south & east asian anciect civilizations

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Brahmin

Priests, warriors

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Brahman

Universe

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Karma

Do something good/bad and that comes back to you

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Darma

Duty (personal devotion/cast)

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Samsara

Cycle of rebirth

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nirvana

extinction of desire & any sense of individual selfhood

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Tripitaka

Book of Buddha’s saying, collected by Buddha’s monks

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Dharmachakra

Wheel of life

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Moksha

Release from sorrow and suffering (cycle of birth & rebirth)

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Ashoka

Most revered emperor

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Sanskrit

Indian writing

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Four early dynasties:

  1. Shang

  2. Zhou

  3. Qin

  4. Han

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Silk

China’s most valuable export

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Feudalism

Power = regional > central

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Filial piety

Respect for parents/elders

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The Dao

The way of the universe

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Legalism

System of achieving order

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Qin Shi Huangdi

China’s first emperor

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