Chapter 12: Locating the Source of Authority: Early States in Asia Flashcards
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Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
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- Pakistan
- one of the two major urban centres of the Harappan period
- very clean
2
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Great Bath
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- rectangular basin at the site of Mohenjo-Daro
- monumental structure
- for sacred rituals of cleanliness to a nice place to cool off on a hot summer day
3
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Standardized Stone Weights
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- offer further evidence for control over the flow of goods
- plain cubes of rock carefully carved to adhere to a strict standard
4
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Harappan Script
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has not yet been deciphered and is known mostly from small carved stone sealings used to mark vessels and bundles
5
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Anyang
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- a site in northern China and the capital of the Late Shang Dynasty
- 1,000 simple sacrificial burials and 11 deep burial pits reached by ramps
6
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Shang Dynasty
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the second of three powerful dynasties that emerged in northern China
7
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Inscribed Oracle Bones
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- bones that were used in divination rituals and predict weather
- a major source of written evidence about the Shang Dynasty
8
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Elite Feasting in China
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- found from all levels of society
- during the Shang Dynasty the world of the ancestors was socially ranked
- meant only royalty are feasted and only the royal dead can apparently become spirits
9
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Sacrificial Burials in China
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- humans, animals and objects were sacrificed
- feasting and sacrificial burials were distinct
