3. Indo-Europeans Migrate
â—Ź Indo-Europeans= group of nomadic
peoples who may have come from the
steppes (area from dry grasslands to
Caucasus)
â—Ź Caucasus= mountains between the Black
and Caspian Seas
â—Ź What did they do/have?
â—Ź Pastoral/Herders people (cattle, sheep,
goats)
â—Ź Tamed horses and rode them in battle,
chariots
â—Ź Lived in tribes, spoke Indo-European
languages
4. Indo-European Languages
â—Ź Many languages of
Europe, Southwest Asia
and South Asia trace
their languages back to
Indo-European
languages
â—Ź Examples: English,
Spanish, Persian and
Hindi
6. An Unexplained Migration
â—Ź No one knows why these
people left their homelands in
the steppes
â—Ź Began migrating 1700-1200
BC (happened in waves over
an extended period of time)
â—Ź Migration= movements of
people from one region to
another
7. The Hittite Empire
â—Ź Hittites= group of Indo-
European speaker, occupied
Anatolia (Turkey)
â—Ź Hittites combined with other
Hittites city-states! Hittite
Empire (capital= Hattucus)
â—Ź Hittites dominated, adopted
and adapted culture of
others
9. Aryans Transform India
â—Ź Aryans= lived somewhere
between the Caspian and
Aral seas
â—Ź Vedas= Aryan sacred
literature, 4 collections of
prayers, magical spells and
instructions for performing
rituals
â—Ź Vedas was passed on orally
10. A Caste System Develops
â—Ź Aryans fought with a people they called the dasas
Aryans Dasa
Taller, lighter
skin, spoke a
different
language, no
written
language,
pastoral
Town
dwellers,
lived in
communities
protected by
walls
17. Aryan Kingdoms Arise
â—Ź Aryans struggled with each other for land ownership
until a major kingdom emerged! Magadha
â—Ź Magadha extended, even taken over most of India
18. Mahabharata & Bhagavad Gita
â—Ź Mahabharata= epic of
India, reflects on the
struggles that took place in
India as Aryan kings worked
to control Indian lands
â—Ź Bhagavad Gita= story of
warrior prince going off to
war
19. AP India Test Questions
â—Ź1. The Indo-European peoples
that migrated from the steppes
were mainly (what profession)?
20. â—Ź2. The social class system that
came to be known as the caste
system was established in India by
(who)?
21. â—Ź3. Varnas, the name given to
the different groups of the
original caste system, came
from the word that means
22. â—Ź4. The India epic poem the
Mahabarata, reflects the
struggle (of who/what?)
23. â—Ź5. All of the following
languages are derived from
Indo-European roots
EXCEPT
24. â—Ź6. A long term effect
of the caste system in
India was
28. Founder: Siddhartha Gautama
Son of a Indian warrior-king
Gautama renounced his rich life and became a
monk in hopes of comprehending truth
Moment of truth: meditating under a tree where
he had an experience where he understood how
to be free from suffering and achieve salvation.
After this, he was know as Buddha
Buddha= “Enlightened One”
Buddha spent the rest of his life traveling around
India and teaching others
BUDDHISM
30. To a Buddhist, desire= craving pleasure, material
goods, and immorality
Desire can only bring suffering
Desires
31.
32. Karma does NOT refer to
preordained fate
Karma= good or bad actions a
person makes in their lifetime.
When you do good, good
things will come in return. If
you perform bad actions, bad
karma is in store for you
Neutral karma= acts like
breathing, eating or sleeping
KARMA
33. 6 Realms:
â–Ş1. realm of men (free from
conflict of jealously among
the gods)
â–Ş2. realm of demigods
â–Ş3. realm of gods
â–Ş4. realm of animals
â–Ş5. realm of ghosts
â–Ş6. realm of hell (untold
suffering)
Those with positive karma, are
reborn into fortunate realms
REINCARNATION=
REBIRTH
35. Separated from Hinduism
No personal God or divine being. They are not atheist though, because Buddhist
believe in an impersonal force
No form of redemption, forgiveness, no heavenly hope or a final judgment
Moral philosophy= do good now, and you will be blessed with a higher state
BASICS OF BUDDHISM
36. 376 million Buddhists in the world
(+/- 313, 114, 000 in Asia)
Dominant religion in: China, Japan,
Korea, as well as southeast Asia
Over 200 different sects of
Buddhism
Over 1,000 Buddhist temples,
monasteries and centers in the US
BASICS
37. BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN SALT
LAKE
http://www.slbuddhist.org/ 211 West, 100 South Salt Lake City
38. Sangha= order of the brotherhood (community) who
are monks
Must wear a yellow robe, shave their head and
practice meditation
Goal of Sangha= strive to have the qualities of Buddha
Over 225 regulations which forbid them to do many
things
SANGHA
39. Variety of Buddhist text
Buddhist cannon of scripture= Sanskirt
3 parts:
1. Vinaya Pitaka= disciplinary rules
for Sanghas
2. Sutra Pitaka= discourses by the
Buddha
3. Adhidharma Pitaka= notes on
Buddha’s teachings
BUDDHIST SCRIPTURE
41. One of oldest religions in
world, probably the first
Founder: No specific
founder
Originated with Aryans
tribes who moved to India
and adapted with native
Harrappan people
HINDUISM
43. 900 million members
â–ŞMany sects, some are:
polytheistic (many gods)
monotheistic (one god)
pantheistic (god & universe are
one)
agnostic (unsure if god exists)
atheistic (no god)
GODS?
45. =ranked society according to occupation
â–Ş Brahmins (priests)
â–Ş Kshatriyas (soldiers, king-warrior class)
â–Ş Vaishyas (merchants, farmers, Sutras laborers,
craftspeople)
▪ Harijahns (“untouchable,” poor)
â–Ş The caste system was outlawed in 1948, but it still
important to the Hindu people
â–Ş How would being in a caste system effect your life?
â–Ş Why do you think people still follow the caste system
even if it was outlawed in 1948?
CASTE SYSTEM
49. Founder: Mahaiva, born in 599
B.C., believed that everything in
the universe has a soul and
should not be harmed
One of the oldest religions in the
world
Not a break off of any other
religion
Jains are in 34/35 of the
territories of India, making over 5
million members in India alone
JAINISM
50. Jain monks take
nonviolence seriously,
sweeping ants off the path
and wearing masks to
avoid breathing in insects
Jains seek jobs that do
not harm any creature
(trade and commerce)
Make few efforts to
convert, and do not send
out missionaries, so most
of the members live in
India
53. Jains do not believe in a God or gods
but they believe in divine beings who
are worthy of devotion
GOD
54. Jain’s scriptures=
Agamas
Jain monks and nuns
have to memorize
scriptures because
monks were not
allowed to posses
religious books as
part of their vows
SCRIPTURE
55. The “soul” is called
jiva
=means a
conscious, living
being
The body is just a
“container” for our
souls
When you die, your
jiva, is reborn into
another life until it
achieves liberation
THE
SOUL
56. 1. Using your Pink Indian Religion Chart + the slides
created by each religion group, fill out your chart
2. Turn in chart to inbox today
3. Work on Flash Cards or Study Book Notes
After Lesson: