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WH1 Vocab #3
Peoples & Ideas on the Move
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Indo-Europeans | Group of Asian peoples who migrated to many different places |
| Steppes | Dry grasslands |
| Migration | Movement of people from one place to another |
| Hittites | Group of Indo-European peoples who occupied Anatolia, made iron weapons |
| Anatolia | Large peninsula in modern-day Turkey |
| Aryans | Group of Indo-Europeans that invaded Indian sub-continent |
| Vedas | Sacred literature of the Aryans |
| Reincarnation | Belief that the soul is reborn |
| Karma | Good or bad deeds that determine how you reincarnate |
| Siddhartha Gautama | Founder of Buddhism |
| Nirvana | Buddha’s word for release from selfishness and pain |
| Aegean Sea | Sea between modern-day Greece & Turkey |
| Phoenicians | Most powerful traders along the Mediterranean |
| Canaan | Ancient home of the Israelites |
| Torah | Holy book of the Hebrews (Jewish people) |
| Abraham | “Father” or first of the Jewish people |
| Monotheism | Belief in a single god |
| Covenant | Mutual promise between god & the Jewish people |
| Moses | According to the Torah, the man that led the Jews out of slavery |
| Tribute | Payment made by a weaker power to a stronger power |