chp 3 indo european
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Nicky_Valentina13 on November 6, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 indo-europeans | were a group of nomadic peoples who may have come from the steppes(caucasus) . they herded cattle,sheeps ,goats, tamed horses and battle in two wheel chariot |
| steppes | dry grassland that stretch north of the caucasus |
| migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another |
| hittites | A people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. With wealth from the trade in metals and military power based on chariot forces, the hittites vied with New Kingdom Egypt over Syria |
| anatolia | The peninsula between the Mediterranean and Black seas that is now occupied by most of Turkey, also called Asia Minor |
| aryans | other Indo-European people whose homeland was probably somewhere between the Caspian and Aral seas; they crossed over the northwest mountain passes and into the Indus River valley of India; left a picture in their sacred literature, Vedas |
| vedas | Four collections of ancient prayers and rituals,magical spells most important of collection the RIG VEDAS |
| brahmin | priest |
| caste | A social class that a person belongs to by birth. |
| mahabharata | a poem of India that reflected the struggles that took place in India as the Aryan kings worked to control Indian lands |
| causaus | the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia |
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