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| 10712238606 | Legalism (China) | People came up with legalism as a solution to China's disorder, laws and rules were strictly enforced. Philosophers believed that the high class were smarter than regular people who were stupid and shortsighted. After Shihuangdi and the Qin no other rulers used this solution. | 0 | |
| 10712270500 | Confucianism | A philosophy that adheres to the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. It shows the way to ensure a stable government and an orderly society in the present world and stresses a moral code of conduct. Philosophy following the teachings of Confucius, who thought that if the higher class set a good moral example then the lower classes would naturally follow. He stressed the importance of education to moral betterment. | 1 | |
| 10712274136 | Ban Zhao | 45-116BCE Wrote Lessons for Women, a book which explained a Confusion woman's role. She wanted more education for women, not because she thought that they could become or were equal to boys but because she thought that with more education that they could better serve their husbands. | 2 | |
| 10712274137 | Daoism | Ridiculed efforts for moral betterment and believed that actions should be individual, spontaneous and natural. It encouraged people to live the simple life and to follow nature. | 3 | |
| 10712276993 | Vedas | Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism. Early Indian sacred 'knowledge'-the literal meaning of the term-long preserved and communicated orally by Brahman priests and eventually written down. | 4 | |
| 10712282784 | Upanishads | the later books of the Vedas; contained sophisticated and sublime philosophical ideas; utilized by Brahmans to restore religious authority | 5 | |
| 10712286076 | Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) | Means "Enlightened One." He is said to have renounced his worldly possessions and taught of a way to overcome suffering. The historical founder of Buddism. Taught that to achieve enlightenment you must let go of what causes suffering | 6 | |
| 10712290037 | Theravada and Mahayana | The two main branches of Buddhism. Theravada was before Mahayana, as Mahayana branched off Theravada. Theravada was founded in 3rd century B.C when there was no Mahayana at all Between the 1st Century B.C. to the 1st Century A.D., the two terms Mahayana and Hinayana appeared in theSaddharma Pundarika Sutra or the Sutra of the Lotus of the Good Law. The main differences, however, is that Theravada was founded in southern Asia in parts of Sri Lanka and Thailand as Mahayana was founded in northern Asia in parts of Tibet,China and Taiwan. | 7 | |
| 10712293228 | Nalanda | definition: a famous Buddhist university and monastary located in the eastern Ganges Valley significance: helped in the spread of Buddhism through Asia, one of the first formalized instruction centers | 8 | |
| 10712293369 | Bhagavad Gita | The most important work of Indian sacred literature, a dialogue between the great warrior Arjuna and the god Krishna on duty and the fate of the spirit. | 9 | |
| 10712297637 | Zoroastrianism | a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of prophet Zoroaster and was formerly among the world's largest religions. It was probably founded some time before the 6th century BCE in Persia Many relgions branch off it due to the aspects of: One God, Good vs Evil, and Moral standards The main God; Ahura Mazda is all good, and no evil originates from him. Thus, in Zoroastrianism good and evil have distinct sources, with evil trying to destroy the creation of Mazda. Angra Mainyu is the evil one, against Ahura. | 10 | |
| 10712301092 | Judaism | A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament. | 11 | |
| 10712305314 | 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. | 12 | |
| 10712308224 | Socrates, Plato, Aristotle | Greek philosophers, believed that truth could be determined through rational thought and observations. | 13 | |
| 10712312136 | Jesus of Nazareth | a teacher and prophet born in bethlehem and active in nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity. Historical founder of Christianity, believed to be able to perform miracles of healing by the power of God, whom he refered to as 'Abba', or papa. | 14 | |
| 10712315963 | Saint Paul | Helped to spread Christianity from the small area it occupied to a much bigger area. | 15 | |
| 10712320228 | Church of the East | A theologically and organizationally distinct Christian church based in Syria and Persia but with followers in southern India and Central Asia. This branch of the church concentrated in Persia and active in missions to China rejected the Chalcedonian Creed on the grounds that it did not accurately affirm the human nature of Jesus. | 16 | |
| 10712325975 | Perpetua | Early Christian who kept a diary in prison and died for the faith. Christian martyr (one who was killed for their beliefs) from Carthage. Educated and wealthy, she died being fed to leopards. | 17 |
