Transcript The Golden Age of the Gupta Empire

THE GOLDEN AGE OF
THE GUPTAS
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I. GEOGRAPHY
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I. GEOGRAPHY
A. Mountains protected
civilization from
invaders: Hindu Kush
and Himalaya Mts.
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I. GEOGRAPHY
B. Indus & Ganges Rivers
provided water and
fertile land
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II. POLITICAL: 320 TO 500 C.E.
A.
Strong, efficient, centralized government,
however, gave power to local leaders
B. Strong government lead to such peace and
prosperity that people could focus on more
than just survival. This period of great
cultural achievement is called a Golden Age.
III. INTELLECTUAL
A. Mathematics
1. zero as a placeholder
2. decimal system
III. INTELLECTUAL
A. Mathematics
3. eventually their
way of writing
numbers spread
to the western
world and
replaced Roman
Numerals
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III. INTELLECTUAL
B. Medicine
1. Set bones
2. Repair facial injuries
3. Smallpox vaccine
IV. RELIGION
A. Hinduism brought order to society within
society
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V. ARTISTIC
A. Plays and literature
1. Fables and folk tales were written in Sanskrit
2. Spread to Persia, Egypt, and Greece.
VI. TECHNOLOGICAL
A. Architecture
1. Hindu temples
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VI. TECHNOLOGICAL
A. Architecture
2. Buddhist stupas -shrines that
contain remains of
holy people
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VII. ECONOMIC
A. Golden Age = prosperity
VIII. SOCIAL
A. Caste System
1. Number of castes increased as occupations
increased
2. No social mobility: movement between
social classes
VIII. SOCIAL
A. Caste System
B. Patriarchal Society: oldest male is the head of
the household