Transcript Ancient China and India ppt

ANCIENT CHINA
GEOGRAPHY
• Yellow/Huang He River
• Provided Silt, irrigation
• Called “China’s Sorrow” due to its horrible flooding.
• Isolation: no trading to know3n world early on.
SOCIAL STRUCTURE/CLASSES
• Kings ruled
• Nobles helped rule and owned land
• Peasants worked (Feudal System)
• Family Important
POLITICAL PATTERNS
• King rules all
• Mandate of Heaven – god’s approval if ruler is fair and just.
• Shang Dynasty – first dynasty in China.
ECONOMIC PATTERNS
• Used coined money
• Made iron and bronze
• Had wooden houses
SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS
• Roads and canals built to stimulate trade and agriculture
• Coined money
• Blast furnace that produced cast iron tools and weapons
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Pictograms: Enormous!!!
• Over 10,000 characters, different languages, same writing
RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
• Polytheistic
• Ancestor spirits important
• Oracle Bones- used to talk to the gods
THE INDUS
VALLEY
CIVILIZATION
(INDIA )
GEOGRAPHY
• Indian Subcontinent
• Himalayan and Hindu Kush Mountains serve as natural barriers
• Indus River Valley provided silt but had dangerous flooding
• Monsoons- seasonal rain and drought
SOCIAL PATTERNS/CLASSES
• Few social class divisions
• Toys and animals found everywhere
• Cities built on platforms
POLITICAL PATTERNS
• Theocracy
• Rulers were connected to religion
• Citadel – was the fortified city center
ECONOMIC PATTERNS
• Traded gold, silver, jewelry, cotton cloth to Mesopotamia and Egypt via river routes
SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS
• Advanced sewage system
• City Planning
• Levees
• Complex writing
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Complex language – never has been decoded
• Found on seals and stamps
RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
• Polytheistic
• No temples found
• Basis for modern Hinduism