Chapter 5: Ancient China Study Guid
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- Hindu's ultimate goal in life?
- Join the soul to brahman
- 1 resut of Mauryan Empire
- Spread Buddhism throughout India
- Buddhist beliefs
- Believed selfish desires cause suffering & achieving nirvana (a peaceful state of mind)
- Indus Valley civilization
- farming and rich soil
- Characteristics of Aryan society
- Nomadic lifestyle, Hinduism, and caste system (organizing society by levels)
- A strength of the Han Empire
- Confucianism helped with empire stability
- Characteristic of China & its history
- Natural barriers (oceans, deserts, mountains)& Silk Road trade route
- Himalayas
- Mountain range in northern India
- Ganges & Indus Rivers
- Flooded causing rich soil excellent for farming
- Ahimsa
- belief of not injuring any living thing
- Asoka (Chandragupta's grandson)
- Started Buddhism
- Zhou dynasty
- preserved & spread Shang's accomplishments
- Lao-tzu belief
- order & harmony came from observing nature