1st Must Knows Part 2 (India, China, & Japan)

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Aryans

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Invaded the Indus River Valley through the Khyber Pass; brought the Caste System and Sanskrit language

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Hinduism

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Indian religion influenced by the Aryans, Caste System, Belief in Reincarnation and Karma

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Caste System

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Rigid social class system

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Vedas & Upanishads

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Holy books of Hinduism

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Reincarnation

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To be born again

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Buddhism

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Founded by Siddhartha Gautama, Four Noble Truths, and Eightfold Path to Enlightenment

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Asoka

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Indian Emperor who sent missionaries to China to spread Buddhism

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Gupta Empire

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Golden Age of India, invented concepts of number zero, and round earth

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Qin Shi Huang di

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1st Emperor of China, began building of the Great Wall of China to protect against the Mongols

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Mandate of Heaven

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Chinese ruler gets the authority to rule from Heaven and keeps the authority/mandate as long as he is a "just" ruler