World Religions
This religion, founded by Siddhartha Gautama, teaches that all life is pain caused by selfish desire
What is Buddhism?
Chinese emperors justified their rule through this concept, which held that the gods or heavens had endorsed the current emperor or his family line.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Established by the Caliphs, this legal code ruled over a territory that included Spain, North Africa, and the Middle East.
What is Sharia Law?
By 1200, these people had built an empire in the central valley of Mexico with a capital city of Tenochtitlan on islands in Lake Texcoco
Who are the Aztecs?
In Hinduism, this is a person's obligation or set of duties tied to their caste, which they must fulfill to live a good life.
What is Dharma?
The three main gods of this polytheistic faith are Brahma the creator, Vishnu the maintainer, and Shiva the destroyer.
What is Hinduism?
This Chinese dynasty used a rigorous Civil Service Exam to select officials for its bureaucracy, leading to a society dominated by the scholar-gentry.
◦ What is the Song Dynasty?
From 800 to 1200, Islamic scholars in this period synthesized ancient knowledge, leading to achievements like the invention of algebra and improved surgical techniques.
What is the Islamic Golden Age?
This city in modern-day Cambodia is the site of a temple that signifies the popularity of Buddhism in Southeast Asia.
What is Angkor Wat?
This is the Hindu moral law of the universe, where good deeds in this life lead to a better station in the next life.
What is the Law of Karma?
The Five Pillars of this faith include profession of faith, prayer five times a day, acts of charity, and a pilgrimage to Mecca.
What is Islam
In Japan, these men lived by a special code of discipline and honor known as bushido and held the real political power instead of the emperor by 1200.
Who are the samurai?
This state, established by Muslim invaders from Central Asia, ruled over most of India and Pakistan from 1200 to 1526.
What is the Delhi Sultanate?
A powerful state in West Africa, it was known by the 13th century for its wealth in gold and the famous King Sundiata, who established its leadership in the Sahel region
What is the Kingdom of Mali?
The Hindu term for reincarnation, the cycle in which a person's eternal soul enters another life upon death.
What is samsara?
This native Japanese belief system involves spirits known as kami that inhabit sacred spaces in nature, marked by torii gates.
What is Shintoism?
This philosophy, which became the basis for Chinese political and social organization, taught that harmony could be achieved through individuals learning the value of respect, filial piety, and reciprocity.
What is Confucianism?
This 14th-century ruler in Northwest India described destroying Hindu temples and noted that Hindus presented themselves daily to convert to Islam to be exempted from the jizya, or poll tax.
Who is Firuz Shah?
This empire, centered in Constantinople, was the prosperous eastern half of the Roman Empire and a center of Christian civilization until 1453.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
$2000: The ultimate goal in Hinduism, this is the end of the cycle of rebirth and the achievement of total consciousness of the oneness of all life
What is Moksha?
The Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and the goal of achieving nirvana are the central teachings of this religion.
◦ What is Buddhism?
This Buddhist sect became especially popular among the samurai warrior class in Japan for its emphasis on self-discipline, simplicity, and total focus.
What is Zen Buddhism?
This tax was levied on non-Muslim subjects, such as Hindus under the Delhi Sultanate, for toleration; paying it allowed them to practice their religion and receive protection.
What is the jizya (or poll tax)?
In West Africa, these highly urbanized people lived in city-states, produced sophisticated sculptures, and had a polytheistic, animistic faith.
Who are the Yoruba people?
A decentralized form of government built on personal loyalties between a warrior class and a higher-ranking warrior in exchange for land or a piece of land.
What is feudalism?