Gobal quiz three Flashcards
Harrapa Civilization
2500-2000 BCE
Hindu kush mountains
mountain range northwest of the himilayes. sepertates pakistan and afghanistan
Khybur pass
natural route of migration into south asia (between mountains)
Indus River
Location of first civilizations in south asia. runs through pakistan, down the the arabian sea
Ganges river
runs across northern inida, more importantly was holy to Hinduism,
what happened in 1926
harrapa was discovered
clues to hwy the harrapans were a big powerful civilization
one: cities were constructed in a planned way
2: had two cities called Harrapa and Mohenjo Daro, and architectural is the same in both
Aryans
polytheists that spoke the sanskrit aryan language. (1500-500BCE)
Vedas
5 holy books of the aryans. today, there are libraries of holy books andto be an expert you need to read them. this is hinduism.
STUDY SOCIAL CLASS OF ARYANS
VERY IMPORTANT
maksha
hindu heaven (final resting place)
samsara
reincarnation (endless cycle of life and rebirth
Dharma
responsibilities of caste
Karma
“what goes around, comes around”
Siddhartha Gartama
founder of Bhudism known as the enlightened one
Nirvana
Buddist Heaven
4 noble truths
ONE: There is suffering
TWO: Suffering has an origin; desire and attachment
THREE: SUFFERING CAN CEASE; STOP DESIRE
FOUR: There is a path out of suffering, the eight flow path (teachings of the budda)
Chandragupta maurya
(322-298 BCE) founder of Maurya empire. was VERY VERY paranoid
maurya empire
322-184 BCE
what did chandragupta maurya do which he derived from the persians?
divided the empire into provinces, and he collected taxes in currency, not crops
maurya writings
writing system was developed by the persians, but was not spread until maurya empire
What did Chandragupta maurya spend all his money on?
military and roads to avoid rebellion. at the same time, these roads increased trade.
Ashoka
(298-232)BCE granson of chandragupta maurya. was not the oldest grandson, but provoked a 5 civil war with his older brother for the throne he won. In 26, he LLLLLOVED being kashatriya and wanted to move on to BRAHIM decided to expand and conquer everything to aquire great dharma.
battle of kallnga
(261 bce) 8 years after he killed his bro, he killed 100,000 kolinghu in one battle
chandra gupta
(320-335 ruled) founder of the gupta empire
gupta empire
(320-480 C.E
samundra gupta
(335-375) gets most of the land for the gupta empire.
Chandra gupta 2
(375-415) opens coast for arabian sea. this opened trade for persia and china. was important because himilayas blocked china and persia was blocked by south asian barbarians. Because of all the $ from trade, they were rich
skandra gupta
(415-467) defends the kingdom against 450CE white huns invasions
skandra’s son
(467-480) last emperor. killed by barbarians/
what did Chandra Gupta 2 spend most his money on?
he waned to use the money gained from trade to help people. number one things he spent on was artists.
What contributions did teh guptas make for us?
They invented 0, infinity, pie, and the decimal system. They also discovered that if u washed your hands before surgery, infections was less likely to occur.
Hindu varna
caste system
roja
NOMADS tribal cheif first
Kashatriya (nomads)
warriors second
Brahmin (nomads)
priests third
common people
NOMADS fourth
slaves (POW)
NOMADS fifth
Brahmin (aryan)
priests, first
Kashatriya (aryan)
warriors and police force second
Vaishya
ARYANS third merchants, artisans
Sudra
ARYANS peasonts, labor, farmers.fourth
Untouchables (harigan) or (dalit)
outcasts ARYANS fifth untouchable for religious reasons
