A | B |
Aryans | used sanskrit to write Rig Veds |
Dasas | demons |
Veda | large set of ancient Indian writings |
Brahmans | Priests (wine) |
Karma | Hindu/Buddhist belief of amount of amount of good/bad in a person |
Kshatriyas | warriors and rulers (red) |
Vaishyas | farmers, merchants, trades people (yellow) |
Shudras | servants and menial laborers (black) |
outcasts | untouchables (unclean) |
Hinduism | believe in 1 god-Brahman |
Buddhism | Indian religion founded by Buddah |
Jainism | practice extremem forms of self-denial and nonviolence |
Rig Veda | ancient Indian book of hymns |
Sanskrit | ancient form of writing |
Mahabharata and the Ramayana | 2 great Hindu epics, written in sanskrit |
Socrates | believes true happiness depends on goodness on one's soul |
Plato | founder of "academy" |
Aristotle | Alex the Great's tutor-studied plants, animals, human body |
Aesop | wrote children's fables |
Aristocrats | member of the nobility, ruling class of society |
Helots | slaves of the Spartans |
Homer | blind poet, wrote Iliad |
Athens | cultural center of the Greek World |
Sparta | strong city/state known for its military way of life |