Rig Veda
Purusha has this many heads.
What are one thousand?
"Thousand-headed Purusha, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed he, having pervaded the earth on all sides, still extends ten fingers beyond it."
This is one task that the Brahman must complete, according to the Law of Manu.
What is teaching and studying the Vedas, sacrificing for their own benefit and for others, or giving and accepting of alms?
What is one thing that all Hindus believe in? (Common themes in Hinduism)
- Reincarnation
- Brahman as supreme being
- Karma and dharma
An overwhelming majority of Hindus (94%) live in this one country.
What is India?
Gilgamesh and Enkidu fought and killed Humbaba here.
What is the Cedar Forest?
Religious texts left behind by the Aryans
What are the Vedas?
This is one task that the Kshatriya must complete, according to the Law of Manu.
What is to protect the people, to bestow gifts, to offer sacrifices, to study the Vedas, or to abstain from attaching himself to sensual pleasures?
This is the religious belief that the soul or spirit, after death, begins a new life in a new body.
What is reincarnation?
This is the written language that the Ancient Indians used.
What is Sanskrit?
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
This is what happens to Purusha.
What is he is sacrificed by the gods (oblation) to create everything?
This is one task that the Vaishya must complete, according to the Law of Manu.
What is to tend cattle, to bestow gifts, to offer sacrifices, to study the Vedas, to trade, to lend money, or to cultivate land?
This is the good or bad actions that determine the future of an individual's existence.
What is karma?
This is the one Supreme Being or Reality.
Who is Brahman?
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
These are the four castes.
What are Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra?
This is one task that the Shudra must complete, according to the Law of Manu.
What is to serve the other castes?
The divine law that underlying right behavior and social order.
What is dharma?
This religious ceremony took place in Mohenjo-Daro.
What are animal sacrifices/chicken fighting?
This was the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt.
What are hieroglyphics?
Beyond the caste system, what else does Purusha become?
What is: Horses, cows, sheep, goats, the moon, the sun, the wind, the atmosphere, the earth and the cardinal directions.
This is why the Law of Manu was created.
What is as a guide to proper behavior for Hindus?
Hindus believe that religious diversity is positive and that all religions are valid paths to the divine, which is also known as this term.
What is pluralism?
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa used this type of infrastructure in their cities (may have been the first in the world)
What are sewers / canals for a waste removal system?
By 3000 B.C.E., Mesopotamia was firmly under the control of these people.
Who were the Sumerians?