Ap world history Flashcards

5324606889	Varna	Two categories of social identity of great importance in Indian history. Verna are the four major social divisions containing : Brahman(priest class), Kshatriya ( Warrior/ Administrator), Vaishya ( Merchant/ Farmer) Shudra ( Laborer class)	0
5324612026	Jati	Regional groups of people who have a common occupational sphere and who marry, eat, and generally interact with other members of their groups.	1
5324614096	Moksha	The hindu concept of the spirit's "Liberation" from the endless cycle of rebirths.	2
5324620548	Mahabharata	A vast epic chronicling the events leading up a cataclysmic battle between related kinship groups in early india. It includes the Bhagavad-Gita	3
5324622033	Bhagavad-gita:	The most important work of indian sacred literature, a dialogue between the great warrior Arjuna and the god Krishna on duty and the fate of the spirit	4
5324627449	Theater-state	Historians term for a state that acquires prestige and power by developing attractive cultural forms and staging elaborate public ceremonies to attract and bind subjects to the center	5
5327100576	Funan	An early complex society in southeast Asia between the first and sixth centuries Centered in the rich rice growing region of southern Vietnam. It controlled the passage of trade across the Malaysian isthmus.	6
5327114441	Srivijaya	A state based on the Indonesian island of Sumatra between the seventh and eleventh centuries . it amassed wealth & power by a combination of selective adaptation of indian technologies and concepts, control of the lucrative trade routes between India and china, and skillful showmanship and diplomacy in holding together a disparate realm of inland and coastal territories.	7
5327121028	Borobudur	A massive stone monument on the INdonesian island of Java, erected by the Sailendra kings around 800 C.E THe winding ascent through ten levels, decorated with rich relief carving, is a buddhist allegory for the progressive stages of enlightenment	8