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| Five Relationships | father to son, husband to wife, elder to younger brother, ruler to subject, and friend to friend. all human affairs, bublic and private were structured by these things |
| Aryans | indo-European speakers, good with horses, had the Vedic Epoch with the oral epics called Bedas and the oldest one called Rigveda, it rules all of northern india with, became farmers, |
| Siik Road | Very important for trade with foreign. It was a caravan route to the Near East and the Black Sea. Silk was never ending money for trade because there could always be more made by silkworms. |
| Karma | It determines the next caste into which it will pass, its the tally of good and bad in one's life |
| Cyrus the Great | Persian Ruler in mid 6th century BCE, he was warrior king and overcame the Medes, He Exteneded his domains from the borders of India to the Mediterranean coast, Son is Cambyses, He had been known for learning about his subjects, He had satraps which were the persian police |
| Vedas | Gave us knowledge about the Aryans, Ancient oral epics that were written down only long after the Aryan invasions, the rigveda is the oldest and most important Veda: paints a pic of a war-loving, violent folk led by there raja or chieftain, |
| Siddhartha Gautama | Indian Aristocrat, He was buddha or the Enligtened One. Story about how he saw old, sick, and dead man and monk so he made Buddihism |
| King Solomon | he ruled the united tribes of the Jews, son was king david, he established a monarchy and adopted a style of living and governing that was foreign, under him...City of Jerusulum grew in commercial importance in Near East |
| Ahura Mazda | A deity where Good is incarnated, It's evil twin is Ahriman that is bound up in flesh while the other is always spirit. |
| Eightfold Path | to spiritual bliss or Nirvana, it demands the right ideas, though, speech, action, living, effort, consciousness, and meditation, where you must conquer desire. |
| Moses | A leader for the hebrews that they called the messiah, came and led the Exodus from Egypt |
| hebrews | had 12 tribes, old Testament, Moses led Exodus |
| Avesta | The Zoastrian scirpture which tells in fragmentary fashion the beliefs of a man who founded a new type of religion, a faith that linked the gods and the humans in a new fashion. |
| Shang Dynasty | Seems to be associate with two innovations: Bronze casting and writing. Family was important, Old is shown much respect, does'nt focus on other world, education and literacy are important because it was cirtical for success |
| Zhou Dynasty | About 1100-400 BCE, They were the 1st of a series if ruling dynasties of nomadic origions that came from china's borderlands to the west, The greatly extended their china's borders. what was inportant was the mandate of heaven |
| Assyrians | Evil Semitic tribal group who came to history about 900BCE, Cheif town is Nineveh and chief god is Assur, great in military since they have horse and chariot, they were evil to those who fought back, finally conquered by rebelious subjects |
| Nirvana | Conquering the release from rebirth in Buddihism |
| Four Noble Truthes | All life is permeated by suffering, all suffering is caused by desire, desire can only be overcome by attainging nirvana, way to nirvana is guided by eight principles. |
| Daoism | It is a philosophy cented on nature and fallowing the way. It was the product of a teacher named Lao Zi. It sees the least government as the best government |
| Dravidians | The civilization that Mohenjo-Daro and harappa believed to belong to |
| Mandarins | AKA Shi, They were the governing class of CHina for 2000 years. They were corps of officials educated on Confucian principles subscribing to his values and believing him to be the Great Teacher. |
| dharma | THe code of morals perscribed for one's caste, the duty to obey rules for the caste |
| Brahmins | The highest priestly caste in hinduism |
| Legalism | It was popularized in the Era of the Warring States. It was more of a government philosophy than a philosophy of private life |
