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| Noun: the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth |
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| Noun: a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils |
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| Noun: the spreading out of culture, culture traits, or a cultural pattern from a central point |
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| Noun: a point at which a decisive change takes place; critical point; crisis. |
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| Noun: the rigid Hindu system of hereditary social distinctions based on castes. |
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| The Neolithic revolution was the first agricultural revolution—the transition from nomadic hunting and gathering communities and bands to agriculture and settlement. It occurred in different prehistoric human societies at different times. |
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| The Silk Road was a network of trade routes, formally established during the Han Dynasty of China, which linked the regions of the ancient world in commerce. |
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| noun: the doctrine or belief that there is only one God. |
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| noun: the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods. |
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| noun: the most flourishing period in the history of a nation, literature, etc |
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