World History

•Chapter Three•India & China •(3000 B.C. – A.D. 500)

Objectives•1. Explain how geography influenced the development in India & China2. Identify characteristics of these civilizations

Objectives•3. Explain political & social structures in these countries4. Describe the role of religion5. List the contributions of each civilization

Section One: Early Civilization in India

I. The Land of India•Indian subcontinent, located along the southern edge of Asia, shaped like a triangle

•Composed of mountain ranges, river valleys, a dry interior plateau & fertile coastal plains

The Land of India•Himalaya, the highest mountains in the

world•Ganges River, located on a rich valley,

one of the chief regions of Indian culture

•Deccan, a hilly & dry plateau that extends from the Ganges Valley to the southern tip of India

The Land of India•Monsoon – a seasonal wind

pattern in Southern Asia the blows warm, moist air from the southwest during the summer, bringing heavy rains, & cold, dry air from the northeast during the winter (p.72)

•Farmers depend on the rains to grow crops

II. India’s First Civilization

•Between 3000 B.C. & 1500 B.C.

•More than a thousand settlements in this region

•Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro

A. Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro

•Planned cities•Constructed of mud bricks baked in ovens & were square

•Advanced drainage system•Well organized government

B. Rulers & the Economy

•Divine assistance•Religion & political power closely linked

•Economy based on farming

Rulers & the Economy

•Trade with city-states in Mesopotamia

•Trade was carried by ship via the Persian Gulf

III. The Arrival of the Aryans

•Floods, earthquakes & climate change weakened the civilization

•Arrival of the Aryans brought it to an end

A. Who Were the Aryans?

• Around 1500 B.C.• Aryans, A group of Indo-European

nomadic peoples, who came out of central Asia

• moved across the Hindu Kush mountain range

• Created a new Indian society based on Aryan culture & institutions

B. Aryan Ways of Life

•Pastoral people, with a strong warrior tradition

•Became farmers, using the iron plow & irrigation

•Developed irrigation systems

Aryan Ways of Life•Had no written language•Sanskrit - the first writing system of the Aryans, developed around 1000 B.C. (p.74)

•Wrote down religious rituals, legends & chants

Sanskrit

Aryan Ways of Life

•Rajas - An Aryan leader or prince (p.74)

•Carved out small states & fought one another

IV. Society in Ancient India

•Set of social institutions & class divisions

A. The Caste System•Aryans social institutions & class

divisions •Caste system – a set of rigid

categories in ancient India that determined a person’s occupation & economic potential as well as his or her position in society, based partly on skin color (p.75)

The Caste System

•Caste – on of the five major divisions of Indian classes in ancient times

•1. Brahmans, priest class•2. Kshatriyas, warriors

The Caste System

•3. Vaisyas, commoners•4. Sudras, peasants (darker-skinned natives)

•5. Untouchables, trash collector & morticians (5%) of population

The Caste

System

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B. The Family in Ancient India

•Basic unit of Indian society

•Extended family•Patriarchal

The Family in Ancient India

•Ritual of suttee•Required a wife to throw herself on her dead husband’s flaming funeral pyre

V. Hinduism

•Hinduism – the major Indian religion system, which had its origins in the religious beliefs of the Aryans who settled in India after 1500 B.C. (p.77)

•Vedas, collection of hymns & religious ceremonies

Hinduism•Brahman, a form of ultimate reality or God

•Individual self, or atman•Reincarnation – the rebirth of an individual’s soul in a different form after death (p.77)

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Hinduism

•After many existences the soul may unite with Brahman

•Final goal is a union with Brahman

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Hinduism

•Karma – in Hinduism, the force generated by a person’s actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life (p.77) if they are reborn as a person

Hinduism

•Dharma – in Hinduism, the divine law that rules karma, it requires all people to do their duty based on their status in society (p.77)

•Duties vary with one’s caste

Hinduism

•Justified the upper class & gave hope to the poor

•Yoga – a method of training developed by the Hindus that is supposed to lead to oneness with God (p.77)

Hinduism

•More than 33,000 deities•Brahma the creator•Vishnu the Preserver•Siva the Destroyer

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VI. Buddhism

•Buddhism – a religious doctrine introduced in northern India in the Sixth century B.C. by Siddartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, or “Enlightened One” (p.78)

•Siddhartha Gautama, founder of Buddhism

Confucius Buddha

A. The Story of the Buddha

•Witnessed death, disease & old age•Ascetic – a person who practices

self-denial to achieve an understanding of ultimate reality (p.78)

•Abusing his body, did not bring enlightenment

B. The Basic Principles of Buddhism

•The pain, poverty & sorrow that afflict human beings are caused by their attachment to things of this world

•The physical realm is illusion•Desire’s attachments cause suffering

The Basic Principles of Buddhism

•Nirvana – in Buddhism, ultimate reality, the end of the self & a reunion with the Great World Soul (p.78)

Four Noble Truths• 1. Ordinary life is full of suffering• 2. This suffering is caused by our

desire to satisfy ourselves• 3. The way to end suffering is to

end desire for selfish goals & to see others as extensions of ourselves

• 4. The way to end desire is to follow the Middle Path

The Eightfold Path• 1. Right View• 2. Right intention• 3. Right Speech• 4. Right action• 5. Right livelihood• 6. Right effort• 7. Right Mindfulness• 8. Right concentration