Chapters 6 and 7 Flashcards
(34 cards)
Monsoon
Seasonal Winds which benefited India
Vedas
Religious Texts; main sources of information about the Vedic Age`
Varna
"Color"- came to indicate class Priests and scholars Warriors and officials Merchant, Artisans, Landowners Peasants and Laborers Untouchables
Karma
Deeds of the atman in its previous incarnations
Moksha
“liberation”- release from the cycle of reincarnations
Buddha
Siddartha Gautama
Mahayana Buddhis
“Great Vehicle” embraced new features, newest buddhism
Therevada Budhism
Flollowed most of the original teachings…OLD
Hinduism
Religion of hundreds of millions of people in South Asia
CASTE SYSTEM
Mauryan Empire
India’s first centralized empire
Ashoka
Chandragupta’s grandson, outstanding figure
Mahabharata
Indian Epic, eightfold of the ole Illiad et Odyssey
Bhagavad-Gita
Self-contained episode of ja boi Arjuna
Tamil Kingdoms
repping Cholas, Pandyas, and Cheras in Southern India
Gupta Empire
Tagalong, copied Mauryan Empire and grew out of kingdom of Maghada
Theater state
collects luxury goods and profits from trade and redistributes them to its dependents through gifts and such, GUPTA
Malay Peoples
became dominant population in SE Asia
Fuman
First Major SE Asian Center
Silk Road
popular trade route reppin in from mesopotamia to china 24/7
Parthians
Poeple originally from east of the Caspian Sea, founders of the Silk Road
Sasanid Empire
Located on eastern part of Silk Road, in Iran
Stirrup
most impotant invention in China, gave riders far greater stability in the stable
Indian Ocean Maritime System
Trade Network across Indian ocean and South China Sea
trans-African Caravan Routes
signifiant Stream across Sahara