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ANCIENT s . asia

ANCIENT s . asia. 6000 bce Towns. HARAPPAN. Indus R. Uniform Streets, layout. Urban 40k +. Crops Animals. TRADE. Wealth Housing. Sewer system Baths, showers. SOCIETY. Wealth Organized Govt.?. DECLINE?. INDO-EUROPEANS. Invasions Aryans (noble ones) Race?. Nomads.

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ANCIENT s . asia

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  1. ANCIENT s. asia

  2. 6000 bce • Towns

  3. HARAPPAN • Indus R.

  4. Uniform • Streets, layout

  5. Urban • 40k +

  6. Crops • Animals

  7. TRADE

  8. Wealth • Housing

  9. Sewer system • Baths, showers

  10. SOCIETY • Wealth • Organized • Govt.?

  11. DECLINE?

  12. INDO-EUROPEANS • Invasions • Aryans (noble ones) • Race?

  13. Nomads

  14. Class • Brahmans • Kshatriyas • Vaishyas (merchants) • Shudras (commoners)

  15. VEDAS • Oral; later written • Hymns, prayers

  16. Aryan shift: sedentary life • ++ large cities

  17. JANAPADAS • 800 bce • Agrarian states • Consolidation • Maharajas: secular, divine

  18. VILLAGE • Central • Family?

  19. Patriarchal • Duties? • Two themes: • Pleasure • Protect from society

  20. RELIGION • ???? • Rough, violent world

  21. HINDUISM • Caste • Karma • Good/bad • Moksha • Dharma • “Acceptance”

  22. BUDDHISM • 5th cent. b.c.e. • S. Guatama

  23. BELIEFS • End rebirth? • Suffering • Moral

  24. JAINISM • Ahimsa: nonviolence

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