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Indo-Europeans & Seafaring Traders
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9th Grade
11/07/2010

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Indo-Europeans
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Group of people from the steppes of western Asia who settled in many different areas
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Steppes
Definition
The dry grasslands of western Asia
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Migration
Definition
The movement of people from one place to another
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Hittites
Definition
Groups of Indo-Europeans who occupied Anatolia around 2000 B.C.
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Anatolia
Definition
Large peninsula in modern-day Turkey
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Aryans
Definition
Indo-European people who settled in India
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Vedas
Definition
Sacred literature of the Aryans
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Brahmin
Definition
Priest
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Caste
Definition
Social class
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Mahabharata
Definition
Epic poem that tells about the blending of cultures and important Hindu beliefs
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Minoans
Definition
Group of powerful seafaring people
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Knossos
Definition
Minoan capital city
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Phoenicians
Definition
Most powerful traders along the Mediterranean Sea
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