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The river on which ancient India was built

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The Indus River

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The two cities on the Indus

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Harrapat and Mojenjo-Daro

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The people who lived in ancient India

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The Dravidians

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The system that divided the people

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Caste system

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The sacred text of the Hindus

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The Vedas

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The order of the castes (highest to lowest)

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Brahmins- Rulers/Warriors- Merchants- Laborers- Untouchables

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The belief in life after death

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Reincarnation

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Last large Muslim Empire

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Mughal Empire

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Founder of the Mughal Empire

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Babar

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The person who extends the control of the Mughal Empire

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The characteristic shared by Babar and Akbar

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The piece of architecture built under the Mughals

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The Taj Mahal

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The first country (and person) who contacted India

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Portugal and Da Gama

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The Portuguese territory in India

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Goa

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The two European countries who fight over India

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England and France

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The managing director of the east India company

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Robert Clive

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The native troops used by India

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Sepoys

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The rebellion that occurred in 1857

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The sepoy rebellion

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The kind of colony India was called after the sepoy rebellion

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Crown Colony

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The Title given to Victoria I

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Empress of India

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The largest religion in India

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Hinduism

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The small devision of a religion

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Sect

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Hinduism- polytheistic or monotheistic?

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You could argue either way.

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The founder of Buddhism

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Siddartha

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Define Nirvana

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The state of being enlightened- no longer reincarnated w

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The founder of Islam

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Mohammed/ Muhammad

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The central belief of Islam

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“There is one god, Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet.”

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The sacred texts of Islam

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The Koran

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The two sacred cities of Islam

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Mecca + Medina

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Define: Jihad

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Religious war

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Define Hijiro

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The time in which Mohammed converted Medina and returned to Mecca

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The prophet of Islam

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Mohammed

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The major battle between the English and the French

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The Battle of Plassey

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