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  1. 4. age a period of peace, prosperity, and cultural achievement
  2. 6. a food or medicine that helps the body get rid of waste
  3. 7. in Buddhism, ultimate reality; the end of the self and a merging into emptiness
  4. 9. in Hinduism, the divine law that rules karma; it requires all people to do their duty based on their status in social
  5. 14. periods of a thousand years (plural of millennium)
  6. 15. Road a route between the Roman Empire and China, so called because silk was China’s most valuable product
  7. 16. the language and later writing system of ancient Indian societies
  8. 19. made up of several ethnic groups
  9. 20. the rebirth of an individual’s soul in a different form after death
  10. 23. system a set of rigid categories in ancient India that determined a person’s occupation and economic potential,as well as his or her position in society
  11. 26. the name given by ancient Indians to a group of people in what was believed to be an ideal social structure of four groups
  12. 27. said or mentioned before
  13. 28. in Hinduism, the force generated by a person’s actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life
  14. 32. a method of training developed by the Hindus (though not an exclusively Hindu practice) that is intended to lead to oneness with Brahman
  15. 33. a person who travels to a shrine or other holy place
  16. 34. people who leave their home and move somewhere else
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  1. 1. bringing something to mind
  2. 2. a religious doctrine introduced in northern India in the sixth century B.C.E. by Siddhārtha Gautama, known as the Buddha, or “Enlightened One”
  3. 3. related to metaphysics; the philosophical exploration of complex yet fundamental concepts, such as being, identity, time, and space
  4. 5. ceremonial worship
  5. 8. able to speak in and use several languages
  6. 10. an upper class whose wealth is based on land and whose power is passed from one generation to another
  7. 11. mainly,mostly formalized given official status or approval
  8. 12. boats or ships
  9. 13. faiths term for one of the two major types of religions in the world; dharmic faiths focus on the concept of dharma, or law, duty, and ethics
  10. 17. harsh and unpleasant; difficult to pass through or to live in
  11. 18. a seasonal wind pattern in southern Asia that blows warm, moist air from the southwest during the summer, bringing heavy rains, and cooler, drier air from the northeast during the winter
  12. 21. a highly valued perfume
  13. 22. a person sent out to carry a religious message
  14. 24. people who travel by sea; sailors
  15. 25. a diplomatic mission sent by one ruler to another ruler
  16. 29. the major Indian religious system, which may have had its origins in the religious beliefs of the people who settled in India after 1500 B.C.E.
  17. 30. richly decorated silk fabrics with raised patterns
  18. 31. fine and sheer that you can through it