Phoenicians
Phoenicia, an empire on the eastern Mediterranean coast starting around 3000 BCE, were best known for these two things
What are trade and alphabet?
The Israelite religious belief
This mountain range, separating India from most of Asia, is the highest in the world and contains Mt. Everest
What is the Himalayas?
Hindus are polytheistic and believe in this, which means after death the soul returns to Earth in another body or forM
What is reincarnation?
Siddhartha Gautama, a young Hindu prince, decided to abandon his riches to seek the meaning of life and starting this religion
What is Buddhism?
The Phoenicians made up stories about these creatures to scare off other traders
What are sea monsters?
This leader, after stating he received a divine command, led the Israelites out of Mesopotamia into Canaan around 2000 BCE (modern day Israel, Lebanon, Palestinian territories)
Who is Abraham?
Ancient Indians settled around this valley, which contained rich soil from the nearby river
What is the Indus River Valley?
This Hindu belief is that according to your behavior, your soul is either rewarded or punished in your next reincarnation
What is karma?
This is the Hindu practice of focusing the mind to reach a higher level of awareness
What is meditation?
They founded this city in North Africa
What is Carthage?
This leader helped Israelites flee slavery in Egypt in what was known as the Great Exodus
Who is Moses?
The ancient Indian cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were laid out in a grid pattern and protected by this type of fortress that sits on the highest point and overlooks the city
What is a citadel?
What is yoga?
Buddha believed that he had reached enlightenment during meditation, and determined the meaning of life. He broke down these ideas into this list of rules.
Their alphabet, which consisted of 22 characters to represent sounds instead of pictures, was important because of this
What is not just for scribes?
This capital city of Israel, founded by King David around 1000 BCE and continued by his son King Solomon, remains important to modern day Israelites (Jewish people)
What is Jerusalem?
This social structure in ancient India has classes called castes that are determined by birthright
What is the caste system?
This is the supreme deity and spiritual center of the Hindu universe, also known as the Creator
Who is Brahma?
In Buddhism this is the state of everlasting peace and enlightenment one can reach by following the Eightfold Path. (It's also the name of a fantastic 90s band)
What is Nirvana?
This major contribution from the Phoenicians, passed on the the Greeks, and then to the Romans, who created this that we use today
What is our alphabet?
The Israelites eventually became known as Jewish people, and practice this religion which follows the sacred text of the Torah, is monotheistic and follows God, and practices the Ten Commandments, which are a set of divine laws on proper behavior
What is Judaism?
These two major world religions originated in India.
What are Hinduism and Buddhism?
Hindus believe in many gods, but three of the most important are Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and this one, known as the Destroyer
Who is Shiva?
Siddhartha Gautama became known as this, which means the Enlightened One
What is the Buddha?