1. 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

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

3. 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

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

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

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

7. 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)