History 151: World Civilizations I
Instructor: Colette Higgins

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Study Guide: Unit Four
for use with Howard Spodek's The World's History (4th edition)

Lectures: Hinduism, Buddhism, Indian Empires, Islamic World

After completing the assigned readings and attending the lectures listed above, you should be able to:

describe:
1. the manifestations and effects of religious beliefs on people's behavior and politics. (264-273)
2. principle beliefs of Hinduism (i.e. "wheel of life," major gods, lifecyle). (274-283 + notes)
3. Buddhism: teachings of Buddha, attractions of Buddhism, and two major branches. (283-288)
4. decline of Buddhism in India. (289-291)
5. spread of Buddhism to China and Japan. (224-225, 292-301)
6. statecraft under Mauryan and Gupta empires. (247-254)
7. the life and teachings of Muhammad. (345-351)
8. the duties of a Muslim as expressed in the "five pillars of Islam." (348-349)
9. the cause of the split between Shi'ite & Sunni Muslims and their differing beliefs. (354-358)
10. the position of women in Muslim society. (352-353)

know the importance of:
Aryans (242, 274-276)
Vedas & Rigveda (242, 275, 279)
Upanishads (278-279)
Ramayana (243-244, 279-280)
Mahabharata (243-244, 279-281)
Bhagavad Gita (243, 266, 279-281)
Arjuna & Krishna (267, 277, 279-281)
Puranas (280)
caste system (248, 276-278)
Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu (270, 278, 283)
Vardhamana Mahavir (291-292 + notes)
Tripitaka: Vinaya, Sutta, Abhidhamma (289)
Siddhartha Gautama (283-288)
Four Noble Truths (284-285, 289)
Eightfold Path (285)
Theravada & Mahayana (286-288)
Amitabha Buddha (288, 294, 301)
Chan or Zen Buddhism (294, 301)
Chandragupta Maurya (247, 249, 251)
Kautilya (247-248, 253)
Asoka Maurya (241, 249-250)
Muhammad (345-351)
Quran (265, 345, 347-351)
Ka'ba (345, 350)
caliph succession (354-359)
Umayyad, Abbasid, Ali (356-359)
"Arabic" numerals (372)
lbn Battuta (353, 375)

define:
brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya, shudra, pariah (276-278)
samsara, karma, moksha (278-279)
atman, Brahman (278-279)
dharma (278-280)
asceticism (notes)
Jainism (291-292 + notes)
nirvana (286)
Sangha (286-287)
bodhisattva (288)
Shinto, kami (234, 296)
Sanskrit (242, 275)
philology (242)
Artha-sastra (247-248)
Dhamma (250)
Allah (345)
Islam, Muslim (345)
Shi'ites, Sunnis (354-356)
umma (265, 345)
Sufis (362-363, 368-370)
hijra (350)
jihad (349)
hadith (367-368)
caliph (266, 354)
shari'a, ulama (367-368)
mosque (373-375)
bazaar (375)
madrasa (375)
dhimmis (376)

know location & importance:
Mauryan & Gupta empires (247, 252)
Kalinga (247, 249-250)
Pataliputra (252 + notes)
Mecca & Medina (345, 350-351, 355-356)
Damascus (354-356)
Baghdad & Cordoba (355, 371-374)
expansion of Islam by 751 (355)