1. Chapter 6
Unit 2

2. Beyond classical civs SEA participates more widely in trade Africa
Kushan in upper Nile  monarchy, divine right, wrting, rituals, iron making
Axum beat Kushan, and they in turn fell to Ethiopia
All traded in Mediterranean
Ghana kingdom grows b/c of spread of agriculture

3. Beyond classical civs Japan Olmecs (capital at Teotihuacan)
Regional city-states
Religion = shintoism. Worship rulers and nature spirits, had shrines and rituals
Olmecs (capital at Teotihuacan)
Corn!
Also jade and art and calendars
Followed by Mayans
Polynesians
Used canoes, had caste system, kings

4. Declines
Rome  germanic invasions, army less effective, corruption, high taxes, disease, weak leaders
Diocletian
Byzantine Empire and Justinian
Gutpa  Hun invasions, princes (rajput) had less control,
Han  Hun invasions, less govt control, corruption, over taxation, diseases Persia  taken over by Sassanids

5. New Religious Map Monks spread Buddhism Christianity Islam
Bodhisattvas  like saints
East asian buddhism  Mahayana
Patriarchal buddhism in china
Christianity
Paul, Pope, Benedict
Monasticism
Islam