Topic 2 Ancient Asia

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A person sent out to carry a religious message.

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Missionary

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People who leave their home and move somewhere else.

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Migrant

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Term for one of the two major types of religions in the world.

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Dharmic Faiths

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The philosophical exploration of complex yet fundamental concepts such as being, identity, time, and space.

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Metaphysical

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A seasonal wind pattern in southern Asia that blows warm, moist air from the southwest during the summer, bringing heavy rains, and cooler, drier air from the northeast during the winter.

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Monsoon

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The language and later writing system of ancient Indian societies.

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Sanskrit

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The name given by ancient Indians to a group of people in what was believed to be an ideal social structure of four groups.

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Varnas

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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.

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Caste System

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An upper class whose wealth is based on land and whose power is passed from one generation to another.

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Aristocracy

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The major Indian religious system, which may have had its origins in the religious beliefs of the people who settled in India after 1500 B.C.E.

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Hinduism