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Diaspora

People who have settled far from their original homeland but who still share some measure of ethnic identity

Caste

The hereditary classes of Hindu society

Hinduism

A major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, developed from vedic religion

Brahma

A member of the highest Hindu caste

Buddha

An Indian religious leader

Sutras

A rule in Sanskrit literature

Ashoka

An emperor; was the third ruler of the Indian Mauryan Empire

Conficius

A Chinese philosopher of the 6th century b.c.; the founder of Confucianism

Daoism

A Chinese philosophy bases on the writings of Lao-tzu; advocating humility and religious piety

Hellenistic

Greek history language, and culture

Filial piety

A virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors

Monasticism

A religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work

Shamanism

The act of being or acting as a shaman

Persian empire

An empire in western Asia in ancient times

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.

Mauryan and Gupta empires

Indian empire founded by Chandragupta; ruling family in India during it's golden age; math and science

Phoenicia

An ancient semitic civilization

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"

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

Mayan empire

A mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples, and noted for it's hieroglyphics

Teotihuacan

Largest city in pre-columbian america, NE of Mexico

Moche

A pre-Inca culture that flourished on the coast of Peru in the 1st to 7th centuries A.D.

Chaco

A part of the Gran Chaco region in south america

Cahokia

Native American group in Pre-Columbian america

Sassanian

Iran empire before the rise of Islam