`SEGMENT 2
`SEGMENT 2
Ancient & Medieval World History
CIVILIZATION IN INDIA (to A.D. 200)
•
Pre-Vedic
India: 2500-1500 B.C./
Indus
River/
Mohenjo-daro Harappa
Civilization/
Cultural Stability/ Peaceful/ Nature Worshipping/
•
Aryan
Arrival Completed: 1500 B.C./ Development of
Vedic
India: 1500-500 B.C./
•
Early Hinduism:
Oldest & Most Complex/
Dyaus
(Zeus) and
Pitra
(Jupiter)/
Brahmanism:
Elaborate Sacrifices & Caste System/
Upanishads
(800-300 B.C.): Intellectual Reaction to Sacrifices/Spiritual Flowering/
brahman:
Universal Reality (objective world)/
atman: Soul
of the Self/
samsara:
Rebirth/
karma:
Deeds/
dharma:
Duties/
moksha:
Liberation/
•
Late Hinduism:
600 B.C. -300 AD)/
•
Bhagavata:
Devotional Approach/ the
Bhagavad
Gita
(Krishna & Arjuna)/
•
Jainism
(Mahavira): Opposition to Intellectualism & Ritualism/
ahimsa:
Non-injury/
•
Buddhism
(Guatama): the Middle Way (No Indulgence or Asceticism)/
anatman:
Nonsoulness/
nirvana:
Liberation (Harmony of Body, Mind, & spirit)/
The
Four Noble Truths/
the
Eightfold Path:
(Right) Views, Intentions,
Speech, Action, Livelihood, Effort, Mindfulness, Concentration/
Theravada
(“Exclusive Way”) versus
Mahayana
(“Expansive Way”) Buddhism/
•
Ashoka
(~ 250 B.C.): Spread of Buddhism/
•
Gupta
Era (-320-540 A.D.): Revival of Hinduism in India/
CIVILIZATION IN CHINA (to A.D. 200)
•
Yellow and Yangtze
Rivers/ Overall Political & Cultural Stability/
•
Shang Dynasty:
(-1500-1000 B.C.)/ Capital
Anyang & Zhengzhou/
Beginning of Chinese Writing/ Neolithic Tools/ Silk/ Nature & Ancestor Worship/
The
"Mandate of Heaven":
Ideological Justification to Rule/
•
Zhou Dynasty
(-1000-221 B.C.) Capital
Louyang/
Adoption of Shang Culture/ Cities/ Use of Iron as a Tool in Agriculture/
Challenge of Vast Territory/ Creation of Small Feudal States/ One Supreme God/
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Era of Warring States
(420-221 BC): Last 200 years o Zhou Dynasty/
Disintegration of Chinese Political Organization and Three Solutions:
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Confucianism, Daoism, & Legalism
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Birth of Chinese Philosophy/ Syncretistic Nature/ Balance of
Yin & Yang/
Filial Piety/

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