Assignment:
Identify (who, what, where, when) and give the historical significance for FOUR of the following eight terms. For the historical significance, you may need to use your own judgment, but try to connect the term with larger historical issues. For example, if it is a person, explain what this person is an example of, or what effect the person's actions had on historical events, or why it would be important to know who this person was in order to understand history. The complete answer should be a brief paragraph, about 5 to 6 dense sentences worth.
pastoralism
lex talionis
Akhenaten
Purusha
qanat
xiao (Chinese term)
Mahayana Buddhism
Paul of Tarsus