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Title: Ancient Civilizations:


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Ancient Civilizations
  • China and India

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The Indus River Valley/ Harappa
  • Located in ancient India
  • People were the Harappans
  • Not much is known about them
  • We cannot decipher the writing they left behind

3
Mohenjo Daro and Harappa
  • Mohenjo Daro and Harappa were the major cities
  • Indoor plumbing, bathrooms, underground sewage
  • Aryans
  • From north
  • religious beliefs blend with the Indus cities to
    form the basis for the Hindu religion
  • Brought Vedas and Sanskrit language

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Caste System
  • Brought a system of classes called Vedas, basis
    for the caste system

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More History
  • Maurya Empire (321 184 BCE)
  • First great Indian empire
  • Drove out the last of the Greeks (Alexander the
    Great)

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Ashoka Maurya
  • great warrior
  • conquered ? of India
  • eventually decided that peace was better way of
    life and converted to Buddhism

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Gupta Empire
  • Restored law and order
  • Golden Age of prosperity, literature, art,
    math, science India became a center of learning

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The Huang He /China
  • Huang He Yellow River
  • gets its name from the yellow soil of the region
    loess
  • Population center of China
  • The Huang He was the most isolated of the early
    civilizations
  • WHY?
  • China has the longest continuous civilization in
    the world

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Chinese Dynasties (ruling families)
  • Shang Dynasty is first to unite China
  • And WRITE about it
  • Zhou Dynasty
  • During the Zhou Dynasty-war among rivalsBUT also
    economic growth
  • TRADE
  • Chinese Philosphers
  • Confuscious alive during the Zhou Dynasty
  • Not well known until much later
  • China no longer united
  • Dynastic Cycle

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Qin Dynasty
  • Eventually China is united under the warlike Qin
    Dynasty 221BC
  • This empire gives China its name
  • reorganized the government
  • Standardized money, weights measures
  • Burnt books containing different ideas
  • Began The Great Wall of China to keep out hostile
    neighbors to the north (214-208 BC)
  • Built extensive roads and canals
  • Major achievements
  • Gunpowder
  • Moveable type and paper

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  • A common man marvels at uncommon things a wise
    man marvels at the commonplace.
  • - Confucius
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