1. History & Resistance
India

2. Warm Up:
What differences & similarities existed with Buddhism & Hinduism?
Why do you think people still follow Hinduism if the caste system discriminates against so many?

3. Early On... Indus River Valley (2300-1750 BCE)
-Two main cities (Harappa and Mohenjo-daro)
-Advanced urban planning (city grids & sewers)
-Europe developed sewers so much later!
-The language has never been translated.
Rise of Hinduism (about 1500 BCE)
-Some practices date back to the Indus River Civilization
-Sometimes referred to as “the oldest living religion in the world”
** As seen in crash course Indus Valley, Aryan is a sanskrit word for ‘noble one’

4. Internal Empires Mauryan Empire (324-200 BCE)
-Hinduism and Sanskrit spread across South Asia
-Sanskrit is the classical language of Hinduism & Buddhism
-Both Sanskrit & English are part of the same language family!
Gupta Empire ( CE): Golden Age of India
-Rise of chess (caturanga)
-First time that scholars had the idea that the Earth revolves around the sun
-Advances in algebra, science, architecture, & sculpture.

5. KEY WORD HERE: Cultural Diffusion
-Language & Religion

6. External Empires… On Empires…
Muslim Empires (900’s-1600’s CE)
-Tolerant of existing religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism)
-Sikhism began in 1600’s- youngest major world religion
Trading Empires ( CE)
-Portuguese arrived first, followed by Dutch, English
and French. Yay!
-Rise of British East Trading India Company:
controlled all trade by 1769.
-Gained control by alliances & favors to local princes.

7. The British Raj
-Mutiny occurred in 1858 against the East Trading Company!
-The company is kicked out (India had been ruled by a corporation basically… like, picture Wal Mart).
-’The British Raj’ (Raj means Rule)
-The British took full control of India
--—Based on your previous knowledge
about colonialism in Africa,
brainstorm with a partner a list of possible
positive and negative effects of British rule in India

8. Pros & Cons of the British Raj
-Built infrastructure
-Raised a military
-Governance by local princes
-Established a formal administration
—Cons
-Indians treated poorly
-Exploited the land for resources
-Majority of Indians had little -political power
-Solidified the caste system
So… What happens now…?

12. What cricket teams are consistently ranked top in the world?
Cricket team circa 1932
Again, what is this an example of?

13. 1 million Indians served in the British colonial army in WWI

14. Reading “1947: The Birth of India & Pakistan”
Partition: to divide something into separate parts. Land can be partitioned.
Resistance: the refusal to accept something, using actions/arguments to resist.
Answer the questions on your guided notes in complete sentences.

15. Violent Resistance

16. How about a revolution?
Violent vs. Non-violent resistance

17. American Revolution
VIOLENT!

18. French Revolution
VIOLENT!

19. Algerian Revolution
SUPER VIOLENT!

20. WWI & WWII
VIOLENT!

21. USA
VIOLENT, at times.

22. Non-violent Resistance
South Africa 
 India
USA

23. Exit Ticket:Which has more courage?