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| large land mass that forms a distinct part of a continent |
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| a wind that shifts in directions at certain times of the year |
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| a group of seminomadic peoples who, around 1700 B.C., began to migrate from what is now southern russia to the indian subcontinent, europe, and southwest asia |
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| dry, grass covered plains |
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| the act of moving from one place to settle in another |
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| an indo-european people group who settled in anatolia around 2000 B.C. |
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| the southwest asian peninsula now occupied by the asian part of turkey-- also called asia minor |
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| an indo-european people group who, around 1500 B.C., began to migrate into the indian subcontinent |
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| four collections of sacred writtings produced by the aryans during an early stage of their settlement in india |
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| in aryan society, a member of the social class made up of priest |
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| one of the four classes of people in the social system in india |
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| a great indian epic poem, reflecting the struggles of he aryans as they moved south into india |
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| the process by which a soul is reborn again and again until it achieves perfect understanding |
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| the totality of the good and bad deeds preformed by a person that decides the fate of him or her after rebirth |
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| a religion founded in india in the 6th century B.C. whose member believed that everything in the universe had a soul and should not be harmed |
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| a state of perfect wisdom in which one understands basic truths about the universe |
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| the release from pain and suffering achieved after enlightenment |
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| the first empire in india founded by chandragupta maurya in 321 B.C. |
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| a recognition of people's right to hold differing religous beliefs |
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| a language of southern india- also the people who speak that language |
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| the second empire in india founded by chandra gupta I in A.D, 320 |
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| relating to a social system in which the father is the head of the family |
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| relating to a social system in which the mother is the head of the family |
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