Ch 3 People and Ideas on the Move

What Indo-European group occupied Anatolia?

What group of people migrated to Egypt and were eventually forced into slavery?

a great Indian epic poem, reflecting the struggles of the Aryans as they moved south into India

The most important force in the spread of both Buddhism and the alphabet was?

What is the basis for the civil and religious laws of Judaism?

in Buddhism, the release from pain and suffering achieved after enlightenment

Reincarnation, karma, and moksha are all elements of the belief system of?

According to the Four Noble Truths, all suffering is caused by what?

four collections of sacred writings produced by the Aryans during an their settlement in India

Group of Aryans who worked as butchers, trash collectors, or grave diggers?

in Aryan society, a member of the social class made up of priests

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have a common root in the Hebrew idea of?

dry grass covered plains

English, Persian, Spanish, and Hindi are all derived from languages spoken by the?

Extremely popular King of Israel who established Jerusalem as the capital?

Nomadic people that came from steppes north of the Caucuses mountains, now southern Russia?

Buddhists believe the way to achieve enlightenment, or nirvana, is to?

The Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and reincarnation are all beliefs in what religion?

What people developed an alphabet that uses symbols to represent sounds to record transaction?

An important difference between Buddhism and Hinduism is?

the act of moving from one place to settle in another

in Hinduism and Buddhism, the process where a soul is reborn til it gets perfect understanding

A state of perfect understanding of all things in Hinduism?

Kings Saul, David, and Solomon united the Hebrews into what kingdom?

Who used Indo-European language and got ideas about politics, and law from the Mesopotamians?