| A | B |
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| Nirvana | in Buddhism, a state of oneness with the universe, the end of the cycle of rebirth (p.210) |
| Stupa | a dome shaped Buddhist shrine built over relics or bones of a holy person (p.210) |
| ethics | a system of moral principles that guide behavior (p.225) |
| filial piety | children's respect for their parents, an important principle in Confucian ethics (p.266) |
| Yin and Yang | in Chinese thinking, the opposing principles present in all nature (p.227) |
| clergy | persons, such as priests, given authority to conduct religious services (p.249) |
| laity | church members who are not clergy |
| icon | a christian religious image or picture (p.249) |
| iconoclast | "image breaker" an opponenet of the use of icons in Byzantine churches, who thought they encouraged the worship of idols (p.250) |
| schism | the division of the Christian Church in 1054 that separated the roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church in 1054 that separated the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern orthodox Church (p.250) |
| theology | a study of religious questions (p.251) |
| regent | person who acts as a temporary ruler (p.251) |
| mosaic | picture made up of tiny pieces of colored glass, tile, or stone set in mortar (p.253) |
| illuminated manuscript | book page decorated by hand with elaborate designs, beautiful lettering, or miniature paintings (p.253) |
| monastery | a community of men who have taken religious vows (p.254) |
| missionary | person who travels to carry the ideas of religion to others (p.254) |
| steppe | wide, grassy, semiarid plains of Eurasia, from the Black Sea to the Altai Mountains (p.258) |
| principality | territory ruled by a prince (p.260) |
| boyar | a landowning noble of early Russia (p.260) |
| Czar | (from Caesar) title taken by rulers of Russia beginning in the late 1400's (p.264) |
| Sheikh | chief of a Bedouin tribe (p.271) |
| revelation | a vision of divine truth, sucha sd those attributed to Muhammed (p.272) |
| Shari'ah | Islamic cod of law that includes rules for all aspects of life (p.275) |
| mosque | a Muslim house of worship (p.191 |
| imam | a Muslim prayer leader (p.276) |
| hajj | pilgrimage to Makeh that every able-bodied Muslim is expected to make at least once )p.276) |
| caliph | supreme leader of Islam, cosen as successor of Muhammed (p.277) |
| jihad | Muslim struggle to introduce Islam to other lands (p.278) |
