Joshua Lozano Miriam Usmani Neolithic Revolution, Classical China, and Classical India

Joshua LozanoMiriam Usmani Neolithic Revolution,

Classical China, and Classical India

Key points

● Agriculture and Technology● Society and infrastructure● Policies and Communication/Interaction● Important Events and Entities/People

Agriculture and Technology● Chinese astrologists developed a 365.5 day year● Peasants were crucial to the workings of Ag. and in south rice region

depended on lords● China had adv. tools and seeds● Domestication in mid east● Copper was the first metal to be worked with in mid east● Slash and burn agriculture allowed for intensive farming● first wheel in 6000 B.C.E.● India relied on monsoons to keep crops alive● Great wall of China

Society and Infrastructure

● Animist culture in Neolithic society● Trade routes built in India● Women were always unequal in China● Buddhism appears, but is not influential in China yet (Confucianism,

Legalism, and Daoism)● The Caste system ● Family is the basic unit of society, with loyalty and obedience stressed● Lack of political unity in India - geographic barriers and diversity of people● Mauryans were Buddhist● Guptas were Hindu● China’s agrarian society based on patriarchal leadership● India”s religion was probably derived from european mythology● Great wall of China

Policies and Communication/ Interaction ● Writing was developed by the Sumerians (cuneiform)● Egypt remained unified throughout most of history ● Egypt Govt. directed economy● “Indo-European” invaders combined their way of life with the harappan

peoples.● The Phoenicians simplified the alphabet (22)● Zhou dynasty was invaded and declined● Qin expressed central authority and Han was Bureaucratic● India interacted with the Middle East● India was separated, diverse, and divided into city states● Sanskrit developed in India● Gupta empire gave great stability

Important Events and Entities/People

● 120,000: Humans take final form● 3500-1800:Sumerians ● 551-478:Confucius ● 1029:Zhou dynasty introduces spoken language ● 221-202:Great wall of China built by Qin● 563-483: Life of Buddha● 319:Gupta empire ● 402:Warring States● 200: Ox-drawn plow, horse collar, and water mill● 141-87: Reign of Wu-Ti, Increased bureaucracy and spread Confucianism