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Unit 5 - An Overview
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Who took complete control of each area and how did each do it?
India China• The Aryan invasion from the northern Caucuses Mountains
• Strong warrior nomad's who took over Indus Valley easily
• Modern day Hindu people• Had a cultural diffusion with the Indus Valley people
• Brought Hinduism, Sanskrit, and Caste system to India
• First ruler to unify China into one Kingdom was Qin Shi Huang
• Began the first dynastic cycle• Short lived Qin Dynasty brought uniform laws for everyone
• Very big on order and rules
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How did people in each society know their jobs or work?
India China• They were born into their caste• Upper levels were reserved for the Aryan people
• Lower levels were taken by former Indus Valley people and tribal Indians
• No social mobility (you stayed where you were)
• Led to unequal treatment
• Confucius called for better education and meritocracy to end government corruption
• Created the civil service exam which awarded ability and intelligence over social status
• An eight day written exam placed the best people in government positions regardless of their birthright
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Which river did each civilization start from?
India China• The Indus River was the start of the Indus River Valley and Indian civilization
• Very predictable flooding and extremely fertile made
• Perfect starting place for a civilization
• Originated with the Yellow or Huang He River
• Very heavy and violent flooding but leads to fertile land
• Silt and soil is yellow which creates the color
• Known as "China's Sorrow" for it's destruction
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Explain how the Himalayan Mountains affects each area.
India China• Major water source for all three of ancient India's rivers including the Indus, Brahmaputra, and Ganges Rivers
• Causes winter monsoons (dry) and summer monsoons (wet)
• Can cause great flooding or drought and famine depending on the season
• Source for the Yangtze River• Creates the elevated western area of China known as the Tibetan Plateau (very dry)
• Creates a natural barrier between China and all other river valley civilizations
• Allowed China to grow and develop independent from all the other river valleys
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Give one example of how weather makes life difficult in each area.
India China• Dry and wet monsoon seasons affect most Indians with extreme flooding or draught
• Cyclones hit several times a years causing massive flooding and destruction
• Tsunamis from underground volcanoes or earthquakes can devastate the coastline
• Flooding of both the Yellow and Yangtze river have caused millions of deaths
• Gobi Desert and Tibetan plateau made trade difficult on the Silk Road because of the dry terrain
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What is the main religion or philosophy used in each area?
India China• Hinduism was brought in from the Aryan invasion
• Created cultural diffusion with native Indus Valley people
• Third largest religion in the world today
• Also responsible for the creation of Buddhism which spread to China by way of the Silk Road
• Confucianism which is a way of life and more a philosophy has been the base of Chinese life until even today
• Taoism and creating a natural inner balance was created by Loa Tzu
• Both emphasize how to live instead of rituals or worshipping of gods
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Give two main ideas of each of these religions/philosophies.
India China• Hinduism believes in the collection of positive karma (good deeds) and dharma (life duties) which carry on from one life form to the next
• After being reincarnated and gaining enough good karma the soul will eventually leave the body to become one with the universe (moksha)
• Confucianism looks into living morally correct (right vs wrong)
• Large emphasis on family relationship and respect for elders (basis of China today)
• Toaism and Buddhism both combine a peaceful life that is about gaining a balance while not striving for materials wants to find true happiness
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Give an example of how each region interacted with other civilizations.
India China• Indus valley people regularly traded with both the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations
• Created seals to label their goods and trade with others
• Also was a center of trade along the Silk Road between China and all western civilizations
• China was known as the "Middle Kingdom" thinking they were the center of the world
• Isolated by natural barriers for thousands of years until western traders came
• Made massive fortunes by trading silk and other goods
• Received Buddhism through India as well
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How did each group communicate from what we learned in class?
India China
• The Indus Valley has a language that no one has been able to decipher
• After the Aryan invasion the language of Sanskrit was culturally diffused into India
• Early dynasties used oracle bones to create a written language
• Calligraphy is creating individually drawn characters to represent a word or idea
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Name a structure that each group was the first to create.
India China
• Indus Valley cities created citadels that were used for protection
• Had the first cities build on straight line grids
• The great bath
• The great wall was a massive structure built over a thousand years to keep out invaders
• Forbidden city which was home to the emperor
• Buddhist temples
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Name three (3) inventions that each civilization created.
India China
• They made houses with natural air conditioning
• Cities had indoor plumbing, drainage for waste, and running water from wells
• The great bath and other hygiene related inventions were a first in human history
• Paper was first created here• They created and monopolized the silk making process
• Created the first compass, clock, tea, and moveable type for printing