Chapter 3 Ap World History Notes
|Chapter 3: Classical
|Civilization: India |AP World History |
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| |The Framework for Indian History: Geography and a Formative Period |
| |Important reasons for India’s distinctive path lie in geography and early historical experience. |
| |India’s topography shaped a number of vital features of its civilization. |
| |During these ages, the caste system, Sanskrit, and various belief systems were introduced. |
| |Patterns in Classical India |
| |By 600 B.C.E., India had passed through its formative stage. Indian development during its classical era did not take on |
| |the structure of rising and falling dynasties, as in China. |
| |The Guptas did not produce as dynamic a leader as Ashoka, but they did provide classical India with its greatest period |
| |of stability. |
| |The greatest of the Mauryan emperors was Ashoka (269-232 B.C.E.). |
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|Civilization: India |AP World History |
| | |
| |The Framework for Indian History: Geography and a Formative Period |
| |Important reasons for India’s distinctive path lie in geography and early historical experience. |
| |India’s topography shaped a number of vital features of its civilization. |
| |During these ages, the caste system, Sanskrit, and various belief systems were introduced. |
| |Patterns in Classical India |
| |By 600 B.C.E., India had passed through its formative stage. Indian development during its classical era did not take on |
| |the structure of rising and falling dynasties, as in China. |
| |The Guptas did not produce as dynamic a leader as Ashoka, but they did provide classical India with its greatest period |
| |of stability. |
| |The greatest of the Mauryan emperors was Ashoka (269-232 B.C.E.). |
| |[pic]