Vocab
Expanding a countries territories
Expansionism
India social system based on karma
Caste System
Siddhartha Gautama
Buddha
India seasonal winds
Monsoons
Divine right to rule
Mandate of Heaven
Period of great cultural achievement
Golden Age
Chinese Civil War
Warring States Period
“natural” rise and fall of dynasties
Dynastic Cycyle
Union with Brahma
Moksha
Chinese system were government workers earn their job by merit
Civil Service
People accept their place in society (China)
Confucianism
Large landmass that juts out of continent
Subcontinent
Local lords who govern their own lands, owed service to ruler
Feudalism
Aryan collections of hymns, part of Hinduism
Vedas
Dynasty that practiced monopoly and made Confucianism state religion
Han Dynasty
Trade paths that connected China to Middle East
Silk Road
Complete control of a product
Monopoly
Focus on the “way”
Daoism
Period of harsh rule and legalism
Qin Dynasty
Buddhist beliefs
4 noble truths
Eightfold path