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| 12178038108 | Legalism | A Chinese philosophy distinguished by an adherence to clear laws with vigorous punishments. |  | 0 |
| 12178038109 | Confucius (Kong Fuzi) | The founder of Confucianism (551-479 B.C.E.); an aristocrat of northern China who proved to be the greatest influence on Chinese culture in its history. |  | 1 |
| 12178038110 | 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 |
| 12178038111 | Daoism | A Chinese philosophy/popular religion that advocates simplicity and understanding of the world of nature, founded by the legendary figure Laozi. |  | 3 |
| 12178038112 | 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 |
| 12178038113 | Upanishads | Indian mystical and philosophical works, written between 800 and 400 B.C.E. |  | 5 |
| 12178038114 | Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) | The Indian prince who turned ascetic (ca. 566-486 B.C.E.) who founded Buddhism. |  | 6 |
| 12178038115 | Mahayana | "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. |  | 7 |
| 12178038116 | 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. |  | 8 |
| 12178038117 | Zoroastrianism | Persian monotheistic religion founded by the prophet Zarathustra. (good vs. evil) |  | 9 |
| 12178038118 | Judaism | The monotheistic religion developed by the Hebrews, emphasizing a sole personal god (Yahweh) with concerns with social justice. |  | 10 |
| 12178038119 | 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. |  | 11 |
| 12178038120 | Theravada | "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. |  | 12 |
| 12178038121 | Socrates | The first great Greek philosopher to turn rationalism toward questions of human existence |  | 13 |
| 12178038122 | Plato | A disciple of Socrates whose Dialogues convey the teachings of his master while going beyond them to express Plato's own philosophy. |  | 14 |
| 12178038123 | Aristotle | Student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. |  | 15 |
| 12178038125 | Jesus of Nazareth | Rural small town worker from lower class family. Religion of Christianity grew from life teachings. | 16 | |
| 12178038124 | Saint Paul | Follower of Jesus. Highly negative views of women grew wholly to male hierarchy of church. |  | 17 |
| 12178038126 | Church of the East | Planted churches in Syria and Persia that were distinct in theology and practice from the Roman Church |  | 18 |
| 12178038127 | Perpetua | Christian martyr in North Africa. Educated and wealthy, spread christianity to roman empire. |  | 19 |
