Midterm Review Flashcards
I AM GTE
Indus River valley civilization Aryans Mauryas Gupta Turks Europeans
South Asia
India- Indus Valley
Geographic impact
Monsoons-
Ganges-
Depended on them for irrigation, blessing or curse
Believed it was holy
Cities India
Harappa and mohenjo daro
Advancements in India
Urban planning and indoor plumbing
Origins of aryan
Brought?
Khyber pass
Caste system
Follow your dharma to improve your karma
Sanskrit?
Language in India
Maurya
Leader?
Chandragupta- organized and united Indian society
Ashoka-grandson, honored, converted to Buddhism
Gupta was what
GOLDEN AGE
Gupta had
Strong central government and trade and farming
Mathematics (concept of zero) Arabic numbers- diffused to m east
Dharma
Fulfill your duties in your caste
Women
Had some respect
Sati
Jump into a funeral pyre upon becoming a widow
Buddhism origins
Buddha-siddhartha Gautama- saw suffering in the world and wanted to cure it
4 noble truths
All life is suffering
Suffering comes from desire
To end suffering, end desire
To end desire follow the way of the Buddha
Buddhism beliefs
8 fold path
8 fold path
Control your thoughts, resist evil, practice meditation, know the truth
Say nothing to hurt others, work for the goo of others
Rejects the caste system nirvana is goal
Greece geography
Many mountains and seas it is broken up into islands, city states developed
GOLDEN AGE
Had Pericles
Gov’ monarchy to aristocracy to oligarchy to democracy
Hellenistic age
Started by Alexander the Great; he conquered an enormous area of land from Greece, through Egypt through the Middle East all the way to India he allowed for cultural diffusion to occur
Rome - Pax Romana
Ronan peace 200yr golden age starting with Augustus Caesar
Rome republic to empire strong central government
Five things held it together
Treatment of conquered people
Citizenship for everyone
Technogy- sewer system, via Apia first national highway
Trade
Law- people equal under law innocent until proven guilty
Twelve tables
Laws outside of important building
Lower and upper class in Greece
Plebeians and patricians