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- shifted from self-annihilation in earlier Buddhism
- good souls go to multiple heavens
- once all souls free from incarnation, all souls go to Nirvana
- saved souls help others escape incarnation
- bodhisattvas: souls purified by themselves
- prayed to/honored by ordinary people in return for care for his soul
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- 4000 mile trade route from Wei Valley in China through central Asia to Mesopotamia
- transported caravans carrying goods, ideas, and diseases
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- long-distance trade allowed for farther and faster spread of disease
- new disease introduced through trade to a civilization that’s never been exposed to the disease
- disease kills off people, thinning population
- depopulation = less wealth
- trade no longer profitable = less trade = no more spread of disease
- those who survived develop immunity
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- developed from Brahmanism (rules & rituals by Brahman priests)
- continued to honor Vedas & Brahmanism rules/rituals
- concentrated on Vishnu & Shiva (gods)
- if properly worshipped, assured higher level of reincarnation
- if worship intense enough, worshiper’s soul may merge with the god
- incarnated over and over again
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