Indian Trade
people in China, West Asia, Africa, and Europe spent most of their time farming
in northern China people farmed mostly wheat and in southern China people farmed mostly rice
there was trade between China adn the West
many people shipped silk to the West and imported gold
some traders went south to India and some went along the northern Silk Road through Turkestan and Uzbekistan
all around the world this was a time of unification and they came together by trading with each other and building empires
the great empires formed during the last years before Christ
Silk Road: A road that consists of several different branches that follow a path of oasis towns around the edges of foreboding deserts and harsh mountain ranges, and then reconnect in the city of Kashgar
Silk Road
trade route around Asia, Mediterranean, European area and Africa
Chinese traded silk on the route
India traded fabrics, spices, dyes, ivory
Hinduism
Deities
Thousands of lesser deities or devas
3 main or great deities, the Trimurti, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva
They stood for the creation, the present, and destruction and recreation respectively
Facts
hinduism is the 3rd largest and oldest religion in the world
there was no single founder of hinduism
they worship in a temple
most scriptures are written in sanskrit
eight important hindu festivals
Principles
Hinduism includes a wide spectrum of laws and prescriptions of daily morality based on karma, dharma socital norms
is more about intellectual and philosophical points of view, rather than beliefs
Formed by diverse traditions and has no single founder
Often called the oldest living religion
Scriptures
Shruti (heard)-it is believed that ancient Hindus, called Rishis, heard the trughts o fhte universe from the things around them and translated them into words that humans could understand
made up of Vedas and Upanishads
Smriti (memorized)-peotry and epics, explains truths through symbolism and mythology, rules
Brahma
known as creator of the world and the Vedas, the hindu scripture
Wife is Saraswati, commonly known as the mother of the Vedas
Father of Manu, who all humans are descendants of
Vishnu
he is commonly known as narayana
described as having the devine color of water filled clouds
four armed and holding a fotus
he is the god of the present
Shiva
is a major Hindu deity
Destroyer or transformer among the Trimurti
is known as the most powerful god in Hinduism
has 5 important works: creator, preserver, destroyer, concealer, and revealer
Also commonly known as Rudra
Often depicted slaying demons
Involved deeply in meditation usually
Military Conquests
historians consider these conquers of this time the bloddiest chapter of human history
there was a lot of good rulers during this time period
500 BC: the ascetic prince Hahavira founds Jainism in northern India
the Magadha dynasties-three dynasy: Shishunga dynasty, Nanda dynasty, and Maurya dynasty
Mauryan Armies were made up of four parts: the chariot, elephant, infantry, and archers
the Chola Dynasy dominated the southern part of India around 500 BC
The Himalayan moutains split India from the rest of Asia, leaving many of the Indian Kingdoms open for battle for dominance
At the peak of the Mauryan empire they had 750,000 soldiers
most warfare was between the Indian Kingdoms
As mililtary of India advanced, so did many other things such as elephansts and bamboo bows
They made advances in weaponry and armor
Alexander the Great planned to take over India so he could get to the "great outer sea" which he believed was the other side of India
The deserts of India were mainly controlled by highly skilled mounted warriors, called Rajput's
The Shishunaga dynasty were the fist to use catapults
the bow was the main and most deadly weapon for Indian Military
Maurya dynasty have 600,000 infantry men
the Mauryan empire was the first empire to unite all of India
The Mauryan empire was made up of chariots, elephants, infantry and archers which was the largest part of the force
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