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ziggurat Mesopotamian temple
dharma the position in the Hindu caste system that was determined by ones birth
bodhisattvas Buddhist holy men who accumulated spiritual merits during their lifetime. Buddhists prayed to them in order to receive some of their holiness.
Hellenistic age the era in which Greek culture blended with Persian and other eastern influenced and spread through the former empire of Alexander the great.
Aristocracy a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility.
pharaoh an Egyptian monarch
varna the Hindu word for caste
agricultural revolution the transition from foraging to the cultivation of food occuring about 8000-2000 bc; AKA the neolithic revolution.
edict of milan a document that made Christianity one of the religions allowed in the Roman empire.
Alexander the great Macedonian king who led an army eastward and conquered land from Greece to India. He was known as a brilliant leader and his death marched the beginning of the hellenistic age.
specialization of labor the division of labor that aids the development of skills in a particular type of work.
latifundia large landholdings in Roman empire
theocracy a government ruled by God or by church leaders
quetzalzcoatl a mesoamerica legend of a god who would someday return to rule his people in peace.
covenant agreement: in the judeo-christian heritage, an agreement between God and humankind
oracle bones animal bones or shells used by the Chinese presets to receive messages from the gods
independent invention the idea that ancient civilization were able to achieve ancient characteristics of civilization without contact with others.
aristotle Greek philosopher who rejected the theory of forms and ideas, he believed that people can depend on their senses and reason to answerth the mysteries of the world.
moksha in Hindu belief, the spirits liberation from the cycle of reincarnation
neolithic age the new stone age that was marked by the discovery and mastery of agriculture.
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