Indo-Europeans: a group of nomadic peoples who came from the
steppes
Steppes: dry grasslands that stretched north of the Caucasus
Migration: movements of a people from one region to another,
happened in waves over a long period of time
Hittites: group of Indo-European speakers
Aryans: an Indo-European people whose homeland was probably
somewhere between the Caspian and Aral seas
Vedas: sacred literature of the Ayrans
Brahmins: priests, who were one of the 5 social classes that
the Aryans created
Castes: non-Aryans
Mahabharata: one of the great epics of India
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