World History Chapter 3 Section 1 Key Terms for Quiz

Group of nomadic peoples who come from the steppes

Dry grasslands that stretched north of the Caucasus

Primarily pastoral people who herded cattle, sheep, and goats

Tamed horsed and rode into battle in chariots

Movement of a people from one region to another

Happened in waves over a long period of time

A group of Indo-European speakers who occupied Asia Minor/Anatolia

Asia Minor

Huge peninsula in modern-day Turkey that juts out into the Black and Mediterranean seas

High rocky plateau that is rich in timber and agriculture

Their empire dominated Southwest Asia for 450 years

Adopted Akkadian as their language and borrowed ideas from Mesopotamians

Excelled in the technology of war

First in Southwest Asia to work with iron

Their empire fell around the year 1190 BC

Originated in India

An Indo-European people whose homeland was somewhere between the Caspian and Aral Seas

The sacred literature of the Aryans

Four collections of prayers, magical spells, and instructions for performing rituals

Rig Veda is the most important collection of these

Were originally passed down orally before a written version existed

Priests in the Aryan caste system

Had a caste system

Social system in which the group one belongs too determines their role in society

Emerged from Purusha

Determine the work you do, whom you can marry, and with whom you can eat

One of the great epics of India

Reflects the struggles that took place in India as the Aryan kings worked to control Indian lands

One part of this is the Bhagavad Gita