A | B |
Aryans | Introduced Caste System to India |
Indus River | Life force of Indus Valley |
Harrapa | Indus Valley city that was advanced in planning and had a sewer |
Asoka | Mauryan leader who provided free hospitals and good roads |
Yin and Yang | Symbol of Taoism and Confucianism |
Zoroaster | Persian prophet who believed in opposing forces in the Universe |
Confucianism | Religion that stresses importance of education |
Subcontinent | A large landmass that justs out from a continent |
Braham | A single spiritual power that resides in all things |
Calligraphy | The art of elegant handwriting |
Caste | A complex system of social groups into which people are born and cannot change |
Karma | Belief that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences |
Hinduism | Religion that was primarily spread along the trade routes |
Huang He | River around which ancient China was centered |
Ganges | River around which the Gupta Empire was centered |
Persians | Empire that had a beauracracy |
Zoroastrianism | Main religion of Persian Empire |
Taoism | Religion that stresses simplicity and harmony in nature |
Mountains | Isolated India from China |
Gupta | Empire that developed number system based on zero |