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Caste System
rigid class structure
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Brahma
the world spirit, central figure in Hindu religion
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polythestic
belief in more than one god
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Upanishads
one book of the veedas; covers fundamental/major components
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karma
the actions of one life effect your placement in the next life
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reincarnation
you can be born again in another form in another life
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moksha
ending the cycle of rebirthe; achieving one w/ bramha
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indra
hindu god; popular in the ancient world; rain thuder and lightening
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siddhartha gautama
the Buddah (enlightened one)
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nirvana
achieving enlightenment; directly translates to enlightenment
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Eightfold Path
the Buddhists steps toward nirvana (right: speech, thought, and action)
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Zen
a form of buddhism in Japan
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Lao Tzu
founder of taoism
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Tao Te Ching
The book of Taoism; Translates to: "the way"
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Confucius
A Chinese philospher that believed in strict rules and order were essential
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Analects
A collection of Confuciuses teachings
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Yahweh
personal name of a god in the bible "god"
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Old Testament
tenex or mizoric text: Jews Christians and Muslaims use it
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Genesis
the first book of the old testament; includes creation stories: adam and eve, exidous
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Moses
important propphet to Jews Chrisians and Muslaims; 1 of 7 biblical personalities
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Abraham
patriarch of the jews
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Ishmael
The son of Abraham, forefather of arrabs
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Isaac
son of Aberham; forefather of jewish
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Muhammad
the founder of Islam; born in Mecca
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Baghdad
center of Islamic learning
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Mecca
holiest city in Islam
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Medina
translates to "place of prophet"
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Hajj
pilgramage to Mecca; 5th pilar of Islam
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Caliph
the spiritual and political leader of Islam; Muslim rule
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Mosque
house of prayer for muslim
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Imam
muslim clerical priest
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Ayatollah
Sheiit holy man
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Abu Bakr
the first succesor to Muhammed
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Angel Gabriel
God's messanger who appeared to muhammad
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Battle of Tours
a defeat of muslim forces in France; European lost all be musliam
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Jerusalem
holiest city for Christians, Muslaims, and Jews
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Bedouin
Desert nomad who travels fro oasis to oasis
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Oasis
Fertile patch in the desert
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Mughal*
indian islamic kingdomsk
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Hijrah*
the story of muhammad leaving Mecca
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ka'bah
a black cube; center of pilgramage to mecca
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Five pillars of islam
imported principals of islam
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Bias
to favor one side over the other
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precedent
a model for future action
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Secular
Government authority
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Temporal
spiritual authority: Ex priest has " " authority
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Suleiman the Magnificent
a muslim caliph who invaded vienna
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Ganesh
God of sucess in Hindu
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Cyprus the great
zorastrain; freed the Jews from Babylon
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Ahura Mazda
Zorastrain god
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Ahriman
a common name for zorostrain devil
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