L10 Global Flashcards
(16 cards)
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Varnas
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Four levels in the social hierarchy
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Contributions
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- Chariots
- Animal Husbandry
- New religious beliefs and practices
- stricter hierarchy
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Jati
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- Sub- grouping of Varnas, occupational classification
- ranked
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Dharma
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Duty
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Karma
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- your fate
- positive or negative depending on how well you did your duties
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Moksha
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Marks the end of the Samsars cycle
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Origins of lndo- European
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Caucasus Region (space between two mountain ranges)
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Language
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Mother tongue for many ancient languages
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Hittites Migration
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South to Asia Minor
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Aryans Migration
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Southeast to South and Central Asia
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Reasons to Migrate
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- environment
- societal
- commercial (trade)
- foreign intervention
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Language of Hittite Empire
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- Akkadian (language of conquered Babylonians) was the dimplomatic language
- native language for internal uses
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Caste System
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- Brahmin (Priest, scholar)
- Kshatriyas (King, Warrior)
- Vaishya (Merchants)
- Sudra (Slaves)
- Outcasts
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Vedas
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- holy scriptures of Aryan origin
- was originally hymns but turned into text
- language was contributed by the Indus cultures encountered
- four collections of prayers
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Avatar
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- a human form of a divine being
- blue
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Bhagavad Gita
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Epic take about a warrior prince, Arjuna, who is counseled by his chariot driver Krishna
