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| The scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of artifacts. |
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| an artist, sculpture, weaver etc. |
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| a soveriegn state consisting of an autonimous city with dependencies. |
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| A TRIBE WITH NO PERMANENT RESIDENCE; ALWAYS ON THE MOVE |
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| A TEMPLE IN THE FORM OF A PYRAMID |
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| DEPOSITS BETWEEN DIVERGING BRANCHES OF A RIVER |
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| GOVERNOR OF A CITY-STATE. |
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| the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter. |
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| a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India. |
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| 18th century b.c. or earlier, king of Babylonia. |
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| 1495–75 b.c., queen of Egypt. |
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| fl. 6th century b.c., Persian religious teacher. |
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| 1292–1225 b.c., king of ancient Egypt. |
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| a king of Babylonia, 604?–561? b.c., and conqueror of Jerusalem. |
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| a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia. |
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| an honorary title conferred on Hindus in India. |
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| the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal. |
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| a person initiated into religious mysteries. |
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| the impersonal supreme being, the primal source and ultimate goal of all beings, with which Atman, when enlightened, knows itself to be identical. |
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| exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. |
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| the male head of a family or tribal line |
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| a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot. |
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| the art of using speech to persuade, influence, or please; orator |
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| 9th-century b.c., Greek epic poet: reputed author of the Iliad and Odyssey. |
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| a member or descendant of the prehistoric people who spoke Indo-European. |
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| a portion of the Mahabharata, having the form of a dialogue between the hero Arjuna and his charioteer, the avatar Krishna, in which a doctrine combining Brahmanical and other elements is evolved |
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| c460–c377 b.c., Greek physician. |
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| Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor: discovered the principles of specific gravity and of the lever. |
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| Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great. |
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| Greek historian, famous for his History dealing with the causes and events of the wars between the Greeks and the Persians |
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| Greek dramatist; author of seven extant tragedies: |
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| a member of the highest, or priestly, class among the Hindus. |
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| an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq. |
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| epic of Gilgamesh:summary |
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| Gilgamesh is a cruel and heartless king, who shamelessly abused his subjects. The gods than created Enkidu to counter the cruelty of Gilgamesh. After a fight, they become friends. Enkidu eventually dies from an illness. While mourning for Enkidu, Gilgamesh seeks out the secret of immortality. He does not find it but instead finds a thriving kingdom |
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| a region in S Egypt and the Sudan, N of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea |
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| when the aryans came to india |
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| action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation |
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| a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few. |
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