vocab words

1. martial emperor
4. one who has achieved perfection, namely enlightenment
6. each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status
8. the ultimate reality underlying all phenomena
9. a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia
12. he exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service
14. the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual
15. a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self
16. a member of the civil service

2. ach dynasty rises to a political, cultural, and economic peak and then, because of moral corruption
3. the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences
5. the eternal and inherent nature of reality, regarded in Hinduism as a cosmic law underlying right behavior and social order.
7. first emperor
10. the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service
11. an idyllic, often imaginary past time of peace, prosperity, and happiness
13. Chinese philosopher, traditionally regarded as the founder of Taoism and the author of the Tao-te Ching
14. has been portrayed as a teacher, advisor, editor, philosopher, reformer, and prophet
17. a large, distinguishable part of a continent