World History

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2. Mauryan Empire
Based in India, unified Aryan kingdoms, founded by Chandragupta
Maurya

3. Arabic Numerals
The Gupta devised a decimal system that used numbers 0-9 and was
diffused to the Arabs

4. Silk Road
A network of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central
to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent
connecting China and India to the Mediterranean Sea

5. Theravada (Hinayana)
Emphasizes meditation, Buddha not considered a god

6. Mahayana Buddhism
More complicated form of Buddhism, Buddha himself a godlike deity

7. Four Noble Truths
1. All life is suffering
2. Suffering is caused by desire
3. One can be freed of this desire
4. Freed of desire by following Eightfold Path

8. Rock & Pillar Edicts
Craved on rocks and pillars throughout the Mauryan Empire to remind
Mauryans to live generous and righteous lives

9. Chandragupta Maurya
Founder of Maurya Empire

10. Ashoka Maurya
Austere and greatest Mauryan Empire leader, later converted to
Buddhism and played a huge role in expanding the religion

11. Chandra Gupta the Great
Founder of Gupta Empire

12. The Gupta Empire
Succeeded the Mauryan Empire in India, developed the concepts of pi,
zero, and Arabic numerals

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Written by.
Nina Garrett
Christopher Hall