What is the message of the song? How does the song affect you? Which parts of the song can possibly be associated with the characteristics of ancient society?
I’m coming!!!
2400 BCE hunting gathering Farming & agriculture TWO CITIES MOHENJO-DARO HARAPPA
Streets of considerable size and number; straight Building made of bricks (houses, granaries, public halls etc.) Relics: farming and domestication of animals Clay seals: traded Structure: geometry and surveying System of weight and trade
Guards the fertile plain Irrigation and leaves silts Does the civilization last long?
2500-2000 BCE
Originated: near Caspian and Black Sea Who are they? Aryans Khyber Pass Fair skinned people Noble ones Originated: near Caspian and Black Sea Ruled by Rajah
What did they introduce/bring? Sanskrit Hinduism Wealth indicator number of cattle that an individual owned
Veda – knowledge/wisdom VEDAS (1500-1000BCE) Veda – knowledge/wisdom hymns contents incantations rituals Oldest; Barbarian tribes fighting; life of the tribes --principle: ahimsa (non-violence) “Knowledge of the Hymns of Praise”, for recitation” Rig Veda Yajur Veda “Knowledge of the Sacrificial formulas”, for liturgy Sama Veda “Knowledge of the Melodies”, for chanting Atharva Veda “Knowledge of the Magic formulas”, named after a kind of group of priests.
Caste System Dasyu (Indus) Dark skinned before Aryans settled in India 4th group SHUDRAS (servant) Brahman (priests) Kshatriyas (warriors) Restrictions --Varna-- Vaishyas (farmers or merchants) Varnas or CASTE (Portuguese)
Hereditary (fixed position) It determines what???
Physically and spiritually clean untouchables BUDDHA - reformer
Social Center of Houghton Mifflin 1500 BCE People fled Social Center of Houghton Mifflin Complex ecological and climatic change