ANCIENT s . asia
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ANCIENT S. ASIA
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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
ClassBrahmansKshatriyasVaishyas (merchants)Shudras (commoners)
VEDAS Oral; later written
Hymns, prayers
Aryan shift: sedentary life
++ large cities
JANAPADAS 800 bce
Agrarian states
Consolidation
Maharajas: secular, divine
VILLAGE Central
Family?
Patriarchal
Duties?
Two themes:PleasureProtect from society
RELIGION ????
Rough, violent world
HINDUISMCaste
Karma◦Good/bad
Moksha
Dharma◦“Acceptance”
BUDDHISM 5th cent. b.c.e. S. Guatama
BELIEFS End rebirth?
Suffering
Moral
JAINISM Ahimsa: nonviolence
