India & China Religion Flashcards
Urban Society of Indus Valley
-water systems
-kiln baked clay bricks
-citadels
-sewer system
creator God India
Brahma
Original Indus Valley inhabitants
Harappa civilization
“that which sustains everything”
Aum (om)
1st Noble truth
Life is suffering
Last noble truth tells buddhist to follow what/
The Eightfold path
indo aryan language system
Sanskrit
Siddhartha Gautama
buddha
preserver god
Vishnu
epic about a kidnapping and rescue
ramayana
unskilled laborer class
sudras
outcast social class
dalits
clay seals
era of the “warring States”
an era of division in ancient China. Lots of frequent warfare and annexations of various states in the lead up to a larger united China.
Why did the Zhou fall?
they had no centralized government
territories out of contril
internal and external conflicts
ear of the “warring states”
qin emerge victorious