Chapter 3 Flashcards
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Indo-Europeans
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-group of nomadic people who came across the steppes
2
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steppes
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-dry grasslands that stretched North of Caucasus
3
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migrations
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- movements of people from one region to another
- happens over a long period of time
4
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Hittites
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- a group of IndoEuropean speakers
- occupied Anatolia
- known for iron technology
5
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Anatolia
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- peninsula in modern day Turkey
- just out in black and Mediterranean seas
- also known as Asia Minor
6
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Aryans
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- homeland was somewhere between Caspian and Aral Seas
- group of Info-European speakers
7
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Vedas
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- four collections of prayers, magical spells and instructions
- sacred literature
8
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Brahmins
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-priests
9
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castes
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- Portugal encountered this social system
- 4 major groups
- each group called a “caste”
10
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Mahabarata
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- reflects the struggles that took place in India
- one of the great epics of India
11
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reincarnation
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-rebirth of an individual soul or spirit
12
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karma
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-good or bad deeds
13
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Jainism
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- Believes every living object has a soul
- adopted from Hinduism
14
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Siddhartha Guatama
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- founder of Buddhism
- born into a nobel family that lived in Kapikavastu
- left his lifestyle to achieve enlightenment
15
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enlightenment
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-“wisdom”
