Hinduism-
Ethics- hindus dissapproved of violence, killing and revenge. this belief of non-violence is called ahimsa. hindus were vegetarians, therefore, hindus did not eat any meat products. since they believed in ahimsa, they did not believe in killing humans. cattle were sacred of hindus.
Beliefs- allows the freedom to believe and worship. they believe the world is bsically one big family.
Dharma- ethics.
samsare- life, death, and rebirth
karma- yoga.
festivals- himduism has many festivals during the year. hindu calendar set their dates.
bolded terms.
Brahma- first god on the hindu triumvirate. god of creation.
vishnu- was a god in the hindu triumvirate. supreme god.
Shiva- another god in the hindu triumvate. was the destoryer for the creation among the triumvirate.
history- oldest and one of the most complex. has no specific founder or theology so its hard to provied good history about it. the word hinduism come from the word indus. hinduism has branched out and now has a lot of differnt religous beliefs and organization.
indian trade
common trade items- black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, spices.
trade- india is one of the worlds largest diamond cutting and polishing country. trading was between the chinese, central asia, india and eastern europe.
silk roads- an interlinking trade route across afro-eurasian that connected east south and western asian and the mediterraine.
caravans- a goup of the people carrying goods to trade with people far away. included about 4,000 camels.
trade facts- foreing trade was in the hands of both local and foreign merchants. india divided into small regional political. during the classical perioed inda became a crossroads in a vest trade network that strethed from the pacific sea.
Buddhim- religion in the indian subcontinent.two major branches- theravada and mahayana
theravada- oldest surviving baddhist branch. means the ancient teaching. mast popular religion in sri lanka and southeast asia.
Stupas- a dome shaped structue erected as a busshist shrine. there are 5 types - relic object commermorative symbolic and votive.
Brahma- on tje buddhism it is the name for type of exalted passionless deity. deity means god or goddess.
Advancements in math, astronomy, medicine, literature and arts
math-inverted addition subtraction ect, decimal system. usedd the pythagorean theorem.
Astronomy- aryabhata- an indian astronomer. he was concidered the father of spherocal astronomy. he also had two book that were based on the theory of diurnal motion.
medicine-Ayurveda is a system of traditional medicine and treatments that was developed during tje 500-r500 time period.
literture- they use an alphabetic writing called sanskrit. one of the first things they wrote down was a poem called the Rig Veda.
Comments