10/19/2012

Indian Trade

  • Domestic trade by foreign travelers
  • Delhi was the center of major trade
  • Their exports far exceeded their imports in number of items and volume
  • this game them great wealth
  • Used the Read sea adn Meidterranean ports
  • Arab traders hipped I ndian goods to European contries
  • Their arts and crafst were unmatched for their beauty and skill

Silk road

  • A trade route that allowed many different regions to gain acces to goods
  • extended 4,ooo miles long
  • the name came from lucrative chinese silk trade
  • most popular item traded for was silk from the Chinese
  • most important aspect was the excahnge of knowledge, beliefs and cultures
  • Danger was that it passed through mountain peaks, trhough deserts, plains, and forest
  • the mountains were the highest in the world
  • only high good would be worth the tiem of traveled goods
  • robbers stole important goods

mode of transport

  • they used flat bottomed boats and fart on the river
  •  Two whell bullock carts carreid haevy transport acroos the plains
  • Sometims pack a nimals transported good s(oxen, sheep, goats)

Items traded

  • Textiles, pearl,ivory,spices, gold, curtains, silk, domestic animals, cut stones, tortoise shells,......

Hinduism

  • they are spirits that help guide, protect and open new doors for mankind.  They have been formed over eons of time no physically there.
  • Most hindus believe in a supreme god whos posses qualities that are seen in multiple deities that come from him
  • they believe in rebirth or reicarnation that is governed by karma
  • Brahma= god that has four heads from these fours heads came the vedas-
  • Vishnu- is the second Hindu Deity, put in charge of the presercation and restoration of the univers, They belive that Vishnu had been reicarnated 9 tiem already and that he wil lonly be reincarnatreoknce more near the end of the world
  • Shiva the third Hindu Diety is the god put in charge of the distrction of the univers so that it may be rebuilt.

gods

  • Brahma- the creators
  • Vishny the preserver- associated with the sun, worshiped in northern inda
  • Shiva the destroyer worship in southern india

Priest

  • The hindu priest controlled the religion and it's beliefs
  • invented reincarnation
  • As a priest they may read, recite the hly texts to those present, however, any reincarnated hindu can perform this readings
  • they have mulitple holy days

places of worship

  • in a hindu home you will find a docarted shrine that serves as an altar for worship
  • temples would be visted during festivals and special functions which is lead by the priest and helpers

Buddhism

  • Siddhartha Guatama, the founder of Buddhism
  • he looked for enlightment, wisdom in the forest for six years
  • he was the one called the Buddha the enlightned one
  • one of the truths is the way to o vercome such desires and attain enlightment is to follow the eigthfold path called the middle way between desire and self- denial.

Belief

  • Reincarnation
  • world is created and destroyed repeatadly
  • Nirvana- relase from selfishness and pain
  • monks
  • Buddhism was spread across asia into india
  • Buddhism affect trade, had different forms, some worship buddha as a god

Therevada

  • IS translated directly to the teaching of the elders or the acient teachings
  • Therevada is the oldest surviving barch of budhism we know of it is alos closest to the orginal Buddhism than any other form
  •  it is the main religion of Sri Lanka a obout 70 percent
  • there is about 150 millilon thervada buddist in the world

Stupas

  • Holy temples filled with artifacts and relics of holy beings
  • used for meditation

 

 

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