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Persia-India-China
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Zoraster | Persian prophet that taught in good and evil |
| Royal Road | road in the Persian Empire that was 1650 miles long and held the empire together |
| King Cyrus the Great | first conquering king of the Persian Empire |
| Untouchables | the lowest people in India that were not even allowed to be part of the Caste System |
| Dharma | in Hinduism and Buddhism, one's duty in behaving lawfully, truthfully, and virtuously |
| Siddhartha Gautama | founder of Buddhism |
| Nirvana | in Buddhism, a state of enlightenment in which a person is free from passion, desire, and suffering |
| Four Noble Truths | basic principles of Buddhist religion |
| Great Wall | 1500 mile wall in Northern China built to keep invaders out |
| Silk Road | route stretching from Pacific coast of China to the Mediterranean Sea, where silk and other items were traded |
| Mandarin | government worker of Imperial China |
| filial piety | a principle in ethics of Confucius that required children to respect their parents |
| Taoism (Daosim) | Chinese religion and philosophy based on ideas of Lao Tzu |
| Lao Tzu | Chinese philosopher and mystic; founder of Taosim (Daoism) |
| Yin/Yang | in Chinese philosophy and art, yin is the female element (dark, cold) and yang is the male element (light, heat) |