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Undergraduate 1
10/03/2010

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Hebrews
Definition
where israelites 1500-1300 hebrews lived in egypt
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Yahweh
Definition
the israelites GOD that promised them there own land because he wanted his people set apart from everyone else.
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Torah
Definition

"the book of laws"

the first 5 books of the old testament

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Holiness
Definition
set appart; to only fallow Yahweh
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kingdom
Definition
1000 b.c.
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1200 b.c.
Definition
people of israel(hebrews) entered Palestine
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5 smilar laws
Definition

1.santiy of holy persons

2.Lex taliones-law of vengence

3.both laws are coming from a ''devine source''

4.secrecty of marraige

5.honnoring ones parents

 

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nile river
Definition
flows south to north thru egypt
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Amon
Definition
god of fertility, creation, & life
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Re: spoken(Ra)
Definition
sun god
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Amon-Re
Definition

supreme diatity

half Re half Amon

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Osiris
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god of the after life; judge of the dead
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Isis
Definition
Queen of the dead; Osiris wife(faithful)
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Seth
Definition
evil brother of Osiris
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Horus
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son of Osiris and Isis
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Pharaoh
Definition
every pharaoh took the identity of Horus
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Anubis
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master of seromonys; over sees the judgement
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Ammut
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creature of the underworld that eats your heart if its not lighter then a feather
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mesopotamia
Definition
land between the rivers
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city-states
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Babylon, UR, Akkad, Gilgamesh
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Lugal
Definition
Religious leader of the city-state
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Ensi
Definition
administrator
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ziggurat
Definition
Polical and economic center of the city state
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Hammurabi
Definition
powerful lugal, he ruled more then one city state
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Cuneiform
Definition
scripts used in mesopotamia
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2000 b.c.

Hinduism

Sanskript

 

Definition
writing of the people of India
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Aryans
Definition

Noble people; concored Dravidians or the Dasa

;their enemies

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Arya
Definition
''Nobility"
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Raja
Definition
A worrior king
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Rig Veda
Definition
most famous; well preserved Indain text
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Vedas
Definition

sacrad religious text; wisdom & knowladge

passed down by word of mouth or song

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caste system
Definition
social class; unchangable status
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Casta
Definition
Portuguese merchants
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1.Brahmins(mouth)
Definition

white;pure

priests

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2. Kshatriyas(arms)
Definition

Red

warriors & aristocrats

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3. Vaishyas(thighs)
Definition

brown

producers; land owners, farmers, artisans, merchants

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4.Shudras(feet)
Definition

black servers;

pesants,farmers,servants

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"Untouchables"
Definition
Jati
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Brahman
Definition
a universal soul, all the souls come together to colectively form one, like on god with all the souls
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Upanishads(to sit in front of)
Definition
teachers
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samsara
Definition
the reincarnation cycle; painful; going to an unnatural body
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karma
Definition
your acts in your current life that dictate what bbody your born in to your second life
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Moksha
Definition
when you train your body to be good, enabling yourself to be able to return to the devine reality
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meditation
Definition
concentrating only on the brahman to move closer to him; living on little to disipline the body
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hermits, mystics & sages
Definition
people who tought the Upanishads
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Buddhism
Definition
Siddartha Gautama(563-483 b.c.)
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Bodh Gaya
Definition
Place where Budda recived enlightenment(40days)
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deer park at sarnath
Definition
where buddhism was born
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"turning of the wheel of law"
Definition
Buddas first serman of teachings
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the 4 noble truths
Definition

1. all life involves suffering

2. desire involves suffering

3. the elimination of desire will end suffering

4. live a disciplind life that fallows the noble eightfold path.

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the noble eightfold path
Definition

1. right belife

2. right resolve

3.right speach

4. right conduct

5. right work

6. right effort

7. right contemplation

8. right madditation

"living a disciplined but motrate exestance"

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Nirvana
Definition
peace; release-passive state
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silk road
Definition
trade route to and around china
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two major forms of buddism
Definition

1. hinayana- less; few people could acheive this state of nirvana

2. mahayana-greater; more people chould recieve this state of nervona

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Boddhisatvas
Definition
innermetoer beings; reciving nirvana through someone else
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Polis
Definition
greek city-state; they were all over Greece
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Acropolis
Definition

(high city) one elevated center

used for defence,superiority,religiousness, & treasury

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feng-shui
Definition
doing something to recive a different vibe
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soul tablet
Definition
a tablet where the soul of your ancester would enter, you would put it in your house and the soul would watch over your family
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Patriarchic authority
Definition
the oldest living male and female
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ying/yang
Definition

two forces of the Qi

 

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Qi
Definition
a cosmic force
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yin
Definition
all things female, cold, dark& weak
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yang
Definition
all things that were male, hot,bright & strong
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Oracle bones
Definition
first dicovery of ancient chinese writing
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Shang
Definition
a ruling family (1500-1122 b.c.)
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Quin Shinuangdi
Definition
short empire; a centralized state forced all territorys to fallow his rule
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Changan
Definition
city where Quin Shinuangdi ruled; he divided the area in to provinces, hand chose an administrator to rule his provences, establishes an army & uses a common currency. only one law
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the great wall of china
Definition
a network of definsive walls for unity;
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tomb of the emperor
Definition
built by Quin Shinuangdi (221-207 b.c.)
Term

 Junzi (chün-tzu)

Definition
the superior man, or gentleman, or scholar
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 Li

Definition
Rites
Term
 Yüeh
Definition
music
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