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- 2. Early Persian religion with a belief in the forces of good and evil. Beginning of Monotheism.
- 7. Cycle of rebirth based on karma (reborn in a higher or lower form based upon your deeds in life).
- 9. Fortified area that contained all important government, military, and religious buildings.
- 12. Belief that deceased relatives continued to guide the family.
- 13. Chinese scholar who developed an ethical code that urged social harmony.
- 14. Allowing a conquered people group to keep their own religion, culture, and customs (as long as they pay their taxes and don't rebel).
- 15. Knowledge that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences.
- 18. Rigid social class system used by the Aryans in India which placed people in a particular social class from which they could not move.
- 20. Divine approval needed for Chinese rulers to hold power.
- 22. Perfect understanding of all things (escape from reincarnation cycle).
- 24. System A rigid social class system used by the Aryans in India which placed people in a particular social class from which they could not move.
- 25. Earthen walls built to keep water out of a city (dams made of dirt along a river).
- 27. Representation of good and evil or any opposing forces.
- 28. The main ideas/concepts of Buddhism.
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- 1. Teaches that people should live a simple life in harmony with nature.
- 3. Animal bones or tortoise shells in which priests carved questions for the gods.
- 4. Founder of Buddhism, also known as "The Buddha."
- 5. Line of defensive walls built to protect China from invasion from the north by the Huns.
- 6. Professional government organization which required testing to work in the government (candidates would take a difficult exam to qualify for government jobs).
- 8. Migration / invasion route into the Indian subcontinent through the Hindu Kush mountains in northwestern India.
- 9. Ethical philosophy that urged social harmony and proper relationships.
- 10. Organization of people who complete the day-to-day tasks of the government.
- 11. The golden age of India.
- 12. Group of people who invaded India through the Khyber Pass and controlled the native Indian people through a caste system.
- 16. The first main holy book of Hinduism.
- 17. Seasonal storms that last for months and bring heavy rainfall and high winds.
- 19. The course in Buddhism that leads to enlightenment and escape from the endless cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth.
- 21. Name for the governor of a Persian province.
- 23. Geographic term for the Indian subcontinent (smaller part of a continent).
- 26. Overland trade route that connected China to Western Europe.