Ways of the World: A Brief Global History First Edition CHAPTER 5 Eurasian Cultural Traditions 500 B.C.E. –500 C.E. Copyright © 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin’s Robert W. Strayer

China and the Search for Order The Legalist Answer The Confucian Answer The Daoist Answer

Cultural Traditions of Classical India South Asian Religion: From Ritual Sacrifice to Philosophical Speculation The Buddhist Challenge Hinduism as a Religion of Duty and Devotion

Moving toward Monotheism: The Search for God in the Middle East Zoroastrianism Judaism

The Cultural Tradition of Classical Greece: The Search for a Rational Order The Greek Way of Knowing The Greek Legacy

Comparing Jesus and the Buddha The Lives of the Founders Establishing New Religions Creating Institutions

Chapter 5 Eurasian Cultural Traditions, 500 B.C.E. –500 C.E. Map 5.1 The Spread of Early Christianity and Buddhism (p. 149) Spot Map 5.1 Ancient Israel (p. 140) China’s Cultural Traditions (p. 124) Filial Piety (p. 129) Chinese Landscape Paintings (p. 131) Hindu Ascetics (p. 134) The Mahabodhi Temple (p. 135) Zoroastrian Fire Altar (p. 139) The Death of Socrates (p. 142) Women in the Early Church (p. 147)