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7909787583Ancestor worship0
7909790606Zhou Dynasty1
7909790607ConfucianismEmphasizes patriarchy, loyalty, justice, and avoiding violence2
7909794736Mandate of Heaven3
7909794761Filial PietyA virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors4
7909804115Kongzi (Confucius) !!Founded a system of moral philosophy in the Zhou Dynasty, 551-479 BCE5
7909804116AnalectsThe "wise sayings" became the core of the philosophy6
7909806412Yin and YangThe Confucianism symbol7
7909806413HinduismFounded in India, 2000 BCE Polytheistic Emphasizes the life cycle based on reincarnation8
7909806442VedasReligious texts9
7909809687AryasLight skinned, invaders10
7909809688DasasDarker skinned, Indigitious11
7909812496Caste SystemDivides Hindus into four main categories - Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and the Shudras12
7909812497BrahminsThe highest of the Caste system13
7909814549UntouchablesThe Shudras14
7909814550ReincarnationThe religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body after death15
7909816912Mauryan Empire16
7909820951ChandraguptaFounder of the Mauryan Empire, 321-298 BCE17
7909820952Ashoka304-232 BCE Religious conversion after the gruesome battle of Kalinga Dedicated his life to Buddhism Built extensive roads18
7909820953BuddhismBegan in India and spread into China House of worship- Shrines19
7909823354Gupta Empirea. 320-335 CE great king of kings b. 375-415 CE profitable trade with the Mediterranean world Fell due to invading force20
7909823355Sati21
7909828023StupasA giant pillar that is 40-50 ft high22
7909828024NirvanaIn Buddhism it is a state in which there is neither suffering, desire, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth It represents the final goal of Buddhism.23
79098298574 Nobel Truths1) There is suffering in the world (Dukkha) 2) The cause of suffering is self-centered desire and attachments (Tanha) 3) The solution is to eliminate desire and attachments (nirvana=extinction) 4) To reach nirvana, one must follow the eightfold path24
7909832589Siddartha GautamaBorn in Nepal, 563-483 BCE Raised in great luxury to be a king Became the "enlightened one" at 3525
79098367958 Fold PathAn early summary of the path of Buddhist practices leading to liberation from samsara, the painful cycle of rebirth26
7909839037Extensive road systems27
7909839038St. PaulMain spiritual messenger who spread Christianity around Mesopotamia28
7909843077ConstantineFormally ends persecution of Christians and legalizes it29
7909843078TorahThe first 5 books of the Bible30
7909843079The BibleThe Christian scriptures31
7909843080YahwehA form of the Hebrew name of God used in the Bible32
7909846054DiasporaNeo-Assyrian empire forcefully removes Hebrew people from Anatolia33
7909846055Edict of MilanSet up the Pope in Rome as the spiritual leader of church Split the church(schism)34
7909848651MonotheismBelieving in one god35
7909848652First TempleAccording to the Hebrew Bible Solomon's Temple, is also known as the First Temple36
7909850947Israel and Jerusalem37
7909850948Orthodoxy38
7909866967PopeThe bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church39

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