Ch 3 People and Ideas on the Move

A state of perfect understanding of all things in Hinduism?

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

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

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

An important difference between Buddhism and Hinduism is?

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

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

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

dry grass covered plains

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

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

What Indo-European group occupied Anatolia?

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

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

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

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

the act of moving from one place to settle in another

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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