India and China Flashcards
Buddhism
teaches how you live no matter what social class
2 schools of thought
Therivada-original; all gods are equal—Mahayanah; one god in charge
nirvana
state of concienceness where you unite with Brahman
magadha
1st kingdom of india
mauryan
takes over alexandra
ahimsa
non-violence; respectful life
taoism
belief in the natural world; 300-200BC
asoka
grandson of Candragupta Maurya; used buddhism to guide
dravidians
darker skinned indians
gupta
reunited northern india; considered last great hindu empire; peaceful over 200 yrs
4 noble truths
~Sorrow and suffering are part of life-people suffer because they continuely want what they dont have-escape suffering, one must reach state of not wanting-to reach a state of nirvana, people should follow the middle way
Xia
2000BC-1500BC First Chinese Dynasty
Shang
1500-1100BC Second Chinese Dynasty
Zhou
1100-256BC Third Chinese Dynasty
Mandate of Heaven
handpicked by god; wouldn’t get a place in heaven if they didn’t rule fairly
confusius
worried about morality and came up with teh 5 basic relationships
5 relationships
ruler subject
father son
husband wife
older brother; younger
elderly and younger
laozi
first great teacher
qin
256BC knocked of Zhou Dynasty; great wall of china
shihuangdi
first great emperor of qin dynasty
han
202-220BC very resourceful
gao zu
great ancestoral father; leader of han dynasty
atman
self
wu dee
greatest land and power growth; strong military
