Chapter 3 - Eurasian Empires
Chapter 4 - Eurasian Cultural Traditions
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| 10867972987 | Legalism | A Chinese philosophy distinguished by an ADHERENCE TO CLEAR LAWS WITH VIGOROUS PUNISHMENTS. |  | 0 |
| 10867972988 | Confucius (Kong Fuzi) | The FOUNDER OF CONFUCISIM (551-479 B.C.E.); an aristocrat of northern China who proved to be the GREATEST INFLUENCE ON CHINESE CULTURE in its history. |  | 1 |
| 10867972989 | Ban Zhao | A major FEMALE Confucian author of Han dynasty China (45-116 C.E.) whose works give insight into the CONFUCIAN THINKING OF WOMAN. |  | 2 |
| 10867972990 | Daoism | A Chinese philosophy/popular religion that advocates SIMPLICITY and understanding of the WORLD OF NATURE, founded by the legendary figure LAOZI. |  | 3 |
| 10867972991 | Vedas | The EARLIEST RELIGIOUS TEXTS OF INDIA, a collection of ancient poems, hymns, and rituals that were transmitted orally before being written down ca. 600 B.C.E. |  | 4 |
| 10867972992 | Upanishads | Indian MYSTICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL works, written between 800 and 400 B.C.E. |  | 5 |
| 10867972993 | Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) | The INDIAN PRINCE who turned ascetic (ca. 566-486 B.C.E.) who FOUNDED BUDDHISM . |  | 6 |
| 10867972994 | Mahayana | "Great Vehicle," the popular development of Buddhism in the early centuries of the Common Era, which gives a much greater role to SUPERNATURAL BEINGS and proved to be more POPULAR than original (Theravada) Buddhism. |  | 7 |
| 10867972995 | Bhagavad Gita | A great HINDU EPIC TEXT, part of the much larger Mahabharata, which affirms the performance of CASTE DUTIES as a path to religious liberation. |  | 8 |
| 10867972996 | Zoroastrianism | PERSIAN MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION founded by the prophet Zarathustra. (good vs. evil) |  | 9 |
| 10867972997 | Judaism | The MONOTHEISTIC religion developed by the HEBREWS, emphasizing a sole PERSONAL god (YAHWEH) with concerns with social justice. |  | 10 |
| 10867972998 | Greek rationalism | A secularizing system of scientific and philosophic thought that developed in Classical Greece in the period 600 to 300 B.C.E.; it emphasized the POWER OF EDUCATION and HUMAN REASON to understand the world in nonreligious terms. |  | 11 |
| 10867972999 | Theravada | "The Teaching of the Elders," the early form of Buddhism according to which the Buddha was a wise teacher but not divine and which emphasizes practices rather than beliefs. |  | 12 |
| 10867973000 | Socrates | The first great Greek philosopher to TURNED RATIONALISM TO QUESTIONS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE |  | 13 |
| 10867973001 | Plato | A DISCIPLE OF SOCRATES whose Dialogues convey the teachings of his master while going beyond them to express Plato's own philosophy. |  | 14 |
| 10867973002 | Aristotle | STUDENT OF PLATO and teacher of Alexander the Great. |  | 15 |
| 10867973004 | Jesus of Nazareth | RURAL SMALL TOWN WORKER from lower class family. Religion of Christianity grew from life teachings. | 16 | |
| 10867973003 | Saint Paul | FOLLOWER TO JESUS. Highly NEGATIVE VIEWS TO WOMAN grew wholly to male hierarchy of church. |  | 17 |
| 10867973005 | Church of the East | PLANTED CHURCHES IN SHRUA AND PERSIAN that were distinct in theology and practice from the TOMAN CHURCH |  | 18 |
| 10867973006 | Perpetua | CHRISTIAN MAYTYR OF NORTH AFRICA. Educated and wealthy, spread christianity to roman empire. |  | 19 |
