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World History Test 2

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Indo-Europeans group of seminomadic peoples who came from the steppes
steppes dry grasslands that stretched north of the Caucasus (mtns between black & caspian seas).
migration movements of people from one region to another....happened in waves over long period of time.
Hittites indo-european people, occupied Anatolia
Anatolia Asia Minor, huge peninsula in modern day Turkey, just into Black and Mediterranean seas, high, rocky plateau, rich in timber & agriculture
Aryans indo-european people crossed northwest mountain passes into Indus River Valley of India.
Vedes sacred literature of Aryans which told of aryan life, 4 prayers, magical spells, rituals, Rig Veda-hymns devoted to aryan gods.
aryan social class priests, warriors, peasants/traders
Brahmans priests-- level of Aryan social class
castes one of the four classes of people in the social system of the aryans who settled in India where each were called castes (priests, rulers & warriors, laborers, peasants & traders)
Mahabharata story about the struggles that took place in India PG. 60
Two Chinese Rivers Huang He, Yangtze
loess dusty yellowish siltthat was fertile soil when the Juang He flooded
oracle bones animal bone or tortoise shell used by priests to communicate with gods.
What was china's first dynasty Xia (leader Yu)
Shang dynasty First chinese dynasty to leave written record
Anayang capital city of Shang Dynasty built of wood.
mandate of heaven means that a ruler has divine approval
dynastic cycle pattern of rise, decline and replacement of chinese dynasties.
feudalism a political system in which nobles or lords are granted the use of lands that legally belong to the king.
Zhou Dynasty overthrew the Shang Dynasty; introduced iron, coined money, roads, canals
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