Nomads Follow the Food Environmental Impact

Nomads: Follow the Food

Environmental Impact

River Valley Civs

Sumer: The First Civilization

Walk Like an Egyptian

Indus Valley

Indus Valley: 2500 -1500 BCE

Aryans

China: Shang on the Hwang

It’s Zhou Time

Exceptions to the Rule

Mauryan Empire 321 -180 BCE

Mauryan Empire

Gupta Dynasty 320 -467 CE

Rise of Gupta

Qin Empire

Q’in Ups in China 221 -209 BCE

A big hand for the Han!

Han Dynasty 200 BCE-200 CE

Classical Civs in the Med

It’s Greek to me!

The Polis

Hierarchy

Religion

War with Persia

Golden Age of Pericles

Super-power, super mistake

Alexander the Great?

Live fast, die young…

Hellenistic Era

The Romans: 509 BCE-476 CE

Rome

Social-Political Structure

Military Domination

Republic, no - Imperialism, yes

Pax Romana

Peace and Prosperity

A New Religion

“What goes up…”

Collapse of the Han

Collapse of the Gupta

Collapse

Ideas, Culture, Invention

Religion: to 600 CE

Belief Systems through 600 CE

Commonalities

Confucianism

Confucianism

The Big Deal?

Daoism-Taoism

The Big Deal?

Contrast: Confucianism-Daoism

Legalsim

The Big Deal?

Hinduism

The Big Deal?

Buddhism

Buddhism: 4 Noble Truths

Buddhism: Eightfold Path

The Big Deal?

Judaism

Christianity

The Big Deal

Foundations: 3 Themes