Early CivilizationsIndia and China

Subcontinent North - Mountains

South - Water

Geography

Monsoons

Allowed travel between Africa, Middle East and India

Fertile Soil + More Food =?

More People

Indus Valley Civilizationthe Dravidians

Much of the Indus Valley history is still a mystery

Planned Cities

A planned city tells you what about their government?

Civilization just Disappeared

From the EAST the Aryans moved in

Aryans felt “superior”

towards the Dravidians

Cultural Diffusion Occurs

New Language Developed

Sanskirt

What we know came from the Vedas (collection of prayers, hymns, etc)

Aryans Way of Life

Led by Rajahs

(Skilled War Leader)

VALUED CATTLE FOR SURIVAL

AND A SIGN OF WEALTH

Warriors

Farmers, merchantsartisans

Priests

Social Classes

Dravidians

Caste System

BORN INTO

CHANGE

WHEN YOU

DIE

Treatment of the “Untouchables”

Joint Family SystemDowry to be paid

Sati RitualsWidow chooses to die with the

body of the husband

Ganges River

“mother of the people”

Today

Way of Life

Polytheistic

Mystics – people who devote their life to seek spiritual truth

The Birth of A New Religion

HINDUISM

NO Single FounderNO Single Text (Vedas)

***Diffusion of Dravidians and Aryans

3 MAIN GODS

BRAHMA(CREATOR)

VISHNU

(PRESERVER)

SHIVA

DESTROYER

GOAL IN LIFE

STOP THE CYCLE OF REINCARNATION AND

TO BE REUNITED WITH BRAHMA (MOKSHA)

The law of KARMA

This life affects your next!!!!!!

2 Beliefs

Dharma

Religious and moral duties

Ahimsa

Non-violence

One Branch Jainism

Hurt NO Living Creature

From Hinduism

Buddhism will form in

The Himalayas

Siddhartha GautamaLuxury lifestyleLeft palace and saw life not

perfectCrippled manOld manDead manbeggar

Went to meditate “enlightened

one”

4 Noble Truths

Life is suffering

Suffering due to attachment

Can be overcome

Follow the 8 fold path

8 Fold Path

PagodaCurved corners

Statues for Buddha

Nirvana – most perfect state

Must work off bad karma to end samsara (reincarnation)

Buddhism spread in Asia

Hindus in India

made Buddha a god

Chapter 3 Section 3Chapter 4 Sections 4 & 5

Geography

GOBI DESERT

HIMALAYAMOUNTAINS

WATER

Believed they were only Civilization

River Valley Civilization

Ancient Chinese Inventions

Papermaking

Woodblock Printing

Compass Gunpowder

Money on a “string”

Calendar 365 ¼ days

Neolithic FarmersFertile Soil

Huang He River Valley

“Yellow River”“river of sorrows”

Remember…..

dynasty – ruling family

Bronze Age

Mandate of Heaven

Good times – heavens approved

Disasters – lost favor of heavens

Oracle BonesWrite questions

Interpret the cracks

Polytheistic

Ancestor Worship

Lived in the Afterworld

Nobles

Buried in lavish tombs

Chariots, art, living people

SHANG INVADED BY ZHOU (CHOU)

Zhou (Chou) Dynasty Accomplishments

• Confucius• Taoism• Roads • Code of Li

Calligraphy

A New Philosopher(system of ideas)

Confucius

Life works better when everyone plays their “role”

5 Relationships

Father – SonSibling – SiblingHusband – WifeRuler – SubjectFriend – Friend (equal)

Filial piety – respect for parents

Code of Li

Chivalry

Enforced by peers

Life of BalanceSame time

Daoism

Qin Dynasty

Accomplishments

1. Great Wall

2. First Emperor

Only lasted about 15 years

Terra-Cotta Army

Han Dynasty

Accomplishments

1. Silk Road

2. Public Schools

***Most Chinese today call themselves

Han people

Cultural Diffusion

T’ang Dynasty

Accomplishments

Civil Service Exam

HAN - TANG

Dynasties

Civil Service Exam

Looking Ahead

What do you think will happen as trade with China and the west increases?