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| a seaonal wind pattern in southern Asia that blows warm, moist air from the southwest during the summer, bringing heavy rains, and cold, dry air from the northeast during the winter |
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| the first writing systemof the Aryans, developed aroun 1000 BC |
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| an aryan leader or prince |
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| a set of rigid categories in ancient India that determined a person's occupation and economic potential as well as his or her position in society, based partly on skin color |
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| the major Indian religious system, which had its origins in the religious beliefs of the Aryans who settled Indiaafter 1500 BC |
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| the rebirth of an individual's soul in a different form after death |
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| a family of languages spoken in central and southern Africa; a member of any group of the African peoples who speak that language |
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| a religious doctrine introduced in northern India in the sixth century BC by Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, or "Enlightened One" |
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| a successor of Muhammad as a spiritual and temporal leader of the Muslims |
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| part of the Chinese bureaucracy that made sure government officials were doing their jobs |
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