test 2 Flashcards
Started near body of water
India, Mesopotamia, China
Percentage that asia covers
33%
First known civilization in asia
dravidians
Process of rebirth
reincarnation
Name that the buddhist priest were called
Brahmans
Native Indian family that controlled India from 321 B.C. to 184 B.C.
Maurya empire
Founded buddhism
Siddharta Gautama
Goal of Hinduism
Becoming one with Brahma
Ruled at the height of india’s golden age
Guptas
Eastern and Western Section of India
Bangladesh(E) and Pakistan(W)
World’s oldest living civilization
China
China’s first civilization
Huang He
Chung-kuo meaning
middle country
China’s longest ruling dynasty
chou
Known for casting bronze, horse drawn chariots, silk, and writing
Shang
Two philosophies during chou dynasty
taoism and confucianism
Great wall of china was built during what dynasty
Ch’in dynasty
Ruled at the height of china
Han dynasty
connected china and rome
Great silk road
traveled throughout far east during Kublai Khan’s empire
Marco polo
Ruled over largest continental empire; conquered China in the 1200s
Genghis Khan
Dynasty that Descendants of Khan established
Yuan dynasty
Means source of the sun
Nippon
original inhabitants of the japanese islands
Ainu