By examining Map 11.1, discuss the spread of Buddhism throughout Asia. Consider how the religion moved from culture to culture and the way it took on the characteristics of the locale
What will be an ideal response?
Buddhism began in India and was carried by monks on the Silk Road, the great trading route. Texts were translated into Chinese and other translations followed. The appearance of Buddha figures throughout Southeast Asia are the best manifestation of the spread of the religion. Buddhism was compatible with Daoism in China where leaders absorbed the best of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. Chan Buddhism also developed. In Tibet, the religion adapted to the native mystical religion known as Bon. Buddhism merged with Shintoism in Japan.
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A. Sometime after 2000 BCE the Hebrews, under the leadership of Abraham of Ur, migrated across the Fertile Crescent and settled in Canaan (modern-day Israel) B. The Hebrews were a polytheistic culture, worshiping many gods and goddesses C. Around 1300 BCE the Hebrews were led out of Egypt and toward Canaan by a charismatic leader named Moses D. Almost everything we know about the Hebrews comes from the Bible
Welles was, ideologically speaking, a lifelong
A. communist. B. liberal. C. conservative. D. libertarian.
By the 1900s Second Avenue in New York City had so many Jewish theatres it was known as the
A) Jewish Times Square B) Hebrew Dramatic Society C) Golden Age of Jewish Theatre D) Yiddish Broadway
The larger work from which this excerpt derives is notable for containing no?
a) choruses b) recitatives c) da capo arias d) purely orchestral music