WARM UP: Imagine you are an emperor and you have just conquered some new territory. You want to gain (and keep) the loyalty of the newly conquered people… what will you do to keep control over them? Why? Write a short paragraph explaining what you would do and why

Agenda -Warm Up: You’re the Emperor -Ancient Persia: Important Figures -Indo-European Migrations -Caste system -Journal Writing

Where we’re going: Cyrus the Great Darius I provinces satraps Zoroaster Aryan Vedas Rig Veda Brahmins Shudras Mahabharata Magadha Bhagavad-Gita Hinduism Upanishad s moksha reincarnation karma Vishnu Shiva varna caste systemJainism Siddhartha Gautama Four Noble Truths The Eightfold Path sangha Chandragupta Maurya Asoka Tamil Chandra Gupta patriarchal matriarchal Chandra Gupta II Theravada bodhisattvas Mahayana stupas Silk Road Han Dynasty hierarchy Wang Mang Emperor Wudi Zhou Dynasty Mandate of Heaven Dynastic Cycle feudalism Qin Dynasty Confucius filial piety The Analects bureaucracygentlemen Daoism Laozi Dao De Jing I Ching Yin and Yang Shi Huangdi autocracy centralization Great Wall of China Liu Bang Empress Lu unification Legalism

Plan, 3 rd period: MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday 25 th 26th Intro, Persia, Indo-European Migrations 27 th 28 th Hinduism and Buddhism Develop 31 st 1 st Mauryan and Gupta Empires 2 nd 3 rd China – Zhou, Qin, and Han Empires Study Guide Handed Out 4 th Group Activity/Review Day 1 6 th Group Activity/Review Day 2 7 th Test Part 1 ALL WORK FOR UNIT 3 DUE 8 th NO SCHOOL (Election Day) 9 th Test Part 2

Plan, 5 th and 7 th Period MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday 25 th 26 th Intro, Persia, Indo-European Migrations 27 th 28 th Hinduism and Buddhism Develop 31 st 1 st Mauryan and Gupta Empires 2 nd 3 rd China – Zhou, Qin, and Han Dynasties Study Guide Handed Out 4 th 6 th Group Activity/Review Day ALL WORK FOR UNIT 3 DUE 7 th ALL WORK FOR UNIT 3 REALLY REALLY DUE 8 th NO SCHOOL (Election Day) 9 th Test!!!!!

What will you do?

Meet Cyrus the Great!

Why was he so great? Tolerance!

Historical Heads Cyrus – Page 99 starting with “Cyrus the Great Founds an Empire” to “Persian Rule” on page 100 Darius – Read from page 100 “Persian Rule” to the end of page 101 Zoroaster – Page 103

Cyrus the Great

Darius I

Zoroaster

Darius I Well-organized, efficient administration 20 provinces Satraps in each province Roads Coins

Zoroastrianism Zoroaster, lived around 600 BCE Struggle between good and evil One god

Indo-European Migrations

Caste System Rigid societal structure based on occupation Portuguese soldiers called groups castes Cleanliness and purity Determined role in society – Marriage, daily routines Each group known as a “varna” – Means skin color

Caste System Kshatriyas Vaisyas Shudras Untouchables (Outcastes) Untouchables (Outcastes) Brahmins

Caste System - Brahmins Brahmins Priests Entitled to study the Vedas Perform rites and rituals Middle men between god and men Highest position of man on earth Considered so pure that they could only eat food prepared by other Brahmins

Brahmins Kshatriyas

Caste System - Kshatriyas Warriors Soldiers Rulers Political leaders Commanded to protect the people Resembles noble class of medieval Europe

Brahmins Kshatriyas Vaisyas

Caste System - Vaisyas Traders and landowners Merchants Professionals Like middle class America

Brahmins Kshatriyas Vaisyas Shudras

Caste System - Shudras Peasants Laborers Servants Duty to serve other three castes Not allowed to learn Sanskrit or study the Vedas by themselves

Brahmins Kshatriyas Vaisyas Shudras Untouchables (Outcastes) Untouchables (Outcastes)

Untouchables (Outcastes) Untouchables (Outcastes) Caste System - Untouchables Lived outside the caste structure Impure work Butchers, gravediggers, trash collectors Touch could endanger purity of others Not allowed to learn Sanskrit or study the Vedas by themselves

Brahmins Kshatriyas Vaisyas Untouchables (Outcastes) Untouchables (Outcastes) Shudras

JOURNAL TIME!!!

Journal 1: Brahmins 2: Kshatriyas 3: Vaisyas 4: Shudras 5: Untouchables As a member of this group, how do you feel about the caste system? Why? What would you change?

Review and Preview -Warm Up: You’re the Emperor -Ancient Persia: Important Figures -Indo-European Migrations -Caste system -Journal Writing NEXT TIME: Hinduism and Buddhism