1. India, China, Japan, & Southeast Asia
Chapter 7 & 12
India, China, Japan, & Southeast Asia

2. Cultural Diffusion
These four areas were linked by a series of trade routes known as the silk roads.
Because of this, these cultures became similar in religion, trade goods, writing, and traditions.
Goods
Gold from West Africa
Spices from lands around the Indian Ocean
Textiles from India, China, the Middle East, and later Europe
Porcelain from China and Persia
Amber from the Baltic region

3. Technology
Paper from China through the Muslim world to Byzantium and Western Europe
New crops from India (e.g., for making sugar)
Waterwheels and windmills from the Middle East
Navigation: Compass from China, lateen sail from Indian Ocean region
Ideas
Spread of religions across the hemisphere
Buddhism from China to Korea and Japan
Hinduism and Buddhism from India to Southeast Asia
Islam into West Africa, Central and Southeast Asia
Printing and paper money from China

4. India United by the Mauryan’s in 321 BCE Chandragupta & Asoka
Hinduism & Buddhism
Matriarchal & Patriarchal
Caste system
Hindu Gods

5. China Buddhism—Siddhartha Gautama Filial Piety—Family worship
202 BCE, the Han dynasty began an empire
Strengthened the central gov’t and began the idea of civil service
Invented paper, horse collar, and the watermill
Big traders along Silk Roads
Tang & Song dynasties rule from BCE
Khan dynasty (Mongols) conquers China in 1279

6. Japan Mountainous Japanese archipelago (four main islands)
Sea of Japan or East Sea between Japan and Asian mainland
Proximity to China and Korea
Influence of Chinese culture
Writing
Architecture
Buddhism
Shinto
Ethnic religion unique to Japan
Importance of natural features, forces of nature, and ancestors
State religion; worship of the emperor
Samurai & Bushido (The Sacred Sword)
Coexistence with Buddhism

7. Southeast Asia Vietnam Located on trade route between China & India
Adopted Buddhism & Hinduism, civil service, and Caste ideas
Korea
Divided society controlled by landowners
Adopted Buddhism and other Chinese ideas: writing, civil service, printing, & porcelain