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The Indo-Europeans

The Indo-Europeans. Chapter 3 Section 1. Key Terms. Indo-Europeans Steppes Migration Hittites Anatolia. Aryans Vedas Brahmin Caste Mahabharata. Indo-Europeans Migrate. Nomadic peoples who came from steppes Steppes dry grassland in the Caucasus Tamed horses for battle

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The Indo-Europeans

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  1. The Indo-Europeans Chapter 3 Section 1

  2. Key Terms • Indo-Europeans • Steppes • Migration • Hittites • Anatolia • Aryans • Vedas • Brahmin • Caste • Mahabharata

  3. Indo-Europeans Migrate • Nomadic peoples who came from steppes • Steppes dry grassland in the Caucasus • Tamed horses for battle • Two wheel chariots • Lived in tribes

  4. Indo-Europeans Migrate • Ancestors of modern language • Spanish, English, Persian, Hindi • Can tell where tribes settled by their language • Aryans spoke Sanskrit located in India

  5. Indo-Europeans Migrate • 1700-1200 BC started to migrate • Migration-movements of people from one region to another • Happens in waves • Long period of time

  6. The Hittite Empire • 2000 BC occupied Anatolia (Turkey) • Timber • Minerals agriculture • Occupied Babylon • Signed a peace treaty with Egyptians over Syria

  7. The Hittite Empire • Adopted Akkadian language of the Babylonians • Ideas, laws politics, literature from Mesopotamians • Chariots new in warfare • Iron weapons (sharper) • Empire fell 1190 BC

  8. Aryans Transform India • Aryans from the Caspian sea • No archaeological record • Vedas-collection of spells, prayers, rituals • Big Rig Veda- 1028 hymns • Elders passed on from generation to generation

  9. Aryans Transform India • Caste System • Brahmins- priests • Warriors • Traders, landowners • Peasants or traders • The group you belonged to determined your role in society

  10. Ayrans Transform India • Class restrictions • Shudras-laborers • Varna- skin color distinguishing feature • 4 groups became the Varnas • Portuguese called it a caste system • Determined what you did • Who you married

  11. Ayran Kingdoms Arise • Chiefs were elected by the entire tribe • 1000 BC minor kings wanted to set up territories. • Magda- major kingdom • By 200 BC Magda occupied almost the entire subcontinent

  12. Aryan Kingdoms Arise • Mahabharata- reflects the struggle as the Aryans took control • Bhagavad Gita- warrior prince and Krishna • Krishna in human form • Taught prince too fight, live, and die

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