Unification of China: 403 BCE200s CE

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Unification of China403 BCE-200s CE
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• Warring States (403-221 BCE)
• Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE)
• Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
• Han Wudi (141-87 BCE)
• Sericulture
• Mauryan Dynasty (320s - 185 BCE)
• Chandragupta Maurya
• (320s-340s BCE)
• Ashoka (268-232 BCE)

• Empire of Kushan (1-300 CE)
• Gupta (320 CE)
• Mahavira
• Janism
• Ahimsa--non-violence
• Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)
• 4 Noble Truths
• Eight-fold Path
• Boddhisatva (enlightened being)
• Mahayana vs. Hinayana
• Dharma
• Artha
• Kama

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India State, Society, and Salvation
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Four Noble Truths (Buddhism)

• 1) All life involves suffering
• 2) Desire causes suffering
• 3) the elimination of desire brings an end to
  suffering
• 4) a disciplined life, following the 8-fold
  path, ends desire

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8-Fold Path (Buddhism)

• 1) right belief
• 2) right resolve
• 3) right speech
• 4) right behavior
• 5) right occupation
• 6) right effort
• 7) right contemplation
• 8) right meditation