Monday:
Assyrian
political
- Lands-Dependent territory
- kings
- monarchy
- military- New territory
- New lands-income
- Refusal to pay- destroyed their cities and kill people
- rose to power at 850 B.B
- Highly advanced military
- top of line weapons
- Good strategy
Power fell
- fell in 612 B.C
- Spread to thin
- Death of Ashurbanipal
- armies destroyed
Economy
- Taxes and tribute
- agriculture and herding
- A person could only do a job within social class
- Carpenters, fishing, potter, masonry, and leather producers
Geography
- Located in northern mesopotamia
- the Assyrians decided to settle there becasue it had good soil, rivers in the region
Social
- Kings wealthy lived their life very rich and spent most of their time feasting
- the other citizens spent most of their time working on farms or other hard labor
Religion
- much more monotheistic
Tuesday:
Harapans
Political
- Began 5,000 years ago
- Lasted about 2,000 years
- ended with mutual consent to move where the monsoon winds were more reluiable
- no wars, focused on making city better place
- people were diverse
Economy
- Brahmins (priests kings)
- Kshatriyas (warriors)
- Vaisyas (skilled traders)
- Sudras (unskilled workers)
- Pariah (untouchables)
- They traded
Geography
- About the size of western europe (The whole Indus civilizations not just harappa)
- Settled in the land of 7 rivers
- same size bricks for buildings
Natural barriers
- Many rivers- provided rich agricultural land
- Arabian sea- Provided food and protection
- Himalaya mountains: Provided protection
- Thar Desert: provided protection
- Pakistani Ranges- provided protection
Housing
- Everything was uniform, perfect size and weight
- preferred 2 story buildings with a small courtyard
- water wells
- advanced waste removal tech, toilets and drainage systems
- one public bath
Social
- Gender roles- woman had many rights - could be chief
- religion- theocracy- Shiva
- education- literate, agriculture
- entertainment- playing dice and marble, gambling
Technological advances: Bullock driven carts, boats and stuff
Wednesday:
Egyptians
Who controls what?
- They ruled in dynastys
- there were 28 dynasties from 300 BC to 0 AD
- Pharohs- kings
What types of governments?
- Mostly dynasties
How did they lose power
- they lost power if they died or were killed
Type of economy
- was strictly organized and controlled
- used a type of money barter system
How did people make a living?
agriculture
Natural barriers
- deserts to the east and west of nile river
- mountains
- Mediterranean
- red sea
- desert called red land
- nile is very imortant
Education
- age 14 the sons of farmers and craftsmen joined their dad
- girls usally stayed at home to take care of family
- girls could be dances and entertainment
- some attended school
Art
- painting
- sculpture
- archtechture
- wood stone jewelry
Thursday:
Zhou dynasty
Talk about feudalism in Zhou dynasty- economic and political system, its how they organize there political system and economy when other countries were surrounding. King would give chunks of land to nobles and nobles would give lands to knights.
- Quin invaded the Zhou dynasty
Social class
- new tools
- military improvements
- mandate of heaven- blessed by the gods, chosen by them to be a ruler
- spoken and written lang
- roads, canals, bridges
- Dualism- everything is related and works best in balance
- heaven controls life on earth
- coins and chopsticks
- catapults
Confucian Social Hierarchy
- emperors
- scholars
- farmers
- merchants
- slaves/women
Economic
- agricultural based
- metal coin
- cowry shell
- Iron tip plow
- crossbow
Geography
- The great wall started- keep out invaders, protection
- yellow- protection and fishing
- Gobi desert
Confusionism- great way of leading a moral life
- humaneness
- righteousness
- ritual propiety
- knowledge
- integrety
Phoenicians
economic
- early economy timber sales, woodworking, and cloth dyeing
- they didn't have many natural resources
- they imported raw materials
Social classes
- priests
- warriors
- herders farmers merchants
- farm workers and servants
Political
- Kingship appears to have been the oldest form of gov't
- merchants were more powerful because they had more money and made more public affairs
- monarchy
- gained wealth and power by trading
Geography
- Mediterranean sea, now Syria, Lebanon, and northern Israel
- land is rocky and mountainous, unsuitable for farming
- lived mainly from the sea- fishing
- mountain ranges
- before 1200 BC
Religion
- polytheistic
- no significant Phoenician temple had been discovered
- the bible recounts human sacrifices by Phoenicians
- cemetery contained thousands of urns of infants sacrificed to gods
Friday:
Carlos presented over sumerians
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