Belief Systems
This belief system emphasizes moral training and social responsibility and influenced civil service exams in East Asia.
What is Confucianism?
This long-term ruling family line provided stability in some empires.
What is a dynasty?
the world's largest Abrahamic, monotheistic religion, centered on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ
What is Christianity
A social hierarchy involving landholding lords, vassals, and serfs is called what
What is feudalism
Core beliefs include karma (action/consequence) and rebirth, aiming to break the cycle of existence through self-perfection, not through worship of a creator god, but by personal spiritual development.
what is Buddhism
These people reinforce state authority and social hierarchy through exams and bureaucracy.
Who are civil service officials?
a major monotheistic religion, the world's second-largest, meaning "submission to God"
what is Islam
The collection of taxes and enforcement of laws by bureaucracies are functions of this.
What is a bureaucracy?
diverse, ancestral spiritual systems tied to specific lands and cultures, characterized by deep connections to nature, ancestors, and community
what is indigenous faiths
This social system passes property through the mother’s lineage.
What is matrilineal inheritance?