Religions & Beliefs
Oldest world religion from India?
Hinduism
Adoption of another culture?
Assimilation
Nomads who settled India?
Aryans
Persian trade route?
Royal Road
Goal of Confucian thinkers?
Order in government
Soul reborn until enlightenment?
Reincarnation
Indian social class system?
Caste
Persian ruler who honored religions?
Cyrus the Great
Moving to settle in new land?
Migration
3 focuses of Confucianism?
Education, Relationships, Bureaucracy
“What goes around comes around”?
Karma
Power passed through mothers?
Matriarchal
Divine approval for Chinese rulers?
Mandate of Heaven
Items traded on Silk/Royal Roads?
Silk & Spices
Shared by Hinduism & Buddhism?
Reincarnation
Belief in many Gods?
Polytheism
Power passed through fathers?
Patriarchal
Empire Darius failed to conquer?
Greece
Why was trade easy in Persia/China/India?
Roads
Two similarities between Hinduism & Buddhism?
Reincarnation & Karma
Belief in one God?
Monotheism
Spread of ideas between cultures?
Cultural Diffusion
Gupta Empire’s 2 big advances?
Math & Medicine
Fate of Great Wall workers?
Many died
Example of belief shaping government?
Mandate of Heaven