7909787583 | Ancestor worship | 0 | ||
7909790606 | Zhou Dynasty | 1 | ||
7909790607 | Confucianism | Emphasizes patriarchy, loyalty, justice, and avoiding violence | 2 | |
7909794736 | Mandate of Heaven | 3 | ||
7909794761 | Filial Piety | A virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors | 4 | |
7909804115 | Kongzi (Confucius) !! | Founded a system of moral philosophy in the Zhou Dynasty, 551-479 BCE | 5 | |
7909804116 | Analects | The "wise sayings" became the core of the philosophy | 6 | |
7909806412 | Yin and Yang | The Confucianism symbol | 7 | |
7909806413 | Hinduism | Founded in India, 2000 BCE Polytheistic Emphasizes the life cycle based on reincarnation | 8 | |
7909806442 | Vedas | Religious texts | 9 | |
7909809687 | Aryas | Light skinned, invaders | 10 | |
7909809688 | Dasas | Darker skinned, Indigitious | 11 | |
7909812496 | Caste System | Divides Hindus into four main categories - Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and the Shudras | 12 | |
7909812497 | Brahmins | The highest of the Caste system | 13 | |
7909814549 | Untouchables | The Shudras | 14 | |
7909814550 | Reincarnation | The religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body after death | 15 | |
7909816912 | Mauryan Empire | 16 | ||
7909820951 | Chandragupta | Founder of the Mauryan Empire, 321-298 BCE | 17 | |
7909820952 | Ashoka | 304-232 BCE Religious conversion after the gruesome battle of Kalinga Dedicated his life to Buddhism Built extensive roads | 18 | |
7909820953 | Buddhism | Began in India and spread into China House of worship- Shrines | 19 | |
7909823354 | Gupta Empire | a. 320-335 CE great king of kings b. 375-415 CE profitable trade with the Mediterranean world Fell due to invading force | 20 | |
7909823355 | Sati | 21 | ||
7909828023 | Stupas | A giant pillar that is 40-50 ft high | 22 | |
7909828024 | Nirvana | In 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 | |
7909829857 | 4 Nobel Truths | 1) 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 path | 24 | |
7909832589 | Siddartha Gautama | Born in Nepal, 563-483 BCE Raised in great luxury to be a king Became the "enlightened one" at 35 | 25 | |
7909836795 | 8 Fold Path | An early summary of the path of Buddhist practices leading to liberation from samsara, the painful cycle of rebirth | 26 | |
7909839037 | Extensive road systems | 27 | ||
7909839038 | St. Paul | Main spiritual messenger who spread Christianity around Mesopotamia | 28 | |
7909843077 | Constantine | Formally ends persecution of Christians and legalizes it | 29 | |
7909843078 | Torah | The first 5 books of the Bible | 30 | |
7909843079 | The Bible | The Christian scriptures | 31 | |
7909843080 | Yahweh | A form of the Hebrew name of God used in the Bible | 32 | |
7909846054 | Diaspora | Neo-Assyrian empire forcefully removes Hebrew people from Anatolia | 33 | |
7909846055 | Edict of Milan | Set up the Pope in Rome as the spiritual leader of church Split the church(schism) | 34 | |
7909848651 | Monotheism | Believing in one god | 35 | |
7909848652 | First Temple | According to the Hebrew Bible Solomon's Temple, is also known as the First Temple | 36 | |
7909850947 | Israel and Jerusalem | 37 | ||
7909850948 | Orthodoxy | 38 | ||
7909866967 | Pope | The bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church | 39 |
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