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Pastoral Nomads
Mobile herders raise livestock for food and move occassionaly with their heard in search of fresh grazing grounds
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Neolithic
- new stone age
- domesticated plants and animals, cultivated crops, established permanent settlements
- Agricultural revolution
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Rosetta stone
- hieroglyphs a form of writing in 1799
- deeds of a ruler from the second century bce were inscribed
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Ancestor Worship
spirits of the dead can influence gods to help relatives that are still living.
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Paleolithic
- old stone age earliest
- longest stage of cultural development
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City-state
independant urban political domains thst controlled the surrounding countryside
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Ziggurt
- Massive black towers topped by shrines used for religious ceremonies
- symbols for a cities power and lookout tower for defence
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Cuneiform
way of writing etcheing symbols using wedge like characters
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Akkad
King Sargon
- ambitous ruler
- conqured most of mesopotamia
- created one of histories first empires
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Epic of Gilgamesh
- narrative poem
- sumerian ruller king of gilgamesh of uruk part man part god
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Hammurabi
- most notable babylonian ruler
- wrote the earlier set of meso laws had penalties if broken
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Monotheism
belief in a single god
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King Zoser
- king during the old kingdom
- made first pyramid with ascending steps towrd a 200-foot peak
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Hatsheput
- New kingdom ruller
- she wore male clothing
- became regant for her 6 yr old stepson
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Hieroglyphics
- egyptians form of writing started as a series of pictures
- added symbols and sounds
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Tutankhamen
- akhenaton's youthful sucessor
- believed in old religion
- King tut
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Verdic India
- culture developed in Aryan India
- sacred hymns composed by Aryan Priests rituals
- only oral form
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Ahimsa
- Jains practiced practice of non-violence toward all living things
- purify their spirits to attain moksha =death and reincarnation
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Karma
Fate or destiny in the next incarnation
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Dharma
repressented the faithful performance
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Samsara
- reincarnation
- transformation of souls
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Brahmanism
priestly caste vertic religion
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mohenjo-daro
mound of the dead
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castes
- developed by class and social status
- exclusive and restrictive
- fulfill occupations based on your caste
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mahavira
(jina)
- mahavira=great hero
- Jina=conqueror
- life of asceticism renouncing all possessions and practicing extram self-denial
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Siddhartha Gautama
spiritual leaders influences compares to that of moses or Jesus
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