Unit 2 Flashcards
slash and burn agriculture
*terraced feilds
*hunted/raised deer
*corn, beans, squash
* environmental damage
* drought
Mayan interaction
- crowded cities
- Royal family
- Big population
Mayan social
- City-States most rulers men
- wars for tribute, not territory
*Kings decended from gods
*no standing Armies
*decentralized government - women could rule if no men were in heir
Mayan government
*taxes Paid by crops and gov. labor
*tribute
Mayan economy
used limestone in religious buildings *god of moon (girl)
Human sacrifice
*ball games
* temples
Pyramids
*Polytheistic
* gods of sun, lain, corn
* Priests had great Power
Mayan culture
Astronomy
* Science
linked with religion
Accurate calendar
・ Zero
* lacked metal tools
Mayan technology
*chang’an-capital and cultural center
- land reforms
* Silk roads
*expansion
Han interaction
Civil service examination
* Pax Sinica
* Population growth
* scholars and beurocrats are highest in Society
*Patriarchy
* fidial Piety
Han social
Han Shin
*Imperial system
* emporer Gaozu
* civil service exam
*Strong centralized government
* Pax sinica
*Wudi
Han government
“Golden age
* Peasent class
* Agricultucal stability
* Iron + silk Production
* Steel production
* consolidated land under the elites
Han economy
contusanism /
*Dastsm
* Buddhism
* Mandate of heaven
* Confucianism
Han culture
metal factories
* chinese dictionary
* Paper
Han technology
*Great wall in the north
* Great canal
*location was good for trade
Qin interaction
Peasants could own land
* rich deacceases
* Patriarcy
life was creul
* Rebellion
* Spies
Qin social
Strong centralized government
*legalism, strict laws harsh punishment
* Моnarcy
* Shi hugandi
*expansion
* no free speech
Qin government
