The Indo-Europeans
They were primarily pastoral people that herded cattle, sheep, and goats
The Info-Europeans
The founder/origins of Hinduism
Cannot be traced back to one founder
A powerful seafaring peoples who's cities had no fortifications
Minoans
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible
the Torah
movement of a people from one region to another
migration
They unified into an empire in 1650 BC and dominated Southwest Asia for 450 years.
The Hittites
Rejected the many gods and taught enlightenment
Buddhism
Bull-leaping served the following purposes:
entertainment, religious rituals, training for warriors
The Hebrews began their _______ from Egypt led by Moses
Exodus
mutual promise between God and the founder of the Hebrew people
covenant
Superior weapons of war pulled by horses
Chariots
A perfect state of understanding all things
Moksha
Depicted in works of Minoan art as important figures
women as goddesses and priestesses
laws given by God to Moses and served to be the basis of Jewish laws
the Ten Commandments
Minoan capital city that was the center of an advanced and peaceful culture
Knossos
Another name for the shudras, the lowest social class.
The 'untouchables'
Founded by Mahavira and believe everything in the universe has a soul and should not be harmed.
Jainism
Popular Phoenician trades items
gold, wine, cotton cloth
The Kingdom of Israel was united under three able kings
Saul, David, Solomon
True or False: people can easily move from one to another in a caste system
False
The distinguishing feature that the Aryan class structure used.
varna, or skin color
Dialogues or discussions between a student and a teacher
Upanishads
The Phoenician homeland came under the control by
the Babylonians and Persian empire of King Cyrus I
The reasons for the kingdoms division
high taxes, discontent caused by forced labor
Drove the Egyptians out of Syria and Palestine
Great Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar