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I AM GTE

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Indus River valley civilization
Aryans
Mauryas
Gupta
Turks
Europeans
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South Asia

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India- Indus Valley

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Geographic impact
Monsoons-
Ganges-

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Depended on them for irrigation, blessing or curse

Believed it was holy

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Cities India

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Harappa and mohenjo daro

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Advancements in India

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Urban planning and indoor plumbing

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Origins of aryan

Brought?

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Khyber pass
Caste system
Follow your dharma to improve your karma

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Sanskrit?

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Language in India

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Maurya

Leader?

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Chandragupta- organized and united Indian society

Ashoka-grandson, honored, converted to Buddhism

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Gupta was what

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GOLDEN AGE

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Gupta had

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Strong central government and trade and farming

Mathematics (concept of zero) Arabic numbers- diffused to m east

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Dharma

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Fulfill your duties in your caste

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Women

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Had some respect

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Sati

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Jump into a funeral pyre upon becoming a widow

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Buddhism origins

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Buddha-siddhartha Gautama- saw suffering in the world and wanted to cure it

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4 noble truths

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All life is suffering
Suffering comes from desire
To end suffering, end desire
To end desire follow the way of the Buddha

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Buddhism beliefs

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8 fold path

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8 fold path

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Control your thoughts, resist evil, practice meditation, know the truth
Say nothing to hurt others, work for the goo of others
Rejects the caste system nirvana is goal

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Greece geography

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Many mountains and seas it is broken up into islands, city states developed

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GOLDEN AGE

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Had Pericles

Gov’ monarchy to aristocracy to oligarchy to democracy

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Hellenistic age

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Started by Alexander the Great; he conquered an enormous area of land from Greece, through Egypt through the Middle East all the way to India he allowed for cultural diffusion to occur

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Rome - Pax Romana

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Ronan peace 200yr golden age starting with Augustus Caesar

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Rome republic to empire strong central government

Five things held it together

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Treatment of conquered people
Citizenship for everyone
Technogy- sewer system, via Apia first national highway
Trade
Law- people equal under law innocent until proven guilty

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Twelve tables

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Laws outside of important building

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Lower and upper class in Greece

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Plebeians and patricians

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Julius Caesar

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Created jobs, public works

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Punic wars against Carthage

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Rome won all three

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Hinduism origins

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No one founder
Many priests and rituals
Vedas

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Hinduism beliefs

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One god with three parts- brahma, Vishnu, shiva

Everything is part of world soul Brahmin

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Caste system

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Other cultures did not accept the caste system because of its restrictive nature many turned toward Buddhism

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Ahimsa

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Try not to harm animals don’t eat meat

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Brahmin-priests
Kshatriyas-warrior 
Sudras-peasants
Untouchables-low jobs
No social mobility-rigid class system
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Caste system

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Soul continues to live

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Reincarnation

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Goal is brahma

Moksha?

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Like heaven for soul

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Karma

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Conducts raises or lowers your level

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