China and India were two of the greatest classical civilizations in human history. They both possessed elaborate societal levels and castes that defined the way that their citizens lived‚ with India having an official caste system‚ while China had a pecking order of Lords‚ famer-peasants‚ and “mean” people. However‚ India was made up of diverse and unstable empires‚ while China was usually unified under a single ruler in a line of kings‚ making it a far more powerful and politically successful nation
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DYANSTIES (sequence of rulers from same family) Shang Zhou • First known Chinese dynasty (1750-1027 BCE) • Woman sold into slavery • Religion: animism‚ ancestor worship‚ human and animal sacrifice • Replaced Shang rulers as they came from the north‚ they adopted and built on Shang culture/ achievements and expanded territory • Dominated early Chinese civilization along Huanghe river • Lasted from 1027-480 BCE‚ longest dynasty in Chinese history • Didn’t establish powerful government‚ ruled
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Chapter 4 Big Picture Questions 1. What common features can you identify in the empires described in this chapter? • All empires controlled large areas and populations. • All empires were brought together by conquest and funded in part by extracting wealth from conquered peoples. • All empires stimulated the exchange of ideas‚ cultures‚ and values among the peoples they conquered. • All empires sought to foster an imperial identity that transcended more local identities and loyalties. • All
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national Daoism groups. Every base of religion and culture that Genghis Khan was credited for was actually just based off of what Kublai Khan felt was important during his reign as emperor. Part of the reason that the Yuan was open to more religions was because of the Mongolians‚ they were very smart and open to different things. Towards the end of the Yuan dynasty they adopted Islam and was practiced similar to today. They also used Buddhism‚ but that eventually took the back seat to Daoism because
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Memorial on the burning of books was a policy embraced by Qin’s First Emperor during 213 BC. Books of the hundred schools of thought on ideologies and philosophers of the Spring and Autumn/Warring states period. Included Confucianism and Taoism were burned. This led to the vanishing of various scripts on schools of thought and added to open dispute from civilians against Qin’s rule. The first emperor Qin Shi Huang want to be in complete power and so in the event that researchers had distinctive thoughts
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Acorn Packet – Review Questions: Packet 1 – Foundations and Classical Eras Technological and Environmental transformations and the Organization and reorganization of human societies 8000 B.C.E. – 600 C.E. Answer each part of each question below as thoroughly as possible using your textbook‚ chapter outlines‚ review books‚ and class work. 1. How did the use of fire/tools change civilization? Describe the characteristics of hunter-gatherer societies. -The rise of writing in cuneiform tablets
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In both documents they discuss about how Confucianism is the right way to go. An example of this is when in document three it says‚ “If Buddhism is the greatest and most venerable of ways‚ why did the great sages of the past and Confucius not practice it?”. This quote shows how they believed that
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AP WORLD STUDY GUIDE UNIT 1 Chapter 1 Before Civilization Around 10‚000 years ago‚ during the Neolithic Age‚ humans began to cultivate plants and to domesticate animals in various parts of the world. Climate change is probably the major reason for the switch from food gathering to food production. Although farming is often harder than hunting and gathering‚ agriculturalists‚ because of their capacity to increase their population‚ expanded across much of the planet at the expense of hunter-gatherers
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I. History Review through 600 CE A. Nomads: Follow the Food 1. Satisfy basic needs: shelter and food a. No cities‚ didn’t know how to farm 2. Foraging societies (hunter-gatherer clans): hunt and gather b. Small group of people traveled from point to point based on the climate availability of plants and animals in an area c. Limitations: i. Capacity of their surroundings ii. Inability to store food long-term
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years. In his era‚ China consists of many states. Among them‚ six states are strong enough to influence the future of the kingdom. Military conflicts frequently occurred among them. In order to build up strength to survive‚ many states adopt Legalism which implies strict laws to its people. In this troubling time‚ the very first in human history‚ Confucius proposes his ideology which roots deeply ever in Chinese culture. The reason that makes Confucius one of the most important philosophers
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