4798678577 | Monotheism | Belief or worship of one god | 0 | |
4798679000 | Polytheism | Belief or worship of many gods | 1 | |
4798679001 | Diaspora | Any group migration or flight from an area or region | 2 | |
4798680779 | Sanskrit | Indo-European Language brought by the Aryans into India, and used as the classical and literary language of India. | 3 | |
4798681861 | Vedic Tradition | Sacred texts in the Hindu Religion which contain hyms and religious ceremonies passed between generations. | 4 | |
4798682896 | Caste System | Social 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 | |
4798685415 | Reincarnation | Concept that a living being starts a new life in a new physical form after each biological death; rebirth. | 6 | |
4798732972 | Karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | 7 | |
4798735939 | Missionaries | People sent to help spread a religion, faith, or philosophy to other places | 8 | |
4798737459 | Ashoka | Third 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 | |
4798738863 | Sutra | a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization | 10 | |
4798742257 | Confucius | Chinese philosopher who believed in the emphasis of love for humanity, education, family, peace and justice, and was the founder of the belief system called Confucianism | 11 | |
4798746374 | The Analects | Also 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 held | 12 | |
4798748026 | Daoism | Philosophy that teaches that everything should be left to the natural order; rejects many of the Confucian ideas but coexisted with Confucianism in China | 13 | |
4798748460 | Feng Shui | Chinese philosophical system of harmonizing everyone with the surrounding environment. It concerns the flow of energy (qi). | 14 | |
4798751777 | Jesus of Nazareth | A ]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 | |
4798758968 | Constantine | Roman emperor who adopted Christianity for the Roman Empire and who founded Constantinople as a second capital | 16 | |
4798760257 | Paul of Tarsus | Responsible 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 | |
4798774733 | Monasticism | A way of life where one renounces worldly life and devotes oneself to spiritual work; monkhood. | 18 | |
4798776502 | Filial Piety | Respect and honor for parents, elders, and ancestors. | 19 | |
4798777574 | Centripetal Forces | Forces that tend to bring people together | 20 | |
4798778494 | Syncretism | The blending of two or more ideas, cultures, or religions | 21 | |
4798778752 | Greek Rationalism | Scientific and philosophical thought that emphasized usage of education and human reason to interpret things on nonreligious terms in Greece. | 22 | |
4798780627 | Universalizing Religion | A religion that actively seeks converts and attempts to spread through the usage of missionaries. | 23 | |
4798781775 | Ethnic Religion | A 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 | |
4798783052 | Proselytizing | Convert or attempt to convert a person from one belief, culture, religion, or opinion to another. | 25 | |
4798784962 | Laozi | Ancient Chinese philosopher and writer who founded Daoism. "Old Master" who encouraged people to give up to nature's course. | 26 | |
4798787063 | Siddhartha Gautama | Indian 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 | |
4798791552 | Nirvana/Enlightenment | In Buddhism, a state of perfect peace that is the goal of reincarnation | 28 |
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