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10801792676DaoThe way of nature; an unchanging principle that governs natural phenomenons0
10801792677Yin and YangA belief in the unity of opposites1
10874289914WuConfucian physical and martial qualities2
10874292673WenConfucian qualities of rationality and literacy3
10874298669Laozi6th century bce archivist who wrote the beginnings of Daoism until his disappearance into the wild on a water buffalo4
10892491174Saint PaulAn early convert to Christianity; a missionary; spread Christianity and established Christian communities throughout the Roman Empire5
10893911652ZoroasterGreek version of the name Zarathustra6
10893932946Ahura MazdaThe one god in Zoroastrianism7
10893985179Free-willThe ability to make choices and act on one's own voluntarily.8
10894028555YahwehThe Jewish name for their one and only God9
10894028556KosherFood or food preparation methods that are in accordance with the Jewish law10
10894042313AnalectsConfucius's teachings written down by his students after his death.11
10895197401VedasSacred Hindu texts from about 600 B.C.E. that are made up of poems, hymns, prayers, and rituals.12
10895201534Period of Warring StatesA period in China after the fall of the Zhou Dynasty from 500-221 B.C.E. that was full of chaos, violence, and disharmony due to the lack of political unity.13
10895206309AristotleStudent of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great; commented and wrote on everything14
10895210582SocratesAthenian philosopher who walked about the city15
10895214594PlatoSketched out the Republic design for good society16
10895224639Jesus of NazarethA young Jewish carpenter who lived in the province of Judea in the Roman Empire; believed to be the Son of God; inspired the religion of Christianity17
10897046270ConfuciusA educated, ambitious aristocrat who spent much of life looking for a political position to put his ideas into practices. (551-479 B.C.E.)18
10897061885EnlightenmentA state in which individual identity would be extinguished along with greed, hatred, and delusion19
10897064396MonasticismA religious way of life which involves leaving behind worldly pursuits and devoting oneself to spiritual activity20
10897079293DiasporaThe scatter of the Jews outside of Israel and Palestine, after the Babylonian exile.21
10898409944Deitiesa god or goddess22
10898413156Samsarathe cycle of life and rebirth in Hinduism23
10898418726KarmaThe belief that actions in this life, whether good or bad, will decide your place in the next life.24
10898419439MokshaThe Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths.25

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