caliphs in the west to Kingdoms of India and Chinese Empires in the east. Every region had its own way to prosperity that was threatened by wars‚ invasions of nomadic people‚ natural disasters‚ and rebellions. However‚ like everything in this world these imperial states were strongly connected to each other and did not exist in absolute isolation. These connections were determined by the thousands of miles of trade routes that extended from East Asia through the India and to the west where they reach
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The first people was thought to have reached India from Africa in 40‚000 BC. The first civilization started out as hunters and gatherers. Around 4000 BC the Indians started farming. The Indians then moved near the Indus River Valley where they started using irrigation and started building their first cities. The Indians built two main cities that we know of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Both cities are currently located in current Pakistan.The first Indian buildings and houses were built out of stone
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Judicial System In Ancient India Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Sources of Law 3. Judicial System during Vedic Period 4. Types of courts 5. Different kinds of law 6. Types Of Law Suits 7. Judicial Procedure 8. Justice during Mauryan Times 9. Justice During Gupta Times 10.Conclusion 11. Bibliography Introduction: The present judicial system is not an unanticipated formation. It is the result of prolonged and gradual process of Indian history. It has however influenced the present
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originated in Ancient India and while it has undergone changes throughout different empires‚ it is still present in modern day society. The caste systems were hereditary social classes that had four different Varnas‚ or classifications. The Varna that a person was in depended on their parents and controlled their entire lives. While the Varnas kept order throughout India‚ they also created discrimination and cruelty which is still evident in India today. When the Aryans conquered India in 1750 BC
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Primary Urbanization in ancient China had many similarities and differences with that of Ancient Mesoamerica and South America. Agriculture‚ religion‚ and politics all played a part in primary urbanization. Agriculture was a large part in the primary urbanization of Mesoamerica and South America. Maize was a major crop that was important to these cultures. These people came up with different methods of farming such as slash and burn‚ pot irrigation‚ and canal irrigation. Chinese agriculture began
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Similarities That American Society Shares With Ancient Greece The ancient Greeks were an astonishing sophisticated society. This civilization‚ more than any other has molded what we observe in our world today. Everywhere we look‚ we see echoes of that world in our own. We can acquire more about our own existences and see replicated ideas of the ancient Greece that are seen in many of America’s great ideas. Buildings‚ monuments‚ and even houses have always borrowed ideas from some of Greece’s most
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The inventions of China shaped the world we live in today‚ no matter what country you live in. From silk‚ to gunpowder‚ to paper‚ and even agricultural advances all stem from China. Even smaller‚ personal convenience items‚ such as the bristle toothbrush‚ umbrellas‚ and the compass were invented by these brilliant people. The mulberry silk worm has brought much wealth to the country of China and created a material that is like no other. The method of creating silk was a well-kept secret by the
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The empires of Rome and China were very great ones‚ they both had many similarities and differences in the way they ran their empires. One major difference was the way they treated their women. Both Chinese and Roman women were unequal in social status than the men of the empires were‚ but they were definitely treated different in both empires. Women of China were treated quite harshly and were expected to take orders at all times by their husbands‚ and were to serve them always. This started to
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simply an aid to esthetic pleasure. By the 10th century‚ gunpowder began to be used for military purposes in China in the form of rockets and explosive bombs fired from catapults. The first reference to cannon appears in 1126 when oil bamboo tubes were used to launch missiles at the enemy. Eventually bamboo tubes were replaced by metal tubes‚ and the oldest cannon in China dates from 1290. From China‚ the military use of gunpowder appears to have spread to Japan and Europe. "It was used by the Mongols
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periods before being written down. As a more urban culture developed‚ academies provided a means of transmission for speculative and philosophical literature in early civilizations‚ resulting in the prevalence of literature in Ancient China‚ Ancient India‚ Persia and Ancient Greece and Rome. Many works of earlier periods‚ even in narrative form‚ had a covert moral or didactic purpose‚ such as the Sanskrit Panchatantra or the Metamorphoses of Ovid. Drama and satire also developed as urban culture provided
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