India and China Flashcards
First 2 Indian Empires
Gupta and Mauryan
Kautila
Adviser to Chandra Gupta, said that empires survive on spies and assasins.
Asoka
Expansionist warlord to Buddhist pacifist.
Matriarch
Women in charge
Patriarch
Men in charge
Taxes were put on
Water and crops
Religions
Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism
Mathematical Discoveries and inventions
0, Decimals, round Earth, 365 days.
Chinese horseback fighters (Murder squads, Horse Vikings, etc)
Xiongnu
Why farmers where angry
Taxed crops
Wudi colonized
Manchuria, Korea, and Vietnam
What peasants had to do for community
Work on irrigation systems.
Assimilation
merge groups
Silk Road
Trade route from Asia to Europe
Fall of Han Empire
Rich took advantage of the poor
How the 3 Kingdoms formed.
Han falls, Civil War between 21 provinces, then 21 provinces turn to 3 provinces. (Wu, Wei, Shu) Wu takes Shu, becomes Jin, then Jin takes Wei, and unites China.
Kalidasa
Ancient Indian playwright
Court Culture
Child emperor’s dad dies, then kids has to pick weather the Eunuchs or the kid’s family ruled.