of past reincarnations of the Buddha Stupas gave Buddhists a tangible location of their history Unti 1 600 BCE-500 CE Chapter 9 Southern Asia/Indian subcontinent/Central Asia/Japan
Arabic Numerals The traditional name for the digits invented by Indian Mathematicians in around 500 CE The reason they are called "Arabic" rather than Indian owes to how Arabic speakers conveyed the system from India to Europe in the Middle Ages Unit 1 500 CE-1200 CE Chapter 9 Southern Asia/Indian subcontinent/Central Asia/Japan/Europe
Hinayana A pejorative term for the earlier and stricter doctrine known as Theravada Buddhism Hinayan shows the split in Buddhism where different people interpreted the meanings behind the Buddha's teachings Unit 1 100 CE-700 CE Chapter 9 Southern Asia/Indian subcontinent/Central Asia/Japan
Upanishads Are regarded as part of the Vedas and as such for part of Hindu Scripture. They primarily discuss philosophy, meditation, and the nature of God; they form the core spiritual thought of Vedantic Hinduism The Upanishads were originally text of religious importance but then eventually led Indians to subjugation by the Brahman class Unit 1 600 BCE-500 CE Chapter 9 Southern Asia/Indian subcontinent/
Mahayana A seperate form of Buddhism called "the greater vehicle" which its monks then developed into an educational system The siginificance behind Mahayana Buddhism lies in the fact that they first developed a professional way of teaching their students about Buddhism and educated them in mathematics and literature Unit 1 100 CE-700 CE Chapter 9 Southern Asia/Indian subcontinent/Central Asia/Japan
Sanskrit Sanskrit was the original language brought to northern India by Indo-European migrants, which influenced the development of all later languages in India Sanskit was adopted and changed by the Greeks who settled in Bactria, also influenced all later languages to develop in India Unit 1 300 CE-200 CE Chapter 9 Southern Asia/Indian subcontinent/Central Asia/Japan
Silk Roads Trade routes that connected China, India, Central Asia, Middle East, Mediterranean Basin, and Europe through the trade of items specific to each region Allowed for the trade of goods and ideas over large areas without people having to directly come into contact with each other Unit 1,2 200 BCE- 1500 CE Chapter 9 Southern Asia/Indian subcontinent/Central Asia/Middle East/Mediterranean Basin
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