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Phonician trade
________ was upset when their eastern cities were captured by Assyrians in 842 B.C.
Missionaries
________ carried a begging bowl to receive daily charity offerings from people.
Shudras
What were laborers who did work that Aryans did not want to do? Answer with a single words or term.
David
________ was a popular leader, he united the tribes, established Jerusalem as the capital, and founded a dynasty.
Phoenicians
________ developed a writing system that used symbols to represent sounds.
Priestesses
________ took charge of some shrines, aded by male assistants.
Followers of Jainism
________ looked for occupations that would not harm any creature.
Art
________ suggests that women held a higher rank than in most neighboring cultures.
Hindus today
Over the centuries, Brahma gradually faded into the background, while the many forms of Devi, a great Mother Goddess, grew in importance. What are free to choose the deity they worship or to choose none at all? Answer with a single words or term.
Hittite empire
The ________ went on to dominate southwest Asia for 450 years.
descendants of Abraham
The ________ moved to Egypt.
Byblos
What was a trading center for papyrus? Answer with a single words or term.
Jews
The Hebrews fled Egypt between 1300- 1200 B.C. ________ call this event "the Exodus.
bible
The ________ says the Hebrews migrated to Egypt because of a drought and threat of a famine.
Reincarnation
________: an individual soul or spirit is born again and again until moksha is achieved.
new kingdom
What was called israel? Answer with a single words or term.
book of Genesis
The ________ tells that God commanded him to move his people to Canaan.
Solomons
________ building projects required high taxes and badly strained the kingdoms finances.
wall of Jerusalem
The ________ were rebuilt in 445 B.C.
Abraham
Who was a shepherd who lived in the city of Ur in Mesopotamia? Answer with a single words or term.
Upanishads
What are written as dialogues, the two explore how a person can achieve liberation from desires and suffering? Answer with a single words or term.
Life
What is filled with suffering and sorrow? Answer with a single words or term.
Karma
________: influences specific life circumstances, such as the caste one is born into ones state of health, wealth or poverty, etc.
Solomon
Who was the most powerful of the Hebrew kings? Answer with a single words or term.
Anatolia
________ is a huge peninsula in modern- day Turkey.
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