Ap World Notes
- No solid political system
- While China rose to power they did not believe in a certain god while India believed in many gods.
- Male dominated society, women had virtually no rights
Mauryan/Gupta India
Political – Caste System, Regionalism + diversity, Ashoka (grandson of Chandra Gupta, led military, converted to Buddhism and the promoted peace throughout India, wrote on rocks all through India encouraging peace and unification throughout India)
Economics – traded + merchants (lots of seafaring merchants that traded with South East Asia.
Religious –
Buddhism - (prince (Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
), Was a very spiritual person that inspired Buddhism, followed the 8-fold path)
Hinduism – polytheistic religion based on many gods and mystical beasts. Believe that when you die you are reincarnated based on how good you were in your previous life (karma).
Social –
Caste system – Brahmins (5 stages, cannot advance past the class you were born into, still exists in some parts of India.)
Intellectual and Achievements – Concept of negative numbers, 0, and Pi (3.14), Arabic Numerals (Arabic language and Culture had a lot of influence on Indian culture)
Thesis Statement
Compare and Contrast the historical processes in the rise and consolidation of 2 of the following classical empires
- Han China - Imperial Rome -Mauryan/Gupta India
There were many similarities and differences in the historical processes of Han China and Mauryan/Gupta India. The first similarity is in women’s rights. In both China and India women possessed virtually no rights, the entire society was based around men. One of the differences between theses two societies was in religion. The people of India were polytheistic, and believed in many gods. However, although the Chinese had three religions over the years, they did not believe in “God” or “gods” for that matter. Another difference between them is that India’s government was never very strong or powerful, while
- While China rose to power they did not believe in a certain god while India believed in many gods.
- Male dominated society, women had virtually no rights
Mauryan/Gupta India
Political – Caste System, Regionalism + diversity, Ashoka (grandson of Chandra Gupta, led military, converted to Buddhism and the promoted peace throughout India, wrote on rocks all through India encouraging peace and unification throughout India)
Economics – traded + merchants (lots of seafaring merchants that traded with South East Asia.
Religious –
Buddhism - (prince (Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
), Was a very spiritual person that inspired Buddhism, followed the 8-fold path)
Hinduism – polytheistic religion based on many gods and mystical beasts. Believe that when you die you are reincarnated based on how good you were in your previous life (karma).
Social –
Caste system – Brahmins (5 stages, cannot advance past the class you were born into, still exists in some parts of India.)
Intellectual and Achievements – Concept of negative numbers, 0, and Pi (3.14), Arabic Numerals (Arabic language and Culture had a lot of influence on Indian culture)
Thesis Statement
Compare and Contrast the historical processes in the rise and consolidation of 2 of the following classical empires
- Han China - Imperial Rome -Mauryan/Gupta India
There were many similarities and differences in the historical processes of Han China and Mauryan/Gupta India. The first similarity is in women’s rights. In both China and India women possessed virtually no rights, the entire society was based around men. One of the differences between theses two societies was in religion. The people of India were polytheistic, and believed in many gods. However, although the Chinese had three religions over the years, they did not believe in “God” or “gods” for that matter. Another difference between them is that India’s government was never very strong or powerful, while