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Unit 2 – Ancient India & China
Ancient & Early India
- Geography
- Neolithic Societies
- Indus River Valley
- Harappan Society (3000 BCE) – characteristics
Foundations of Indian Society
- Dravidians
- Aryans (1500 BCE)
- conquerors
- Sanskrit
- Vedas – Rig Veda
- Writing Appears (600 BCE)
- Vedic Age (1500-500 BCE)
- No central gov’t. – Chiefdoms
Origins of the Caste System
- Social Structure
- Castes – Varna
- Caste System
- Brahmins
- Kshatriyas
- Vaishyas
- Shudra – Untouchables
- Jati
- Purpose
- Patriarchal
Religion in Early India
- Aryan Belief
- Indra
- sacrifices
- dissatisfied?
- mixture of beliefs
Foundation of Hinduism
- Reincarnation
- Two Natures of Man
- Karma
- Samsara
- Social Influence of Hinduism
- Hindu Trinity
- Monotheistic or Polytheistic?
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Development of Hinduism
- Upanishads (800-400 BCE)
- Moksha **
- Brahman **
- human destinies
- Reincarnation in detail
- Ascetism
- Ramayana (500-400 BCE)
- narrative
- story of Rama
- themes
- Law book of Manu (200 BCE- 200 CE)
- morality
- social relationships
- role of women
- Sati
- Mahabharata (400-700 CE) – Discuss
- Bhagavad Gita
- Arjuna & Krishna
- themes
- Dharma & Yoga
- Puranas (500-1000 CE)
- reincarnation
- path of the soul
- Branches of Hinduism
- Vaishnavism
- Shaivism
- Smartism
- Shaktism
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Classical India (500 BCE- 500 CE)
- Decentralization
- Mauryan Dynasty (320-185 BCE)
- Legacy of Alexander
- Chandragupta Maurya (300 BCE)
- Arthashastra
- Ashoka (268-232 BCE)
- Achievements
- Law & Order
- Decline of the Maurya Dynasty
- Gupta Empire (320-480 CE)
- Chandra Gupta
Achievements
- Local Power
- Expansion
- Decline of the Gupta
- Economics
- local manufacturing
- commodities
- Indian Ocean Trade ***
- Social Development
- Patriarchal
- Arranged Marriages
- Caste System
Formations of New Religions
- Role of Brahmins & Impact
- Early Buddhism
- Siddhartha Gautama – Background – Impact
- 4 Noble Truths **
- Eightfold Path
- Luxary rejected
- Nirvana **
- Caste rejected
- Vernacular
- Monasteries – role in society
- Conversion & Why?
- Jainism
- Vardhamuna Mahavira
- Teachings
- Early followers
- Difficulty
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Early China (Pre-History-500 BCE)
- Geography - Huang He River Valley
- Xia Dynasty (2200 BCE)
- Characteristics
- Shang Dynasty (1766-1122 BCE)
- Characteristics
- Zhou Dynasty (1122-256 BCE)
- Mandate of Heaven **
- Decentralized Gov't.
- Fall of Zhou
- Period of Warring States (403-220 BCE)
- Early Social Structure
- Patriarchal
- Aristocracy
- Social Class
- Early Economics
- specialization
- early Silk Roads
Classical China (500 BCE-500 CE)
- Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE)
- Legalism *
- Centralization
- Qin Shihuangdi *
- characteristics
- achievements
- standardization
- Fall of Qin
- Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
- Liu Bang
- Gov't. Structure
- Han Wudi (141-87 BCE)
- achievements
- Han characteristics & achievements
- Fall of the Han
- econ. problems
- Xiongnu
- Wang Mang
- Yellow Turban Uprising
- Factions develop
- China splinters
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Chinese Belief Systems
- Early China
- no early religion
- Mandate of Heaven
- Veneration of Ancestors
- Oracle Bones
- Classical Period - Time of Chaos & Turmoil
- Confucianism
- Kong Fuzi (550's BCE)**
- rel. questions
- human relationships**
- Janzi
- Ren
- Li
- Xiao
- impact of Confucianism
- Mencius (300's BCE)
- Confucianism in politics
- Daoism (Taoism)
- Harmony & Nature
- Dao
- Daoists view on politics
- Wuwei
Clock of Chinese History
Chinese Dynasty Song