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ANCIENT s. asia
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6000 bce Towns
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HARAPPAN Indus R.
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Uniform Streets, layout
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Urban 40k +
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Crops Animals
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TRADE
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Wealth Housing
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Sewer system Baths, showers
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SOCIETY Wealth Organized Govt.?
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DECLINE?
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INDO-EUROPEANS Invasions Aryans (noble ones) Race?
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Nomads
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Class Brahmans Kshatriyas Vaishyas (merchants) Shudras (commoners)
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VEDAS Oral; later written Hymns, prayers
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Aryan shift: sedentary life
++ large cities
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JANAPADAS 800 bce Agrarian states Consolidation
Maharajas: secular, divine
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VILLAGE Central Family?
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Patriarchal Duties? Two themes: Pleasure Protect from society
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RELIGION ???? Rough, violent world
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HINDUISM Caste Karma Good/bad Moksha Dharma “Acceptance”
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BUDDHISM 5th cent. b.c.e. S. Guatama
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BELIEFS End rebirth? Suffering Moral
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JAINISM Ahimsa: nonviolence
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