Ap world

most prolific female Muslim writer and poet before the 20th century

‘Aishah al-Ba’uniyyah

dynasty of the Muslim empire of the caliphate that followed the Umayyad caliphate, destroyed by the monogal invasion in 1258

Abbasid Caliphate

The compilation of Confucius” teachings after he died

The Annalects

a confucian practice of praying to ones ancestors

Ancestor Veneration

skilled manual workers in a particular craft who often work by hand

Artisan

The third king of the Mauryan Empire who promoted Buddhism

ashoka

The spread of Bantu-speaking people from their homeland in what is now southern Nigeria to most of Africa

Bantu migrations

Hindu devotional movement that flourished during the modern era, emphasizing music,dance, poetry, and rituals as means by which to achieve direct union with the divine

Bhakti movement

Hindu spirit that is the energy that connects everything; a priest class

Brahman

A rigid social system in India that gives every indian a particular place in the social hierarchy from birth

Caste system

An indian quick-maturing, very resistant rice that could be harvested twice in one growing season

champa rice