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  1. 2. the major Indian religious system, which had its origins in the religious beliefs of the Aryans who settle India after 1500 B.C.
  2. 6. first imperial dynasty of China
  3. 7. a route between the Roman Empire and China, so called because silk was China's most valuable product
  4. 9. the duty of family members to subordinate their needs and desires to those of the male head of the family
  5. 10. the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering
  6. 13. a term used to identify people speaking Indo-European languages
  7. 15. third ruler of Indian Mauryan Empire
  8. 19. a barrier fortification in northern China running west-to-east 13,171 miles
  9. 20. first ruler to unify all of China
  10. 21. a collection of texts that contain some of the central philosophical concepts of Hinduism
  11. 24. in ancient India, a state centered at Pataliputra (later Patna) near the junction of the Son and Ganges (Ganga) rivers
  12. 26. second imperial dynasty of China
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  1. 1. the longest-lasting of China's dynasties
  2. 3. "Enlightened One";Siddhartha Gautama
  3. 4. a set of rigid categories in ancient India that determined a person's occupation and economic potential, as well as his her position in society
  4. 5. Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period
  5. 8. a family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family
  6. 11. the system of following these eight divisions of the path to achieve spiritual enlightenment and cease suffering
  7. 12. system of ideas based on the teachings of Laozi; teaches that the will of Heaven is best followed through inaction so that nature is allowed to take its course
  8. 14. rulers of the Magadha (now Bihar) state in northeastern India
  9. 16. Chinese belief/theory and philosophical idea that heaven granted emperors the right to rule based on their ability to govern well, appropriately and fairly
  10. 17. referred to as simply the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata
  11. 18. the rebirth of an individual's soul in a different form after death
  12. 22. in Buddhism, ultimate reality, the end of the self and a reunion with the Great World Soul
  13. 23. the first writing system of the Aryans, developed around 1000BC
  14. 25. in Hinduism, the force generated by a person's actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life