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UpshurChapters 1-2
Vocab from chapters one and two of the upshur glossary.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tel el-Amarna | Akhenaton's Capital |
| Peter Zoraster | Founder of the Zorastrian religion. |
| Cuneiform | Writing created by the Sumerians, usually done on clay tablets. |
| Kush | Kingdom in Northeast Africa that had close relations with Egypt. |
| Mahabharata | A Hindu Epic poem. |
| Aryans | Nomadic pastoral people from Eurasia, who invaded the Indus Valley and other areas around 1500 B.C.E. |
| Harrapa | Town in the Indus Valley; name for the early civilization in the area. |
| Sanskrit | The sacred language of India, which was introduced to them by Aryans. Indo-European language. |
| Rig Veda | One part of the holiest works in Hindu religion. Introduced by Aryans. |
| Avesta | Holy book of Zorastrian Religion |
| Chavin | Early Peruvian Amerindian Culture |
| Gilgamesh | One of the earliest epics in world literature, originating in prehistoric Mesopotamia. |
| Hieroglyphics | Early Egyptian writing consisting of pictographs and symbols for letters and syllables. |
| Hittites | An Indo-European people prominent in Anatolia (present-day Turkey) around 1200 b.c.e. |
| Hyksos | A people who invaded the Nile delta in Egypt and ruled it during the Second Intermediate Period around 1600 b.c.e. |
| Isis | A chief Egyptian goddess with strong creative and nurturing associations. |
| Kush | Kingdom in northeast Africa that had close relations with Egypt for several centuries in the pre-Christian epoch. |
| Mycenaeans | An early and rich Greek culture centered on Mycenae and other cities that was destroyed by the "Sea Peoples" and the influx of Dorians from the north. |
| Nineveh | The main city and later capital of the Assyrian Empire. |
| Osiris | A chief Egyptian god, ruler of the underworld. |
| Persepolis | With Ecbatana, one of the capitals of the Persian Empire in the 500s b.c.e |
| Ziggurat | a massive stepped tower upon which a temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of a Sumerian city was built. |
| Zorastrianism | A religion founded by the Persian Zoroaster in the seventh century b.c.e.; characterized by worship of a supreme god, Ahura Mazda, who represents the good against the evil spirit, identified as Ahriman. |
| Brahman | The caste of priests, which is the highest caste in Hinduism. |
| Dasa | Sanskrit term for "slave" used by Aryans; refers to the dark skin color of Indus Valley peoples. |
| Karma | A Sanskrit term meaning "deed" or "action"; a belief held by members of all religions in India that the amount of good or evil done in a given lifetime affected one´s destiny in the next existence. |
| Kshatriyas | The warrior class of Aryan society. |
| Mohenjo-Daro | One of the two chief towns of the ancient Indus Valley civilization. |
| Oracle Bones | Animal bones used in Shang China for divination. Contains earliest evidence of Chinese writing. |
| Shiva | An important member of the Hindu pantheon, along with his wife Kali (Durga). God of destruction and fertility. |
| Upanishads | The Hindu writings dealing with philosophical issues. |
| Vaisyas | The third caste, consisting of the landholder and artisan class of Aryan society. |
| Vishnu | A Hindu savior god who, through his nine incarnations, saves the world from destruction; in one incarnation he was Krishna, in another Gautama Buddha. |
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