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HISTORY 16.1
HISTORY
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| WHEEL CHAROIT SADDLE HARNESS AND A FORM OF PAPER | INVENTIONS OF THE ASIANS |
| FEUDAL WARS | WHERE PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS OF THE NOBLE CLASS FOUGHT IN HORSEDRAWN CHARIOTS |
| CONFUCIANISM BUDDAHISM HINDUISM ISLAM SHINTO AND TAOISM | SOME OF THE RELIGIONS THAT THE SIANS HAD |
| HIMALAYEN MOUNTAINS | INDIA IS SPERATED BY THESE MOUNTAIN RANGES |
| INDUS RIVER | INDIA GOT ITS NAME FROM HERE |
| SUBCONTINENT | INDIA IS CALLED THIS BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE AN RELATIVE ISOLTION |
| INDUS RIVER VALLEY | INDIAN CIVILIZATION FIRST AROSE HERE |
| HARAPPA AND MOHENJO-DARO | TWO VERY IMPORTANT CITIES THEY WERE CIVILIZED PROSPEROUS AND ADVANCED |
| GANGES RIVRVALLEY | IN NORTHERN INDIA |
| ARYANS | THEY ENTERED INDIA THEY WERE THEY BROUHT CASTE SYSTEM AND HINDUISM |
| MAURYA EMPIRE | THE MAURAYAS STARTED THIS |
| ASOKA | THE GREATEST MAURAYA RULER HE STARTED BUDAHISM HE CONTROLLED TWO THIRDS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT |
| GUPTAS | INAUGURATED A GOLDEN AGE OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY |
| MOGUAL EMPIRE | BROUGHT HINEDUISM |
| TAJ MAHAL | A TOMB BUILT FOR HIS FAVERIOT WIFE |
| ISLAM | CAME TO INDIA DURING THIS TIME |
| BRITISH EAST COMPANY | MOGUL RULED UNTIL THEY CAME AND TOOK OVER |
| CASTE SYSTEM | THE ORDER YOU ARE IN THE ORDER YOU ARE BORN INTO |
| BRAHAMNS | PRIETS AND SHCOLARS |
| KSHATRIYAS | WARRIORS AND RULERS |
| VAISYAS | SKILLED WORERS AND MERCHANTS |
| SUDRAS | UNSKILLED WORKERS |
| HINDUISM | IT INVOLVES WORSHIP OF MANY gods THEY EVEN THINK THAT COWS ARE SACRED |
| BRAHMA | THE SPIRIT THAT HINDUS TRY TO OBTAIN |
| REINCARNATION | THE SUPPOSED APPERANCE OF A SOUL AFTER DEATH IN ANOTHER BODY |
| GAUTAMA | AN UPPER CAST MAN THAT MADE HIS OWN RELIGION |
| BUDDHA | GUATAMA CHANGED HIS NAME TO THIS |
| BUDAHISM | THE RELIGION THAT BUDDHA CAMA UP WITH |
| NIRVANA | AND ESCAPE BY BREAKING ANDY ATTACHMENT THEY HAD TO WORLDLY MATERIAL THINGS |