History 151: World Civilizations I
Instructor: Colette Higgins

Study Guide: Unit Four
for use with Howard Spodek's The World's History (3rd 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. (264-272)
2. principle beliefs of Hinduism (i.e. "wheel of life," major gods, lifecyle). (273-285 + notes)
3. Buddhism: teachings of Buddha, attractions of Buddhism, and two major branches. (285-290)
4. decline of Buddhism in India. (290-292)
5. spread of Buddhism to China and Japan. (223-224, 293-302)
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." (347, 349)
9. the cause of the split between Shi'ite & Sunni Muslims and their differing beliefs. (354-357)
10. the position of women in Muslim society. (352-353)

know the importance of:
Aryans (242, 273-276)
Vedas & Rigveda (242, 275, 279, 454)
Upanishads (278-279)
Ramayana (243-245, 279, 281)
Mahabharata (243-245, 279-281)
Bhagavad Gita (243-244, 266, 279-281)
Arjuna & Krishna (266, 279-281)
Puranas (242-243, 281-282, 452)
caste system (248, 254, 275-278, 450)
Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu (270, 278, 282)
Vardhamana Mahavir (292-293 + notes)
Tripitaka: Vinaya, Sutta, Abhidhamma (289, 450, 453)
Siddhartha Gautama (286-287)
Four Noble Truths (286-287)
Eightfold Path (287)
Theravada & Mahayana (288-290)
Amitabha Buddha (289, 290, 295, 300)
Chan or Zen Buddhism (295, 300)
Chandragupta Maurya (247, 249, 251)
Kautilya (247-248, 253)
Asoka Maurya (241, 249-250)
Muhammad (345-351)
Quran (266, 345, 347, 349, 453)
Ka'ba (345, 350)
caliph succession (354-357)
Umayyad, Abbasid, Ali (355-359)
"Arabic" numerals (372)
lbn Battuta (352-353, 420)

define:
brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya, shudra, pariah (276-278)
samsara, karma, moksha (278-279)
atman, Brahman (278-279)
dharma (278-280)
asceticism (notes)
Jainism (292-293 + notes)
nirvana (287)
Sangha (287-288)
bodhisattva (289)
Shinto, kami (234, 297)
Sanskrit (242, 273)
philology (242)
Artha-sastra (247-248)
Dhamma (249)
Allah (345)
Islam, Muslim (345)
Shi'ites, Sunnis (355-357)
umma (266, 345, 454)
Sufis (363, 368-370, 453)
hijra (350, 451)
jihad (349)
hadith (345, 367, 451)
caliph (266, 354, 450)
shari'a, ulama (363, 367-368, 454)
mosque (373-374)
bazaar (374)
madrasa (374, 452)
dhimmis (376, 450)

know location & importance:
Mauryan & Gupta empires (247, 252)
Kalinga (247, 249, 250)
Pataliputra (252 + notes)
Mecca & Medina (345, 349-351, 354)
Damascus (354, 355)
Baghdad & Cordoba (354, 359, 371, 373-374)
expansion of Islam by 751 (354)