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- 3. Originally introduced into Vietnam from India, it was later sent to China as a tribute gift.
- 4. Love and respect for one's parents and ancestors.
- 8. Turkic empire ruled by sultans in Persia and modern-day Iraq(11th and 12th centuries).
- 12. Any of the social or subclasses of traditional Hindu society
- 14. A long period of human development before the development of agriculture
- 18. The unification or blending of opposing people, ideas, or practices, frequently in the realm of religion.
- 19. A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule
- 21. This Chinese dynasty (960 - 1279 CE) could be considered their "golden age" when China saw many important inventions.
- 23. A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people
- 24. This belief system shows the way to ensure a stable government and an orderly society and stresses a moral code of conduct.
- 25. A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation, karma, the caste system.
- 27. This is a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he or she owes allegiance
- 28. This was the primary economic system during the Middle Ages that revolved around self-sufficient farming estates.
- 29. Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
- 30. The science of working with metals.
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- 1. A form of social organization in which men are the supreme authority
- 2. This belief system drew on Judaism and initially rejected Roman and Hellenistic influences
- 5. The first Islamic government established within India from 1206-1520
- 6. The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source.
- 7. A religion with origins in South Asia in which a former prince taught that life is suffering, which is caused by desire.
- 9. In this political system, nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king.
- 10. This Chinese philosophy was developed by Hanfeizi
- 11. This caliphate, came after the Umayyads, who focused more on administration than conquering.
- 13. An agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system.
- 15. A government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability.
- 16. Located in Baghdad, this Islamic-based Library and learning center focused on the conversion of Greek and Roman classics into Arabic.
- 17. In ancient China those in power were believed to have this right to rule from divine authority.
- 20. Believing in the social and economic equality of all people
- 22. This waterway in China linked the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers.
- 26. An Islamic mystical tradition that desired a personal union with God--divine love through intuition rather than through rational deduction and study of the Shari'a.