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30 Cards in this Set
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Patrilineal cultural
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Family is headed by father or male figure.
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Reincarnation
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Is to be reborn in another body after death, rise or lower in caste system
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Dharma
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The religious and moral duties of an individual
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Moksha
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Achieving union with Brahmin or freeing oneself from selfish desires
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Yin and yang
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Shang, universe reflected a delicate balance between two forces. Yin equals earth, darkness, female forces; yang equals heaven, light and male.
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New Stone Age
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Change from nomadic people to settled farming life, 1st farmers, domesticate\herd, seeds\weeds, food producers, population growth, work divided by gender and age, women status slumped, council, personal property, wealth difference, 1st calander, plow, and weave cloth
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Agricultural Revolution
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the change from nomadic peoples to farmers,
demesticate-or tame animals\herd animals into an enclosure, seeds on ground would grow next year, population growth, food producers, food surplus |
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Neolithic Age
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same as new stone age
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Food Surplus
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helped villages to expand into cities or larger towns
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Persia
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-babylon fell to persian empire under cyrus the great-Asia Minor to India
-kings pursued a policiy of tolerance -unification under emperor darius GOVT> 2 provences headed by a governer -had to pay taxes depending on wealth and resources -single code of laws TRADE> -standard weights & measure -coins+money econmoy & bartar economy=trade RELIGION> Zoroaster -monotheistic- ahura mazda constant battle w/Ahiman the prince of lies and evil -final judgement day heaven and hell |
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Nile
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Africa Egypt
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Ganges
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India
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Indus
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India
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Yangze
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China
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Huang He
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Chinia
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Tigris, and Euphrates
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Mesopotamia, Middle East
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Fertile crescent
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Mesopotamia
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Monotheistic
Polytheistic |
one god
Many gods |
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Allah
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muslim god
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Nirvana
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the final goal of Buddhism
union w/ the universe and release frome the cycle of rebirth |
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the arabesque
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an intercate design composed of curved line that suggest floral shapes
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the hajj
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pilgrimage to Mecca
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Jihad
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effort in god's service
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Quran
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Muslims sacred texts
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Ahimsa
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The hindu word foe non-violence
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Taoism\Daoism
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founder Laozi
matue not social order rejected conflict and strif |
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Buddhism
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4 noble truths: 1>life is full of suffering
2>cause is desire 3>cure overcome desire 4> overcome desire by the Eightfold path Nirvana, Buddha, Sidharta |
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Legalism
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Hanfeizi
"When the wise me rules the state......" Man evil -> society makes him good strict & harsh laws and punnishments Qin emperor |
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Confucianism
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Confucious
"By nature men are pretty much a like..." Five relationships- father to son, elder brothe to younger brother, husband to wife, ruler to subject, friend to friend Filial piety respect for parents |
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Hammurabi
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king of Babylon
"eye for an eye........." Criminal law civil law |
