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1 ANCIENT s. asia

2 6000 bce Towns

3 HARAPPAN Indus R.

4 Uniform Streets, layout

5 Urban 40k +

6 Crops Animals

7 TRADE

8 Wealth Housing

9 Sewer system Baths, showers

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11 SOCIETY Wealth Organized Govt.?

12 DECLINE?

13 INDO-EUROPEANS Invasions Aryans (noble ones) Race?

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16 Nomads

17 Class Brahmans Kshatriyas Vaishyas (merchants) Shudras (commoners)

18 VEDAS Oral; later written Hymns, prayers

19 Aryan shift: sedentary life
++ large cities

20 JANAPADAS 800 bce Agrarian states Consolidation
Maharajas: secular, divine

21 VILLAGE Central Family?

22 Patriarchal Duties? Two themes: Pleasure Protect from society

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24 RELIGION ???? Rough, violent world

25 HINDUISM Caste Karma Good/bad Moksha Dharma “Acceptance”

26 BUDDHISM 5th cent. b.c.e. S. Guatama

27 BELIEFS End rebirth? Suffering Moral

28 JAINISM Ahimsa: nonviolence


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