Chapter 6 Flashcards
In Mahayana Buddhism, enlightened demigods who were ready to reach Nirvana but delayed so that they might help others attain it.
Bodhisattvas
Set of networks at long distance trade locations where groups of merchants could assemble during their journeys.
Caravan Cities
Several of these developed into full fledged cities, especially in the deserts of Arabia
Caravan Cities
A development referring to the inhabitants of the multiethnic cities that thrived in the Hellenistic world.
Cosmopolitans
Literally meaning “citizens belonging to the whole world,” as opposed to a particular city-state
Cosmopolitans
Buddhist sculptures, particularly from the northern Kushan territory, that show a high degree of Greek and roman influences
Gandharan Art
Common form of Greek that became the international spoken and written language in the Hellenistic world.
Koine Greek
This was a simpler everyday for of the Ancient Greek language
Koine Greek
School of Buddhist theology that believed that the Buddha was a deity, unlike previous groups that had considered him a wise human being
Mahayana Buddhism
Book that reflected sailing knowledge.
The Periplus
In such books captains would record landing spots and ports.
The Periplus
Means “sailing around.”
Periplus
Trade routes linking China with Central Asia and the Mediterranean
Silk Roads
It extended over 5,000 miles, land and sea included, and was so named because of the quantities of the main products that were traded along it.
Silk Roads
We’re a major factor in the development of civilizations in China, Egypt, Persia, India, and even Europe.
Silk Roads
Strategy that Alexander The Great used against his opponents
Phalanx
The first in a series of powerful women to help rule over the kingdom of Nile
Berenice of Egypt
Inscribed stone pillars used by Greeks to boast of their military exploits
Stelae
The sense of “Not caring”
Ataraxia
Philosophy of self-sufficiency
Cynicism
Philosophy of detachment
Epicureanism
Philosophy of involvement
Stoicism
An early proponent of the Cynic school of philosophy
Athenian Diogenes
The founder of a school in Athens named The Garden
Epicurus
From the island of Cyprus and initiated the idea of Stoicism
Zeno
Created and ruled over the Mauryan Empire
Chundragupta Maurya
Shrines in the middle of every monastic community that usually had Buddhist relics and sculptures
Stupas
A Hellenistic kingdom that broke away from the Seleucids around 200 BCE to establish a state in the Gandhara region modern Pakistan, which served as a bridge between South Asia and the Mediterranean Greek world.
Bactria
