"Compare/Contrast Essay: Mauryan/Gupta India and Imperial Rome methods of political control" Gupta India (320 B.C.E-550 C.E.) and Imperial Rome (31 B.C.E.-476 C.E.) both had very distinctive methods of political control based on everything from cultural reasons to geographic limitations. Many factors were present affecting the similarities and differences between the two. To begin‚ unity was difficult in India due to its geography which created a separation of sorts. However‚ it did make
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08/08/11 12:57 AM Indus valley to the Pre-British era : 1. Indus Valley 2. Maurya Dynasty 3.Gupta Empire 4. Mughal Empire 5. Mewar Dynasty 6. Vijayanagar Empire 7. Maratha Empire 8. Ahom Kingdom 9. Kushan Dynasty 10. Satavahana Dynasty I. MAURYA DYNASTY COSTUME Men and women continued to wear three unstitched garments‚ as in Vedic times. The main garment was the antariya of white cotton‚ linen or flowered muslin‚ sometimes embroidered in gold and precious stones. For men‚ it was an unstitched
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Ciana Lancaster 11/12/12 Mayan Civilization Religion C & CM The Mayans loved their Gods; to show their love for the Gods‚ they would sacrifice humans. Maya religion was polytheistic- which means they worshipped or believed in more than one god. The Mayan gods were seen as forces of nature. Since so many Mayans were farmers‚ most of their gods were related to agriculture. Religion was the most important thing in life to the Mayan people. Just about everything in their lives revolved around
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Maya people. They all had their share of problems‚ but the impact on history is great. The Mayans had a religion which is still being explored. The Mayans religion consists of multiple gods and human sacrifice. Many years of deciphering the ancient Maya writing has shown that the Mayans were a people of faith. The Mayans prided themselves with the deep connection of the supernatural world. According to the Mayans the earth is said to be the work of Huracan‚ the wind and sky god. The sky and earth connected
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The Mayan civilization was located in what is now known as Guatemala‚ Belize‚ Honduras‚ El Salvador and also in the area of the five southern states of Mexico‚ including Campeche‚ Chiapas‚ Quintana Roo‚ Tabasco‚ and Yucatan. The civilization was originally founded during the pre-classic period (about 2‚000 BC to 250 AD). According to the chronology of Central America‚ many of the Mayan cities reached their highest level of sophistication through the classic period (approx. 250 BC to 900 AD)‚ and
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society was a big part of their culture. The Mayan culture is a complex‚ largely interconnected whole that consists of the knowledge‚ belief‚ art‚ law‚ morals‚ customs‚ skills‚ and habits learned from parents and others in society. Long before Europeans thought to sail across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas‚ Mayan people conquered the rugged highlands of Guatemala‚ the dense jungles of the Yucatan‚ and the tropical lowlands of the Pacific Coast. Here‚ Mayan people built vast cities‚ cities that rivaled
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THE MAYANS The Mayans lived in what is today Mexico‚ North America‚ and lived in both the highlands and lowlands of Mesoamerica. It was a very mountainous region‚ with many minerals in the soil‚ and a dry‚ cool‚ climate. The villages that were located in the highlands are where southern Guatemala is today‚ and the villages that were located in the lowlands are where northern Guatemala‚ Belize‚ and the Yucatán Peninsula are today. It was very hot and dry in the lowlands. The Mayans began their civilization
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The Mayan empire was a pre-Columbian civilization located in Central America near the Mexico - Guatemala border. These geniuses lived about 500 -600 years B.Sc. They developed technology that rivaled the masterminds of that era in the Eurasian continent. There is evidence that leads to running water‚ sewer systems and the concept of 0 which did not come to existence in the old world hundreds of years later. This empire was all about religion‚ their gods‚ and human sacrifice. Since there was an
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The Mayans of Mesoamerica The ancient Mayans were a very well developed society with a very accurate calendar‚ skilled architects‚ artisans‚ extensive traders and hunters. They are known to have developed medicine and astronomy as well. All of this was developed while the Europeans were still in the Dark Ages. Their empire covered an area of roughly 400‚000 to 500‚000 square kilometers. This area included the present day countries of Belize‚ Guatemala‚ western Honduras and El Salvador
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Compare/Contrast China and India China and India China and India were both very advanced ancient civilizations. Both agricultural based civilizations made various technological advances. Although China and India shared many similarities‚ they had differences such as the social system‚ politics‚ and the importance of trade in the economy. The hierarchy of ancient China and India were similar with a noticeable sign of select individuals being considered “higher” then others. The caste system
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