6th Grade Ancient History Winter Final Review Vocab

Wealthy Egyptians had their bodies made into these, which let scientists learn much about death

According to Hinduism, this determines how a person is reborn

A ruling family

A fortified area

Hinduism teaches that when people die, most will undergo this process

According to Hinduism, this was the supreme spiritual force

A state containing several countries or territories

The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Plant used for making paper

A set of shared spiritual beliefs

A type of religious building

Those responsible for using hieroglyphics to record important information and maintain records

Farmers stored their surplus crops in this special building

The goal of a person who follows the Eightfold Path is to reach this

The first five books of the Hebrew Bible

Second principle of Asoka's rule of Moral Law, a willingness to respect different beliefs

The belief in more than one God

Sumerian scribes used wedge-shaped symbols to represent words, sounds, or ideas

The belief that one should not hurt any living thing

A guide to the afterlife for the souls of the dead

Vast desert areas of burning sand in Egypt

This was a leader who rallied the Israelites to defend their land, often warriors or prophets

India's rainy season that farming villages depend on

Religious teachers that recorded oral laws that they believed had come down from Moses

The belief that there is only one God

An area ruled by a distant country

These thinkers and teachers left their homes to live in the forest and to talk about religion

Short story with a moral at the end, popular during the Gupta empire

Physical feature that separates the subcontinent of India from the rest of Asia

Sacred hymns