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Ch 3
Key Terms
31
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10/10/2005

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Term
Indo Europeans
Definition
nomadic people that came from the steppes
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steppes
Definition
dry grasslands that stretched north of the Caucuas, or mountains b/w the black and caspian sea
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migrations
Definition
movement of people from one area to another
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Hittites
Definition
group of indo europeans that occupied antolia
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Antolia
Definition
huge peninsula that is now turkey and juts into the black and mediterranean seas
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Aryans
Definition
people that took over the indus river valley, first develop caste system
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vedas
Definition
aryan artifact that was their sacred literature
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Brahmins
Definition
priests or upperclass men
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castes
Definition
social class structure that you were born into
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mahabharata
Definition
reflects the struggels of the indians as the aryans moved south
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reincarnation
Definition
belief that ones soul went into a new body after death
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karma
Definition
belief that ones deeds on their life affect their next life
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jainism
Definition
religion based on the idea that everything has a soul and shouldnt be harmed
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Siddartha Guatama
Definition
founder of bhuddism
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enlightenment
Definition
wisdom
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nirvana
Definition
release of selfishness and pain, heaven
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Minoans
Definition
powerful, seafaring traders that inhabited the island of crete
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Aegean Sea
Definition
sea between greece and Antolia
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knossos
Definition
minoan capital city
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King Minos
Definition
minoan king that the civilization was named after
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phonecians
Definition
powerful traders that lived along the mediterannean
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Palestine
Definition
region at eastern edge of mediterranean
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Canaan
Definition
ancient home of hebrews
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Torah
Definition
first five books of Hebrew Bible
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Abraham
Definition
God of all the hebrews
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monotheism
Definition
belief in only one god
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covenant
Definition
mutual promise b/w god and the hebrews
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moses
Definition
man who led the hebrews out egypt
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israel
Definition
kingdom of united by Solomon, David, and Saul
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Judah
Definition
southern hebrew kingdom after Israel split
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tribute
Definition
money paid to a stronger nation for protection, example the israelis paid tribute to the assyrians
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