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13 Cards in this Set
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Paleolithic |
- "old stone age" - food-collecting/gathering, hunting, and fishing way of life - before agriculture allowed people to grow food and raise animals |
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Neolithic |
- cultivation of plants and domestication of animals - marked a technological breakthrough - agricultural revolution |
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How many classes did China have and what were they called? |
1. Elite of Officials 2. Landlord Class 3. Peasants 4. Merchants |
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What is an Empire? |
- states - political systems - larger/more aggressive states that conquer, rule and extract resources from other states and peoples. |
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Hierarchies of Gender |
- Sexes ARE NOT equal - sex determines the role and behavior considered appropriate for men and women - Men were superior to women |
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Confucianism |
- Confucious (China) - Social harmony through moral example - secular outlook - importance of education - family as model of state |
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Judaism |
- Hebrew Prophets (Eastern Mediterranean/Palestine/Israel) - Transcendent High God - Covenant w/ chosen people - social justice |
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Buddhism |
- Siddhartha Gautama (India) - suffering caused by desire/ attachment - end of suffering through modest and moral living and meditation practice |
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Daoism |
- Laozi, Zhuangzi (China) - withdrawal from the world into contemplation of nature - simple living - end of striving |
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Hinduism/Brahmanaism |
- Anonymous (India) - Brahman: the single impersonal divine reality - karma - rebirth - goal of liberation |
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Zoroastrianism |
- Zoroaster (Persia/ present day: Iran) - Single High God - Cosmic conflict of good and evil |
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1. Brahmin - Priests, teachers 2. Kshatriya - warriors, rules 3. Vaisya - farmers, merchants, artisans 4. Sudra - labor 5. Untouchables - polluted labor |
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Caste Stages of Life |
1. Student - boys lived with a teacher, practice obedience and respect 2. Householder - marriage and family 3. Retirement - both husband and wife withdraw to the forests following birth of grandchildren 4. Wandering ascetic - only for men, total rejection of ordinary existence |
