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| 288497187 | moutain protection | himalaya mts: highest in the world, protection from china, hindu kush: northwestern mountain range, protection from central america | 0 | |
| 288497188 | khyber pass | vunerable spot in hindu kush; diffucult to get through; indo-aryans came through to concquer subcontinent | 1 | |
| 288497189 | fertile plains | indus river valley of harapppan civ, indogangetic plain | 2 | |
| 288497190 | indogetic plain | land between the indus and ganges river; great fertile land for farming | 3 | |
| 288497191 | deccan plateau | separated northern india from southern india; cultural differences | 4 | |
| 288497192 | bodies of water | bay of bengal, arabian sea, indian ocean; protection and trade | 5 | |
| 288497193 | subcontinent | large land below asia; peninsula land of ancient times: present day afghanistan, pakistan, india, and bangladesh | 6 | |
| 288497194 | harappan civilization | along indus river valley, cities: harappa and mohenjo-daro, citadel, streets, tech, pitographic writing, mystery decline | 7 | |
| 288497195 | citadel | strong central for built on a brick platform for height; look out tower | 8 | |
| 288497196 | streets in harappan civ | intersected at right angles | 9 | |
| 288497197 | technology in harappan civ | indoor plumbing, flushing toilets; closed sewer system; running water, public baths | 10 | |
| 288497198 | indo-aryan civilization | from central asia through khyber pass, skillful warriors, cows=important | 11 | |
| 288497199 | hinduism | created by indo aryans, no founder, mono poly religion, one supreme god: brahman atman, brahma=creator, vishnu=preserver of good, siva=destroyer of evil | 12 | |
| 288497200 | monism | life and matter are the same | 13 | |
| 288497201 | mayaism | world is a sensory illusion; causes pain and suffering | 14 | |
| 288497202 | materilism | causes pain and suffering | 15 | |
| 288497203 | man is imperfect | must become perfect before becoming one with brahman- atman or arriving at moksha | 16 | |
| 288497204 | moksha | state of complete perfection | 17 | |
| 288497205 | reincarnation | transmigration of the soul, chances to arrive at moksha is through this | 18 | |
| 288497206 | karma | aceptance of one's state of life in one's class system, soul will go higher if you accept karma, to be happy w/ life | 19 | |
| 288497207 | dharma | one's obligations or responsibilities toward members of ones caste | 20 | |
| 288497208 | vedas | religious books for hindus, explains religion and rituals, prayers and hymns, created the vedic age | 21 | |
| 288497209 | rig veda | oldest of the vedas | 22 | |
| 288497210 | upanishads | philosophical interpretation of hinduism done by priests | 23 | |
| 288497211 | ganges river | most holy river, ashes scattered(religious tradition), longest, widest, dirtiest river | 24 | |
| 288497212 | cow | most scared river; wander in india | 25 | |
| 288497213 | yoga | form of meditation to bring harmony to both one's body and soul | 26 | |
| 288497214 | caste system | the seperation of people according to one's varma or jati, indo-aryans created it, woman not included | 27 | |
| 288497215 | varna | a persons skin color, helps put people in caste system | 28 | |
| 288497216 | jati | a persons occupation, helps put people in caste system | 29 | |
| 288497217 | brahmin | highest on class system, priests and well educated | 30 | |
| 288497218 | kshatriya | second highest on class system, political leaders and soliders | 31 | |
| 288497219 | vaisya | middle on class system, merchants, traders, large property owners | 32 | |
| 288497220 | sudra | second lowest on class system, working class, little wealth | 33 | |
| 288497221 | untouchables (harijan) | members forbidden to touch anyone in different class, garbage men, butchers, street cleaners, born w/ disease | 34 | |
| 288497222 | polygny | having more then one wife | 35 | |
| 288497223 | women and children | considered the property of husband/father | 36 | |
| 288497224 | womens rights | none; subordinate and inferior to males | 37 | |
| 288497225 | buddhism | second religion created on subcontinent, founded by siddhartha gautama, budda | 38 | |
| 288497226 | religious practices buddhism | acceptance of the 4 noble truths, life involves suffering and sorrow, eightfold path | 39 | |
| 288497227 | the eightfold path | seeing life as it truly is, living w/ good purpose, speaking well of others, honesty, helping others, avoid evil, what you have to do to reach nirvana, meditation | 40 | |
| 288497228 | eligibility of education | boys of first 3 castes only, fathers picked occupations of sons, | 41 | |
| 288497229 | guru | hindu name for teacher | 42 | |
| 288497230 | nalada university | first university of ancient times | 43 | |
| 288497231 | technology | math:value of pi, algebra; medicine inoculation, surgery: cararact, spinal cord, plastic surgery, bone-setting, susrutra: cleaninless, free hospitals | 44 | |
| 288497232 | panchatantra | indian fairy tails w/ a moral story attached: similar to aesop's fables for ancient greece | 45 | |
| 288497233 | taj mahal | built by shah jahan for favorite wife who died in child birth; took 22 yrs to build and wiped out india economy | 46 | |
| 288497234 | chandragupta maurya | drove greeks from india, united northern indian subcon., clever in military strategy, cruel to pep, feared being assinated, women as night guards, renounced thrown | 47 | |
| 288497235 | asoka | chandragupta maurya grandson, conqured most of india, began harsh converted to buddhism, built temples, religious tolarence, pardoned prisonsers | 48 | |
| 288497236 | maurya dynasty contributions | unification, trade network from mesopotamia to roman empire, key trade product= cotton | 49 | |
| 288497237 | gupta dynasty | ruled all of northern subcon, ushered golden age of india, prosperious and peaceful empire, progress in medicine and science, nalanda uni, hinduism favored | 50 | |
| 288497238 | mughal india | maintained trade empire(cotton), muslim conquerors, allowed religious tolerance, sacred law of manu, akbar the great, ruled like persians | 51 | |
| 288497239 | aurangzeb | greatgrandson of akbar the great, high taxes on non muslims, took away religious tolerance, forced pep to convert to islam, civil unrest, decline of mughal dynasty | 52 |
