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Ap World History - Summerville High School

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Buddha   show
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show successor of Philip II; successfully conquered the Persian empire prior to his death in 323 B.C.E.; attempted to combine Greek and Persian cultures.  
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Himalayas   show
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show seasonal winds crossing Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia; during summer bring rains.  
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Sanskrit   show
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show clusters of caste groups in Aryan society; four social castes—brahmans (priests), warriors,merchants, and peasants; beneath four Aryan castes was group of socially untouchable Dasas.  
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show chief deity of the Aryans; depicted as a colossal, hard-drinking warrior.  
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show founder of the Mauryan dynasty, the first empire in the Indian subcontinent; first centralized government since Harappan civilization. r.322-298 BCE  
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Mauryan   show
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show (r. 273-232 B.C.E) grandson of Chandragupta Maurya; extended conquests of the dynasty; converted to Buddhism and sponsored its spread throughout his empire.  
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show the caste position and career determined by a person’s birth; Hindu culture required that one accept one’s social position and perform their occupation to the best of one’s ability in order to have a better situation in the next life.  
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show dynasty that succeeded the Kushans in the 3rd century C.E., which included all but southern Indian regions; less centralized than Mauryan Empire.  
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gurus   show
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Vishnu   show
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show Hindu god of destruction and reproduction; worshipped as the personification of cosmic forces of change.  
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show the successive rebirth of the soul according to merits earned in previous lives.  
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nirvana   show
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stupas   show
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scholar-gentry   show
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show low social caste in Hindu culture; performed tasks that were considered polluting - street sweeping, removal of human waste, and tanning  
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