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Ancient India
2500-1500 B.C.
Geography
Subcontinent
Mountainous-Hindu
Kush, Himalayas
Himalayas separate India
from China
Rivers-Indus & Ganges
India:
Ask yourself…
How could the
geography effect
early Indian
Civilization?
Civilization
 Planned cities on a grid
system!
 Largest cities-Kalibangan,
Mohenjo-Daro, and Harappa
 Plumbing
 Beginning of Hindu culture
 Evidence of trade with Sumer
Ask yourself….
What does the
characteristics of early
Indian civilization
suggest about its
government?
So what
happened?
Natural disaster?
Change of course for
the Indus River?
Aryan nomads?
Ancient China
2000-200 B.C.
Geography
Pacific Ocean-east
Taklimakan-west
Himalaya Mountains
Gobi Desert
Rivers-Huang He and
Yangtze
China:
What is loess?
Yellowish silt/fertile
soil from the Huang
He river
Civilization
 Shang Dynasty the first
to keep written record
(1532-1027 B.C.)
 Cities-Anyang, built of
wood
….Continued
 Family central to society
 Group over the individual
 Ancestral worship
What is the Mandate
of Heaven?
 1027 B.C. Zhou dynasty
takes over the Sang dynastyjustify it by Mandate of
Heaven
 Mandate of Heaven-a just
ruler has divine approval, but
a wicked and foolish ruler
would lose the right to rule
So What happens
 Feudalism takes hold
 Zhou dynasty
declines(771 B.C.)
 Time of Chaos and
Warring states would
follow
Which of these was the
first Chinese dynasty?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Qin
Zhou
Sang
Shong
The two major rivers of
India are
A.
B.
C.
D.
Indus & Ganges
Tigris and Euphrates
Nile & Tiber
Huang He & Yangtze
This image is primarily of
A.
B.
C.
D.
India
Mesopotamia
China
Africa
This is an image of what
civilization?
A.
B.
C.
D.
India
China
Egypt
Mesopotamia
What are the two main
rivers of China?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Indus & Ganges
Tigris and Euphrates
Nile and Tiber
Huang He & Yangtze
China developed 1000s of
years earlier than India
A. Yes
B. No
The Hindu Kush mountains
seperated India and China
A. Yes
B. No
A Chinese Emperor had to
hold this to lead the country
A.
B.
C.
D.
Chinese Crown
Mandate of Heaven
Ancestor’s remains
Majority of votes by Chinese people