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| 2889383149 | Buddhism | Founded in the late 6th century after Siddhartha Gautama's death. Spread throughout South Asia. No sacred text. 4 noble truths and 8 fold path to reach nirvana. Some people saw Buddha as a god. | 0 | |
| 2890632968 | Hinduism | Originated in classical India and spread through ideas carried by Brahmin priests and wandering ascetics. Vedas and Upanishad were sacred texts. Patriarchal society. Brahman = world soul, ultimate reality. Atman = individual soul, part of Brahman. Moksha is the final goal. Believed in rebirth --> Samsara/law of karma. Caste system part of religion and government. | 1 | |
| 2890653575 | Hinduism Caste system | Dharma, Brahmin, Kshatryia, Vaishya, Sudra | 2 | |
| 2890656616 | Daoism | Found during the Han dynasty and spread throughout China, but stayed in China. Founder was Laozi. Sacred text is the Daodejing. Dao = nature governs all phenomena. Encouraged withdrawal into nature. Balance between sexes. | 3 | |
| 2890666143 | Confucianism | Founded by Confucius in Han China. Antalects were sacred text. 5 Great relationships. Filial piety = respect to elders. | 4 | |
| 2890677938 | Christianity | Spread throughout the Mediterranean from disciples (Paul) | 5 | |
| 2890685250 | Greek Philosophy | Spread during the golden age of Athens. Most famous thinkers were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Plato and Aristotle wrote down Socrates thoughts. Emphasis on using logic and questioning. Had a rational and non religious explanation of the world. | 6 | |
| 2890699060 | Judaism | Found during the Persian Empire during Zoroastrianism. People migrated to Canaan and started a state called Israel. Spread was minimal because there were few missionaries. Founder was Abraham and sacred text was the Torah. Monotheistic --> Yahweh is the only God. If the covenant is kept then god would make the Jews his chosen people and would favor them in battle, increasing their numbers. | 7 | |
| 2890713024 | Zoroastrianism | Zoroaster/Zarathustra was founder. It received state support during the Achaemenid dynasty. The Persian empire supported it. There was a single god, Ahura Mazda, who was in conflict with Angra Mainyu. Those who sided with Ahura would receive eternal life in paradise, and those who sided with Angra would have an everlasting punishment. | 8 | |
| 2890849644 | Ashoka | Leader during the Mauryan Empire in India. Converted to Buddhism. Pillar edicts. Empire collapsed soon after his death. | 9 | |
| 2890869781 | Gupta Empire | Chandra Gupta was the leader. Guptan mathematicians were advanced. Eventually fell to the Huns. | 10 | |
| 2891005379 | Qin dynasty | Qin Shi Huang was the emperor, he built the Great Wall of China. Qin China was patriarchal. Legalism was the dominant belief system. Dynasty fell after Qin's death. | 11 | |
| 2891022065 | Persian Empire | Huge empire. Satraps. Built the Royal Road. | 12 | |
| 2891048272 | Greece | Many small city-states due to mountainous terrain. Traded through Mediterranean. Christianity spread throughout the empire. Two main city-states were Athens and Sparta. Had many slaves. The Greeks were polytheistic and the gods had human emotions. | 13 | |
| 2891084620 | Athens | Had first democracy. Established the Delian League | 14 | |
| 2891089294 | Sparta | Women held a higher status than in Athens. | 15 | |
| 2891103352 | Persian Wars | Wars between Greek city-states and Persia. Greeks held on and won two big battles. After the wars became Golden Age. | 16 | |
| 2891129126 | Peloponnesian War | Athens and Sparta fought each other. Athens were doing good until a plague hit them and decreased their numbers. Sparta won, but was so vulnerable that the Macedonians took over. Philip respected Greek culture and encouraged it to flourish. | 17 | |
| 2891158578 | Alexander the Great | Ruled the Macedonians after his father Philip died. He conquered the Persian empire and moved towards India. He created a very large empire and when he died, his generals divided it amongst themselves. His empire adopted Greek customs (Hellenism) | 18 | |
| 2891169786 | Rome | Rome took shape after the fall of Alexander's empire. They were polytheistic. Social structure consisted of Patricians and Plebeians in The Assembly. Slaves made up one third of the population. Caesar took power, then Octavius, then Augustus. Pax Romana was period of peace. Romans allowed conquered territories to practice their own faith. Christianity spread throughout the empire. Constantine made it the official religion of the empire. Empire eventually fell to Attila and the Huns. | 19 | |
| 2891191732 | Punic Wars | Between Rome and Carthage. Rome won and took over Carthage. | 20 |
