“Chuck Norris ordered a Big Mac at Burger King…and got one.”

Chuck Norris Fact:

Thoughts on an Empire• Empires are large and

often control territories with different cultures

• Empires often produce amazing advancements

• Empires rely on a strong central government

• Empires are hard to maintain, especially as they grow larger

• Empires require the citizens to put allegiance above all else, which is very hard to do

Ride’r til she bucks!

Eastern EmpiresIndia & China

Map of the East

Indian Empires• Aryan Empire

• The Caste System & Hinduism to India

• Era ended by Alexander the Great• Mauryan Empire

• Spread Buddhism• Improved Roads• Built hospitals• Encouraged learning

• Gupta Empire• Increased Trade• Supported Art & Literature• Advances in Math, Science,

Astronomy, Medicine• Known as the Golden Age of Hindu

Culture• Era ended by the Huns

I’m Awesome! They don’t call

me “the Average” for a

reason.

Gifts of the Indian Empires• Hindusim

• Buddhism• Concept of Zero• Infinity• Decimal System• Earth was NOT Flat• Solar Year• Setting Bones• Skin Grafts

Hinduism• Provides a roadmap

for life• Upanishads & Bhagavad-

Gita

• Religion that combines polytheism and monotheism

• Belief in reincarnation• Karma

• Both the Ganges River & Cows are sacred

Pie!

I hate green

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Buddhism• Religion based on the life

of Siddhartha Gautama• Belief in self-denial,

meditation & reincarnation

• No single supreme being or holy book

• Buddhists follow the Four Noble Truths & the Eightfold Path

• Buddhists are in search of Nirvana

I’m Huge!

Chinese Dynasties• Shang

• First Dynasty, establishes tradition

• Zhou• Establishes Feudalism• Builds Empire• Confucius & Lao-Tzu

• Qin • First Emperor of China• Built Roads & Canals• Uniform Systems – Weights &

Measures• Great Wall of China• Terra Cotta Warriors

• Han• Invented Paper• Civil Service Exams• Creation of the Silk Roads• Confucianism Grows• Women take a lesser role

Confucius & Other Philosophies

• Confucius lived during the end of the Zhou Dynasty• Wrote about relationships

& social order• Ideas were the basis for

many aspects of Chinese culture

• Lao-Tsu wrote about Daoism and the natural order of life, using nature as an example

• Yin-Yang helped to explain the natural order of Life

• Buddhism entered Chinese culture and became very popular

Its all about

respect!

Moment of Zen