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Title: Chapter 3: Classical Civilizations : India


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Chapter 3 Classical Civilizations India
  • Objectives
  • Examine the indicators of civilization, including
    writing, labor specialization, cities,
    technology, trade, and political and cultural
    institutions in early civilizations
  • Trace the development and assess the
    achievements in the arts, sciences and technology
    of early river civilizations, including those
    around the Huang-He (China), Indus (India), Nile
    (Egypt), and Tigris-Euphrates (Mesopotamia)
    rivers

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Patterns
  • Trace the patterns of early India

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Aryans
  • Indias great diversity within and among
    religions, people and political forms had its
    roots in Aryan dominance
  • Tight levels of social control, introduced by the
    Aryans, contributed to the development of the
    caste system
  • Indias geographic position between the other
    great societies of the east and west encouraged
    trade
  • Geography also encouraged forms of cultural
    mixing

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  • The Indian region was the most active among
    several cultures
  • Buddhism became a bigger influence outside of
    India than inside
  • Indian artistic and architectural styles affected
    SE Asia as well
  • Indian stories like Sinbad the Sailor were
    passed on to the Arabs and then Europeans
  • Probably the most universal effect was the
    introduction of Arabic numerals
  • Arabic numerals are todays world standard form
    of expressing mathematics
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