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Unit 1 World History- Foundations Flashcards

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213571441Nirvanain Buddhism, the release from pain and suffering achieved after enlightenment0
213571442DaoismIt is a philosophy which is founded by Laozi. Daoism emphasizes living in harmony with nature and following the Dao. Created during the warring states period1
213571443Laozifounder of Daoism2
213571444ConfucianismThe 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.3
213571445Analectsa record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples4
213571446Mandate of HeavenChinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou, was the prerogative of Heaven, the chief deity, to grant power to the ruler of China.5
213571447Peter of Milan...6
213571448St. Augustineearly christian leader who writes the book City of God that instructs how Christians are to be7
213571449Eastern orthodoxyChurch established in the Byzantine Empire after the split from the Roman Catholic Church; Greek & Russian Orthodox Churches descend from this8
213571450Schism of 1054the split of the church between the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox9
213571451QuranBook composed of divine revelations made to the Prophet Muhammad between ca. 610 and his death in 632; the sacred text of the religion of Islam.10
213571452MeccaCity in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion.11
213571453The Kaababuilding located inside the mosque known as Masjid al Haram in Mecca (Makkah). The mosque has been built around the Kaaba. The Kaaba is the holiest place in Islam.12
213571454SunniA branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad13
213571455Shittea member of one of the largest Muslims sects; Believed that descendants of Muhammad, his daughter & father-in-law should lead. Is the minority out of the two.14
213571456SufismA movement made by Muslim mystics who believed that the soul was in exile from God and longed to return. Loving god was key.15

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