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The Indo-European peoples that migrated from the steppes were mainly
herders
Torah says this man is who led the Israelites out of slavery
Moses
Buddhism spread across Asia mostly as a result of
trade
God chose him to be the “father” of the Jewish people
Abraham
In Buddhism, the release from selfishness and pain is known as
nirvana
The language that English, Sanskrit, Persian, and Spanish are all derived from is
Indo-European
Hinduism and Buddhism have a common belief in
reincarnation
In the Hebrew tradition, a covenant is
a mutual promise between God and humanity
The most sacred writings of the Jewish religion are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, known as the
Torah
region at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea
Canaan
The Ten Commandments became the basis for
the civil and religious laws of Judaism
The social class system that came to be known as the caste system was established in India by
Aryans
Hinduism and Buddhism differ significantly in their beliefs about
the caste system
The most able seafarers of the early Mediterranean were the
Phoenicians
The Phoenicians were known for
seafaring, trade, and the invention of the phonetic alphabet
The Phoenicians contributed greatly to written communication by introducing the first use of
phonetic symbols
huge peninsula in the modern-day Turkey that juts out into the Black and Mediterranean seas
Anatolia
The Hittites took the following from the Babylonian civilization they conquered:
a language for international use
belief that everything in the universe has a soul and so should not be harmed
Jainism
The Hittites were able to excel at war because of their knowledge of
ironworking
A long-term effect of the caste system in India was that
the Aryans remained dominant
Israel's King Solomon was not known for:
unifying the 12 tribes
Minoan artwork from Knossos suggests that
Minoan women held a higher rank than most neighboring cultures allowed
The Indian epic poem the Mahabarata reflects the struggles
that took place in India as the Aryans moved relentlessly south
The student and teacher in the Upanishads explore
how a person can achieve liberation from desire and suffering