RISE OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS India and China

RISE OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSIndia and China

p. 72-3 - IndiaLabel:-Ganges River

-Indus River

-Himalayas

-Deccan Plateau

-Winter monsoon

-Summer monsoon

p. 89/100 - ChinaLabel:-Yellow River

-Yellow Sea

-Plateau of Tibet

-Great Wall of China

Terms

• Monsoon• Ganges River (Add Indus River)• Mohenjo-Daro• Sanskrit• Hinduism• Buddhism• Silk Road• Shang Dynasty/Aristocracy• Mandate of Heaven • Filial Piety• Regime

India - Geography•Rains from monsoons determine growth

of crops.

•How is this different from Egypt and Mesopotamia?

Geography•Ganges and Indus Rivers

•Himalaya to the north, Deccan plateau in the south

Cities•Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were main

cities

•Religion and political power linked = priest King

•Public Wells for water drinking

•Trash and waste disposal systems

•What would be necessary for these to occur?

Mohenjo-Daro Economy•Based on farming and trade with

Mesopotamia

•Textiles and food traded for copper, lumber, precious stones, cotton, and other luxuries.

•What is this an example of?

The Aryans•Indo-European Nomads•Pastoral Warriors

•Invade India – create Sanskrit for writing and a

•Caste System – determined a person’s job, economic potential, and position in society.

•Aryans higher, Indians lower

Check for understanding•What weather factor influenced ancient

India?

•Name 2 things the Aryan caste system tells you about Harappan civilization.

Hinduism•Aryan Religion based on Brahman•Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva

•Basic Beliefs:•Reincarnation (born again)•Karma (get what you give)

Buddhism•Story of the Buddha

•Basic Beliefs:•Follow 8 fold path•Nirvana (like heaven)

Literature•Vedas – Hindu Holy book

•Mahabharata – epic poem about great warriors

•Similar to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey

India and China – Silk Road•Traded western goods for silk, spices,

teas, and porcelain

•Considered Eastern luxuries

Using page 83:

-What goods were found in China?

-What goods found in India?

-Where did they go?

Early Chinese - Geography•10% farmable land

•Mountains and deserts

•What is the result on Chinese society?

•(Isolate them from other societies)

Ruled by Dynasties•Shang Dynasty – farming society ruled by

aristocracy

•Believed in life after death•Ancestor worship•Kings and Queens

Religion in China•Mandate of Heaven – Heaven kept order

in the universe through the King in China

•Gave them a legitimacy (define?)

•Ruled according to the “Dao” or proper Way.

•Could be overthrown for sucking.

Chinese Society•Filial Piety – duty to the male head of the

family.

•What does this tell us about society?

•Economy based on TRADE – especially silk.

•Found as far away as Athens, Greece in Ancient times. (That’s a long way, bro).

Political Structures•Chinese society changes over time as new

dynasties emerge.

•New Regimes take over – Great Wall of China Built

•Based on Chinese religious philosophies Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism

Intellectual/Artistic Achievements•Great Wall•Gunpowder•Paper•Roads•1st books•Pottery•Bronze Art

•Writing based on Characters