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4798678577MonotheismBelief or worship of one god0
4798679000PolytheismBelief or worship of many gods1
4798679001DiasporaAny group migration or flight from an area or region2
4798680779SanskritIndo-European Language brought by the Aryans into India, and used as the classical and literary language of India.3
4798681861Vedic TraditionSacred texts in the Hindu Religion which contain hyms and religious ceremonies passed between generations.4
4798682896Caste SystemSocial hierarchy in India that divided people into four classes: Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras. People were born into the caste and cannot move until their next life.5
4798685415ReincarnationConcept that a living being starts a new life in a new physical form after each biological death; rebirth.6
4798732972Karma(Hinduism and Buddhism) The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation7
4798735939MissionariesPeople sent to help spread a religion, faith, or philosophy to other places8
4798737459AshokaThird ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (r. 270-232 B.C.E.). He converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars, the earliest surviving Indian writing.9
4798738863Sutraa rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization10
4798742257ConfuciusChinese philosopher who believed in the emphasis of love for humanity, education, family, peace and justice, and was the founder of the belief system called Confucianism11
4798746374The AnalectsAlso known as the Analects of Confucius, are a record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples, as well as the discussions they held12
4798748026DaoismPhilosophy that teaches that everything should be left to the natural order; rejects many of the Confucian ideas but coexisted with Confucianism in China13
4798748460Feng ShuiChinese philosophical system of harmonizing everyone with the surrounding environment. It concerns the flow of energy (qi).14
4798751777Jesus of NazarethA ]preacher, teacher, and prophet who was responsible for the spread of Christianity and is regarded as a savior. He is the central figure and God of Christianity.15
4798758968ConstantineRoman emperor who adopted Christianity for the Roman Empire and who founded Constantinople as a second capital16
4798760257Paul of TarsusResponsible for the expansion of Christianity by teaching a version that attracted the urban masses. He preached along the Mediterranean at Hellenistic Sites. His version had high moral standards and faith over personal interests.17
4798774733MonasticismA way of life where one renounces worldly life and devotes oneself to spiritual work; monkhood.18
4798776502Filial PietyRespect and honor for parents, elders, and ancestors.19
4798777574Centripetal ForcesForces that tend to bring people together20
4798778494SyncretismThe blending of two or more ideas, cultures, or religions21
4798778752Greek RationalismScientific and philosophical thought that emphasized usage of education and human reason to interpret things on nonreligious terms in Greece.22
4798780627Universalizing ReligionA religion that actively seeks converts and attempts to spread through the usage of missionaries.23
4798781775Ethnic ReligionA religion which one is born into, and does not actively seek converts. It usually remains within the place it originated from with a little spread outwards from that place.24
4798783052ProselytizingConvert or attempt to convert a person from one belief, culture, religion, or opinion to another.25
4798784962LaoziAncient Chinese philosopher and writer who founded Daoism. "Old Master" who encouraged people to give up to nature's course.26
4798787063Siddhartha GautamaIndian prince who attained enlightenment through meditation, and believed in the end of suffering through the Eightfold Path and by following the Four Noble Truths to attain Nirvana. He founded Buddhism.27
4798791552Nirvana/EnlightenmentIn Buddhism, a state of perfect peace that is the goal of reincarnation28

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