Chapter 3 - Eurasian Empires
Chapter 4 - Eurasian Cultural Traditions
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| 7391598348 | Legalism | A Chinese philosophy distinguished by an adherence to clear laws with vigorous punishments. |  | 0 |
| 7391598349 | Confucianism | Kong Fuzi founder. In china. Analects |  | 1 |
| 7391598350 | Ban Zhao | A major female Confucian author of Han dynasty China (45-116 C.E.) whose works give insight into the implication of Confucian thinking for women. |  | 2 |
| 7391598351 | Daoism | A Chinese philosophy/popular religion that advocates simplicity and understanding of the world of nature, founded by the legendary figure Laozi. |  | 3 |
| 7391598353 | Vedas | The earliest religious texts of India, a collection of ancient poems, hymns, and rituals that were transmitted orally before being written down ca. 600 B.C.E. |  | 4 |
| 7391598352 | Upanishads | Indian mystical and philosophical works, written between 800 and 400 B.C.E. |  | 5 |
| 7391598357 | Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) | The Indian prince who turned ascetic (ca. 566-486 B.C.E.) who founded Buddhism. |  | 6 |
| 7391598360 | Bhagavad Gita | A great Hindu epic text, part of the much larger Mahabharata, which affirms the performance of caste duties as a path to religious liberation. |  | 7 |
| 7391598361 | Zoroastrianism | Persian monotheistic religion founded by the prophet Zarathustra. |  | 8 |
| 7391598363 | Judaism | The monotheistic religion developed by the Hebrews, emphasizing a sole personal god (Yahweh/YHWH) with concerns with social justice. |  | 9 |
| 7391598365 | 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. |  | 10 |
| 7391598355 | Theravada/Mahayana | 1.) "The Teaching of the Elders," the early form of Buddhism according to which the Buddha was a wise teacher but not divine and which emphasizes practices rather than beliefs. 2.) "Great Vehicle," the popular development of Buddhism in the early centuries of the Common Era, which gives a much greater role to supernatural beings and proved to be more popular than original (Theravada) Buddhism. |  | 11 |
| 7391598367 | Socrates, Plato, Aristotle | The first great Greek philosopher to turn rationalism toward questions of human existence (469-399 B.C.E.)///A disciple of Socrates whose Dialogues convey the teachings of his master while going beyond them to express Plato's own philosophy; lived from 429 to 348 B.C.E./// A Greek polymath philosopher (384-322 B.C.E.); student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. |  | 12 |
| 7391598370 | Jesus of Nazareth | The prophet/god of Christianity (ca. 4 B.C.E.-30 B.C.E.). |  | 13 |
| 7391598369 | Saint Paul | The first great popularize of Christianity (10-65 C.E.) |  | 14 |
| 7391598373 | Church of the East | Planted churches in Syria and Persia that were distinct in theology and practice from the Roman Church |  | 15 |
| 7391598374 | Perpetua | Christian martyr (one who was killed for their beliefs) from Carthage. Educated and wealthy, she died being fed to leopards. |  | 16 |
