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| the complex of beliefs, values, and customs comprising the dominant religion of India, characterized by the worship of many gods, including Brahma as supreme being, a caste system, belief in reincarnation. |
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| the imperial dynasty of China from about 1126 to 255 bc |
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| king of Macedon, who conquered Greece (336), Egypt (331), and the Persian Empire (328), and founded Alexandria |
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| a light-coloured fine-grained accumulation of clay and silt particles that have been deposited by the wind |
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| vast treeless plain of southeastern Europe and of Asia, 1671, from Rus. *step', of unknown origin. |
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| any or all of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism |
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| final release from the cycle of reincarnation attained by extinction of all desires and individual existence, culminating (in Buddhism) in absolute blessedness, or (in Hinduism) in absorption into Brahman |
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| the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt to the Promised Land and gave them divinely revealed laws |
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| a religious teaching propagated by the Buddha and his followers, which declares that by destroying greed, hatred, and delusion, which are the causes of all suffering, man can attain perfect enlightenment |
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| the ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC; was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar |
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| the dictator of the roman republic. |
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| an empire, pastoral and nomadic tribes |
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