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Eurasian Social Hierarchies

Eurasian Social Hierarchies. AP World Mr. Colden Fall 2013. Society and the State in Classical China. An Elite of Officials. 124 B.C.E.: Wu Di established an imperial academy System favored the wealthy Bureaucrats had great prestige and privileges. The Landlord Class.

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Eurasian Social Hierarchies

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  1. Eurasian Social Hierarchies AP World Mr. Colden Fall 2013

  2. Society and the State in Classical China

  3. An Elite of Officials • 124 B.C.E.: Wu Di established an imperial academy • System favored the wealthy • Bureaucrats had great prestige and privileges

  4. The Landlord Class • Emergence of large landowning estates • State opposition • Permanence of “Scholar-Gentry”

  5. Peasants • Accounted for large portion of population • Tough Existance • Vulnerable • State • Landlords • Nature • Rebellions • 184 CE - Yellow Turban Rebellion • Maintained high esteem in Chinese culture

  6. Merchants • Chinese cultural elite disliked merchants • Effort to control merchants

  7. Class and Caste in India

  8. Caste as Varna • Origins of Caste • The “twice-born” • Brahmins • Kshatriyas (Sha-tree-uh) • Vaisya (Vice-ya) • Sudras • Varna theory • Stages of life within varna groups

  9. Caste as Jati • Social distinctions within Caste • Clearly defined social position • Jati mobility

  10. Functions of Caste • Caste / Jati was local • Reduced ability for centralization • Social security and support • Accommodation of migrant

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