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7764482407Qin Persia Maurya Gupta Han RomeClassical Empires0
7764493521Ancestor Venerationworshipping dead ancestors whose spirits are believed to have the power to help in the affairs of the living.1
7764511410Neolithic revolution- farming created new socio economic system. - RIVERS - agriculture, irrigation, population increase, specialization, trade, transportation, stratification2
7764539611first permanent agricultural villagesmesopotamia nile yellow river papa new guinea ande3
7764547497paleolithic- homo sapiens were mobile and outsmarted other animals, originated/left Africa, equality4
7764574526SILK ROAD5
7764580069INDIAN OCEAN ROUTE6
7764583177EURASIAN ROUTE7
7764590021MEDITERRANEAN SEA ROUTE8
7764592095TRANS SAHARAN ROUTE9
7764615081civilizationslarge powerful states resource surplus allowed specialization long distance trade relationships war with increase of wealth culture: art, hierarchy, record keeping/lit, legal code, religion politics: leaders, resource competition, pastoral innovation10
7764705693animismearth has a soul and feelings11
7764743842bodhisattvaperson who reached nirvana but stayed on earth to help others12
7764792951Diasporapeople scattered, not in homeland but may have strong ties to it13
7764807167rajaMonarch or princely ruler in South and Southeast Asia14
7764909307buddhism- INDIA - no social classes - eightfold path - Ashoka furthered - reincarnation - embrace 4 noble truths = liberation15
7764939824hinduism- caste system - salvation for those who complete caste tasks - focus on doing good, not the reward - moksha (release from reincarnation cycle) - brahman (ultimate truth)16
7765150730shamanismperson with access to world of spirits correct problems in natural world17
7765219610romeroman empire18
7765221645persiasouthwest asia persian empire19
7765223176indiamauryan gupta south asia20
7765350571china tradesilk cinnamon paper buddhism bubonic plague21
7765360020india tradecotton textiles coral ivory buddhism smallpox22
7765364218rome tradeolive oil glassware bronze weapons christianity bubonic plague23
7765372263greece tradejewelry olive oil wine christianity bubonic plague24
7765377534persia tradeturquoise gold mirrors zoroastrianism measles25
7778719668jesusfounder of christianity 4 bce - 33ce26
7778724227lao tzufounder of daosim 6044 bce - ??? bce27
7778726808cyrusfounder of persia 600 bce - 530 bce28
7778733538siddhartafounder of buddhism 563 bce - 483 bce29
7778736707confuciusfounder of confucianism 551 bce - 479 bce30
7778740954platoathenian philosopher 428 bce - 348 bce31
7778748611alexander the greatmacedonian conqueror 356 bce - 323 bce32
7778751242ashokamauryan buddhist emperor 304 bce - 232 bce33
7778758515qin shi huangdifounder of china 259 bce - 210 bce34
7778762706augustusfirst roman emperor 63 bce - 14 ce35
7778765775paul of tarsuschristian apostle 5 ce - 67 ce36
7778768725constantineroman emperor who converted to christianity 272 ce - 337 ce37
7778834349confucianismfilial piety (xiao) rulers must have inner virtue Analects (book) ren (kindness/loyalty), li (behave)38
7778837500daoismhuman behavior to be tailored to passive nature go with the flow wuwei39
7778973866wuweinon action but laws are still needed40
7779001948spread of classical religions41

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