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26 Cards in this Set
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Monsoons
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Seasonal Winds
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Oracle Bones
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Animal bones and turtles shells on which priest scratched questions for the gods.
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Mandate of Heaven
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Divine approval for a ruler
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Aryans
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Indo European people whose home land was probably between the Caspian and Aral seas
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Vedas
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Sacred Literature of the Aryans
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Brahmins
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priests
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Castes
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Groups in which each four major groups have different jobs and social classes.
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Mahabharata
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Great epic of India that reflects the struggles that took place in India as the Aryan kings took control
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Reincarnation
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The rebirth of a soul or spirit
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Karma
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Good or bad deeds
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Jainism
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a religion founded in India whose followers believe everything has a soul and should not be harmed.
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Siddhartha Gautama
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The founder of Buddhism
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Enlightenment
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Wisdom
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Nirvana
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Release from selfishness and pain
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Confucius
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China's most influential scholar
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Filial Piety
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Respect for parents and ancestors
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Bureaucracy
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A trained civil service or those who run the government
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Daoism
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The philosophy of Laozi
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Legalism
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The belief that the law should be used to end civil disorder and restore humanity
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Yin and Yang
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Two powers that together represented the natural rhythms of life
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Shi Huangdi
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First emperor
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Patriarchal
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Families headed by the the eldest male
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Matriarchal
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Families headed by the mother instead of the father
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Civil Crevice
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Government jobs that civilians obtained by taking exams
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Silk Roads
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A vast network of Caravan routes used to bring silk from China to western Asia and then Rome
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Assimilation
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The process of making conquered people part of the Chinese culture.
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