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