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| large landmass that juts out from a continent |
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| raised area of level land |
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| seasonal wind; in India, the winter monson brings hot, dry weather and the summer monsoon brings rain |
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| in traditional Indian society, unchangeable social group into which a person is born |
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| according to Aryan belief, the single spiritual power that resides in all things |
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| person who devotes his or her life to seeking spiritual truths |
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| elected warrior chief of an Aryan tribe in ancient India; local Hindu ruler in India |
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| fine windblown yellow soil |
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| group of families with a common ancestor |
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| bone used by priests in Shang China to predict the future |
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| fancy or stylized handwriting |
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| rise and fall of Chinese dynasties according to the Mandate of Heaven |
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| loosley organizede system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord |
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| in Hindu belief, a person's essential self |
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| in Hindu belief, the ultimate goal of existance, achieving union with brahman |
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| in Hinduism, belief in the rebirth of the soul in another bodily form |
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| in Hindu belief, all the actions that affect a person's fate in the next life |
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| in Hindu belief, an individual's religious and moral duties |
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| Hindu belief in nonviolence and a reverence for all life |
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| in Buddhism, union with the universe and release from the cycle of rebirth |
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| different or opposing ideas |
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| someone sent on a religious mission |
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| period of great cultural achievement |
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| system of numbers based on 10 |
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| large domelike Buddhist shrine |
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| payment to a bridegroom or his family in an arranged marriage |
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