Ancient India and China

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  1. 3. Hindu belief in nonviolence and reverence for all life
  2. 4. Chinese philosopher (circa 551-478 BC)
  3. 5. Founder of Daoism
  4. 6. property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage
  5. 9. A single spiritual power that Hindus believe lives in everything
  6. 12. Third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (r. 270-232 B.C.E.). He converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars, the earliest surviving Indian writing.
  7. 15. Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism.
  8. 17. in Hindu belief, a person's essential self
  9. 19. The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths.
  10. 20. The state of englightenment for Buddhists.
  11. 22. A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination.
  12. 24. great respect; reverence
  13. 26. A seasonal wind.
  14. 27. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
  15. 28. A king or prince in India
  16. 29. otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
  17. 32. a strong desire for achievement
  18. 33. Chief deity of the Aryans; depicted as a colossal warrior.
  19. 34. Chinese emperor who brought the Han dynasty to its greatest strength
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  1. 1. a military commander exercising civil power by force, usually in a limited area
  2. 2. art of beautiful handwriting
  3. 7. The rebirth of a soul in a new body
  4. 8. Site of one of the great cities of the Indus Valley civilization of the third millennium B.C.E.
  5. 10. A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.
  6. 11. In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties
  7. 13. A system of government based on landowners and tenants
  8. 14. A wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt
  9. 16. The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law.
  10. 18. A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others
  11. 21. a group of related families
  12. 23. family family organization in which several generations share a common dwelling
  13. 25. policy of increasing the amount of territory a government holds
  14. 30. A large landmass that is smaller than a continent
  15. 31. Chinese medical practice of inserting needles into certain areas of the body