logging in or signing up REG WH LESSON 4 India N mlstuart1 Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 92 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (1) Dislike it (0) Added: September 13, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 2 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Eastern Civilizations: India and China : Eastern Civilizations: India and China 3000 BC to 320 BC India and China : India and China Another early civilization also began in the Indus River Valley on the Indian sub-continent. Subcontinent: land mass large enough to be a continent, but already attached to one. India and China : India and China Slide 4: Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal Indian Ocean Sri Lanka Indus River Ganges River Hindu Kush Mts Himalaya Mts A B C D E F G H India and China : India and China 3000 BC: Two large cities were built along the Indus River: Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. They were large cities laid out in gridded streets. The inhabitants wrote in hieroglyphics (picture writing), but their writing is not well understood today. India and China : India and China Their buildings were of clay brick, similar to those in Mesopotamia. Indus people traded with Mesopotamia through the Persian Gulf. Many ideas were exchanged. Slide 7: Remains of Mohenjo-Daro showing excellent brick work. India and China : India and China Society was agricultural to support a large population. People depended upon the monsoon season. Monsoon: seasonal wind that brings much rain. India and China : India and China Religion: People in the Indus region were polytheistic, and animistic. Animism: believing that spirits are everywhere. The Indus civilization lasted from 3000 BC to 1500 BC. India and China : India and China In 1500 BC, the Indus river valley was invaded by a northern people called the Aryans. They invaded through the wide Khyber Pass that came through the Hindu-Kush mountains. India and China : India and China The Aryans conquered and destroyed the Indus civilization, and set up their own civilization, which became the Indian culture of present day. The Aryans set up a rigid social system called a caste system. India and China : India and China Caste: social level into which one is born and cannot leave. Class: social level from which one can move up or down, usually. India and China : India and China Aryans had 5 castes that divided society: Brahman priests Warriors nobles Wealthy land owners Peasants and artisans Untouchables or pariahs Hindu Priest India and China : India and China One was born into his caste and died there. Intermarriage was forbidden between castes. Untouchables, or pariahs, did society’s menial jobs and lived in their own communities. India and China : India and China Aryans also brought to India their own religion called Hinduism. Hinduism was a polytheistic religion of hundreds of gods with a main god called Brahma. Two other important gods were Siva and Vishnu. Slide 16: Siva Slide 17: Vishnu Slide 18: Ganesh India and China : India and China Hinduism was based on the idea of the “transmigration of souls” or reincarnation. Reincarnation: the soul returns for another life-time. India and China : India and China Rebirth of the soul allowed one to be reborn in a new caste depending upon his Karma. Karma: one’s role in life depending upon the previous life. India and China : India and China One keeps coming back until one reaches Nirvana. Nirvana: state of being where the soul becomes one with Brahma. The soul has now reached a state of perfection. India and China : India and China Reincarnation operates according the law of the universe which Hindus called Dharma. Aryans were very religious and possessed sacred writings called the Vedas. The were written in a style called sanskrit. Slide 23: Sanskrit writing India and China : India and China Sanskrit is still the official written style used today in India. Also written in this style is the Upanishads, later philosophical and religious teachings, done by Hindu mystics. Mystic: individual of intense spirituality. India and China : India and China The most famous of the Upanishads is the Bhagavad Gita a poetic presentation by the god Krishna. India had several powerful dynasties: Mauryan Gupta India and China : India and China 250 BC: The Mauryan dynasty saw extreme power under the ruler Ashoka. Ashoka left the Hindu religion to convert to Buddhism, and tried to convert all of India. India became the crossroads of trade at that time. Ashoka the Great India and China : India and China 280-550 AD: Under the Gupta Dynasty that followed, India continued to increase in power due to trade. The Guptas returned Hinduism to India and played down Buddhism. Art and sculpture excelled during the Gupta period. End unit 4 : End unit 4 You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
REG WH LESSON 4 India N mlstuart1 Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 92 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (1) Dislike it (0) Added: September 13, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 2 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Eastern Civilizations: India and China : Eastern Civilizations: India and China 3000 BC to 320 BC India and China : India and China Another early civilization also began in the Indus River Valley on the Indian sub-continent. Subcontinent: land mass large enough to be a continent, but already attached to one. India and China : India and China Slide 4: Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal Indian Ocean Sri Lanka Indus River Ganges River Hindu Kush Mts Himalaya Mts A B C D E F G H India and China : India and China 3000 BC: Two large cities were built along the Indus River: Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. They were large cities laid out in gridded streets. The inhabitants wrote in hieroglyphics (picture writing), but their writing is not well understood today. India and China : India and China Their buildings were of clay brick, similar to those in Mesopotamia. Indus people traded with Mesopotamia through the Persian Gulf. Many ideas were exchanged. Slide 7: Remains of Mohenjo-Daro showing excellent brick work. India and China : India and China Society was agricultural to support a large population. People depended upon the monsoon season. Monsoon: seasonal wind that brings much rain. India and China : India and China Religion: People in the Indus region were polytheistic, and animistic. Animism: believing that spirits are everywhere. The Indus civilization lasted from 3000 BC to 1500 BC. India and China : India and China In 1500 BC, the Indus river valley was invaded by a northern people called the Aryans. They invaded through the wide Khyber Pass that came through the Hindu-Kush mountains. India and China : India and China The Aryans conquered and destroyed the Indus civilization, and set up their own civilization, which became the Indian culture of present day. The Aryans set up a rigid social system called a caste system. India and China : India and China Caste: social level into which one is born and cannot leave. Class: social level from which one can move up or down, usually. India and China : India and China Aryans had 5 castes that divided society: Brahman priests Warriors nobles Wealthy land owners Peasants and artisans Untouchables or pariahs Hindu Priest India and China : India and China One was born into his caste and died there. Intermarriage was forbidden between castes. Untouchables, or pariahs, did society’s menial jobs and lived in their own communities. India and China : India and China Aryans also brought to India their own religion called Hinduism. Hinduism was a polytheistic religion of hundreds of gods with a main god called Brahma. Two other important gods were Siva and Vishnu. Slide 16: Siva Slide 17: Vishnu Slide 18: Ganesh India and China : India and China Hinduism was based on the idea of the “transmigration of souls” or reincarnation. Reincarnation: the soul returns for another life-time. India and China : India and China Rebirth of the soul allowed one to be reborn in a new caste depending upon his Karma. Karma: one’s role in life depending upon the previous life. India and China : India and China One keeps coming back until one reaches Nirvana. Nirvana: state of being where the soul becomes one with Brahma. The soul has now reached a state of perfection. India and China : India and China Reincarnation operates according the law of the universe which Hindus called Dharma. Aryans were very religious and possessed sacred writings called the Vedas. The were written in a style called sanskrit. Slide 23: Sanskrit writing India and China : India and China Sanskrit is still the official written style used today in India. Also written in this style is the Upanishads, later philosophical and religious teachings, done by Hindu mystics. Mystic: individual of intense spirituality. India and China : India and China The most famous of the Upanishads is the Bhagavad Gita a poetic presentation by the god Krishna. India had several powerful dynasties: Mauryan Gupta India and China : India and China 250 BC: The Mauryan dynasty saw extreme power under the ruler Ashoka. Ashoka left the Hindu religion to convert to Buddhism, and tried to convert all of India. India became the crossroads of trade at that time. Ashoka the Great India and China : India and China 280-550 AD: Under the Gupta Dynasty that followed, India continued to increase in power due to trade. The Guptas returned Hinduism to India and played down Buddhism. Art and sculpture excelled during the Gupta period. End unit 4 : End unit 4