1. The Indo-Europeans
Chapter 3
Section 1

2. Key Terms Indo-Europeans Steppes Migration Hittites Anatolia Aryans
Vedas
Brahmin
Caste
Mahabharata

3. Indo-Europeans Migrate
Nomadic peoples who came from steppes
Steppes dry grassland in the Caucasus
Tamed horses for battle
Two wheel chariots
Lived in tribes

4. Indo-Europeans Migrate
Ancestors of modern language
Spanish, English, Persian, Hindi
Can tell where tribes settled by their language
Aryans spoke Sanskrit located in India

5. Indo-Europeans Migrate
BC started to migrate
Migration-movements of people from one region to another
Happens in waves
Long period of time

6. The Hittite Empire 2000 BC occupied Anatolia (Turkey) Occupied Babylon
Timber
Minerals agriculture
Occupied Babylon
Signed a peace treaty with Egyptians over Syria

7. The Hittite Empire Adopted Akkadian language of the Babylonians
Ideas, laws politics, literature from Mesopotamians
Chariots new in warfare
Iron weapons (sharper)
Empire fell 1190 BC

8. Aryans Transform India
Aryans from the Caspian sea
No archaeological record
Vedas-collection of spells, prayers, rituals
Big Rig Veda hymns
Elders passed on from generation to generation

9. Aryans Transform India
Caste System
Brahmins- priests
Warriors
Traders, landowners
Peasants or traders
The group you belonged to determined your role in society

10. Ayrans Transform India
Class restrictions
Shudras-laborers
Varna- skin color distinguishing feature
4 groups became the Varnas
Portuguese called it a caste system
Determined what you did
Who you married

11. Ayran Kingdoms Arise Chiefs were elected by the entire tribe
1000 BC minor kings wanted to set up territories.
Magda- major kingdom
By 200 BC Magda occupied almost the entire subcontinent

12. Aryan Kingdoms Arise
Mahabharata- reflects the struggle as the Aryans took control
Bhagavad Gita- warrior prince and Krishna
Krishna in human form
Taught prince too fight, live, and die