Chapter 3 Section 1 Notes
I. Indo European Migration
A. Group of seminomadic people from the Caucasus between the Black and Caspian Seas
Black and Caspian Seas
1. Language of modern Europe and Southern Asia
2. Aryans were one of the major groups
II. Hittites Blend Empire and Technology ( 1650 B.C.)
A. Occupied Anatolia or current day Turkey
Hittite Seal
B. Hattuas was capitol city
C. Conquered Babylonians
D. Own code of laws more forgiving than Hammurabi’s
E. War machine developed iron weapons used chariots
Hittite Chariot
F. First treaty in history with Egyptians
III. Aryan Invaders Transform India
A. Aryans invade India
B. Sacred text, the Vedas
1. Collection of prayers
C. Rig Veda were hymns to Aryan gods
1. Shiva was main god
D. Developed the Caste system
1. Grouping based on skin color
a. Aryans were light skin
b. Original Indians called Dasas or Dravidians were dark skinned
E. Mahabharata was India’s first great Epic
1. About blending of Indian culture