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Diaspora |
People who have settled far from their original homeland but who still share some measure of ethnic identity |
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Caste |
The hereditary classes of Hindu society |
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Hinduism |
A major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, developed from vedic religion |
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Brahma |
A member of the highest Hindu caste |
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Buddha |
An Indian religious leader |
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Sutras |
A rule in Sanskrit literature |
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Ashoka |
An emperor; was the third ruler of the Indian Mauryan Empire |
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Conficius |
A Chinese philosopher of the 6th century b.c.; the founder of Confucianism |
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Daoism |
A Chinese philosophy bases on the writings of Lao-tzu; advocating humility and religious piety |
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Hellenistic |
Greek history language, and culture |
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Filial piety |
A virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors |
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Monasticism |
A religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work |
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Shamanism |
The act of being or acting as a shaman |
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Persian empire |
An empire in western Asia in ancient times |
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Qin and Han empire |
Very important in Chinese history. It followed the Zhou dynasty and it ended when Liu Bang became the king of Han in 206 b.c.e. |
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Mauryan and Gupta empires |
Indian empire founded by Chandragupta; ruling family in India during it's golden age; math and science |
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Phoenicia |
An ancient semitic civilization |
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Greek city states |
Polis is normally uses to indicate the Greek city states, like classical athens and its contemporaries and thus often translated as "city-state" |
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Roman empire |
The empire established by Augustus in 27 b.c. and divided by Theodosius in a.d. 395 into the western or Latin and eastern Greek empire |
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Mayan empire |
A mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples, and noted for it's hieroglyphics |
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Teotihuacan |
Largest city in pre-columbian america, NE of Mexico |
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Moche |
A pre-Inca culture that flourished on the coast of Peru in the 1st to 7th centuries A.D. |
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Chaco |
A part of the Gran Chaco region in south america |
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Cahokia |
Native American group in Pre-Columbian america |
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Sassanian |
Iran empire before the rise of Islam |