1. NEW TOPIC Start Up- Chapter 3 Ancient India and China
In your notes- write down anything you know about:
India China

2. Did you know…

3. Indian subcontinent

4. Indus River Valley
Got Fertile Soil?

5. Civilization Little evidence of Indus civilization Well planned cities
A natural disaster may have destroyed it
Well planned cities
Archeologists found ancient road grids, plumbing & sewers, brick foundations and structures built on hills.
Two major cities:
Harappa
Mohenjo Dara

7. Culture
Were the first to weave cotton into cloth

8. Topography
Himalayas & Hindu Kush mountain ranges

9. The Aryans
Were nomadic warriors

10. The Aryans Followed a polytheistic religion
Vedas – a collection of prayers, hymns & other religious teachings

11. The Aryans Invade the Indus Valley in 1500 BC
Invaded through the Kyber Pass

12. The Aryans
They settled in the area and established a social structure:
Priests
Warriors
Herders
Farmers
Artisans
Merchants
*Untouchables

13. This would become… The Caste System! Belief Systems-Hinduism
NO SOCIAL MOBILITY

14. The Aryans
The native people living in India before the Aryans arrived were the Dravidians
The Dravidians were forced into the lowest social group (caste) the Untouchables
An untouchable can not rise in society, they are born into their rank

15. Critical Thinking
Do social class systems exist in our society? Are they as rigid as they were in Ancient India? Explain how social classes exist in American society and how they’re different from the Caste System.