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Indo- Europeans
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A group of nomadic peoples , may have come from the steppes.
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steppes
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Dry grasslands that stretch north of the caucasus.
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migrations
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Movements of a people from one region to another.
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Hittites
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Occupied Anatolia, also called Asia-Minor. Blended their traditions with more advanced peoples.
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Anatolia
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Also called Asia-Minor. A huge pennisula in modern day Turkey. Juts out into Black & Mediterranean Seas
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Aryans
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Indo European people.
Homeland somewhere between the Caspian and the Aral Seas Crossed over into India. |
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Vedas
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Spiritual literature of the Aryans. Four collections of prayers,magical spells, instructions for performing rituals.
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Brahmins
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They are priests.
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castes
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Social system of the Aryans. 4 major groups Varna
(referred to skin color and social group. |
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Mahabharate
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One of the "Great Epics"
Tells of the Aryans kings, struggles to control the land. |
