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11094818415The system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct and was used to justify emperors powerConfucianism0
11094864650in China, a group of educated bureaucrats who controlled much of the land and produced most of the candidates for civil serviceScholar-Gentry1
11094911324a religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin which emphasizes living in harmony with the everything in existenceDaoism2
11094976508authoritarian rule that uses force and fear to retain powerLegalism3
11095044095an order of social classes with producers at the bottom and leaders or kings at the topSocial Hierachy4
11095069165social hierarchy made specifically for hindus, with brahmin on top then, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and last shudrasCaste System5
11095192308A religion native to India, featuring belief in many gods and reincarnationHinduism6
11095214544A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires, In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires.Mesopotamia7
11095617831a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empireHammurabi's Code8
11095627712Narrations of the achievements and sometimes the failures of heroes that embody a people's or a nation's conception of its own past and reflected that nation's societyEpic Poems9
11095656868The most famous extant literary work from ancient Mesopotamia, it tells the story of one man's quest for immortality and one of the first literary worksEpic of Gilgamesh10
11095684740Belief in many godsPolytheism11
11095708331Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering.Buddhism12
11095717063ruled the Maurya Empire for 35 years and at first was a warlord until a huge battle gave him a change of heart and he converted to Buddhism. He became a peaceful leader and helped spread Buddhism far and wide.Ashoka13
11117425072a series of edicts on rocks and pillars that reminded Mauryans to live righteous lives according to Buddhist principles. Also spread to other nations through cultural diffusion and trade.Rock and Pillar Edicts14
111174416333 religions that started in the middle east and regard Abraham as their ancestor in faith: Judaism, Christianity, and IslamAbrahamic Religions15

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