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unit 3
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- 1Indus Rivergreat trans-Himalayan river of South Asia. It is one of the longest rivers in the world, with a length of some 2,000 miles
- 2Mohenjo-Daroarchaeological site in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Built around 2500 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, and one of the world's earliest major cities
- 3Social classespeople grouped into social classes on the basis of wealth, income, educational attainment, and occupation
- 4Harappaearly civilization within the Indus Valley, important in that it has provided proof of not just the Indus Valley Civilization as it was in its prime, but the success cultures had in this region
- 5Varnasrefers to the Brahminic ideology of hierarchizing society into class
- 6Caste Systemrigid social groups characterized by hereditary transmission of life style, occupation and social status
- 7Hinduismis an Indian religion and dharma, or way of life. It is the world's third-largest religion, with over 1.2 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global population
- 8Karmathe sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences
- 9Dharmathe eternal and inherent nature of reality, regarded in Hinduism as a cosmic law underlying right behavior and social order
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- FlashCards sobre unit 3, criado por Alexis Gomez-Alvarado em 28-10-2021.
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