Thursday, September 24, 2009

Ap Notes pg 51-67

good trading contacts=India
Persian empires brought artistic styles
not much isolation
monsoons could help them or not
semi tropical
Sanskrit=sacred book
Village chiefs
gave sacrifice to gods
Buddha built on their religion
Indian plains divided into states
Magadha state took over over much of India
Ashoka the killer converted to Buddhism
Gupta took over soon after and inter married
So as to keep the line pure
they did not have political traditions like the Chinese
They encouraged imagination
Hinduism was the countries religion
No founder of Hinduism
There was good things and bad things
It was taught by monks
The Indians made great strides in medicine
Children were very sacred in India
A man is not allowed to beat his wife becuase they are also sacred
Agriculture was India's base for their culture
The upper class was small nut powerful
They had influence on the rest of the world
India affected China
India had a primary religion
India was more open to other influences than any other country
India produced goods like textile mills and bronze

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