Chapter 7 Section 1 Flashcards
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Mauryan Empire
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Empire that began after the killing of the Nanda family by Chandragupta Maurya
2
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Asoka
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Chandragupta’s grandson; brought the empire to it’s greatest heights
3
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Religious Toleration
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Acceptance of people who held different beliefs
4
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Tamil
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A region on the southern tip of India home to people who spoke the Tamil language and were called Tamil people
5
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Gupta Empire
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India’s second empire; oversaw a great flowering of Indian civilization
6
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Patriarchal
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Headed by the eldest male
7
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Matriarchal
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The mother was head of the family
