The Rise of Civilization in India and China

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BLACK SEA FLOOD See Web page
http//people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/hathaway24/
Click on Link to story on exploration of the
Black Sea Flood.
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• RISE OF CIVILIZATION IN INDIA AND CHINA
• Indus River valley, c. 2500 B.C.E.

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• Writing system undeciphered
• Emerged from agricultural villages
• C. Larger than Sumer or Egypt

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D. 3 major cities HARAPPA, MOHENJO DARO,
DHOLAVIRA
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II. City similarities A. Large size 10s of
1000s B. Rectangular grid C. Fired
brick D. Small, mundane, non-military
artifacts
Mohenjo Daro
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III. City differences A. Harappa middle
class, merchant city
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B. Mohenjo Daro religious center with ritual
bathing tanks
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Deduction from Harappa and Mohenjo Daro (in
modern Pakistan) society run by priests who
oversaw commerce
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C. Dholavira (in modern India) citadel with
stone walls
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IV. Religion ritual purification small
figurines bull, unicorn
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V. The End A. No nomadic invasion??
B. Indus changed course/ loss of trade/ disease
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CHINA Yellow River (Huang He) valley
civilization, c. 1750 B.C.E.

• Irrigation
• dams and dikes?
• large-scale agr.?
• large population
• MILLET, beans
• strong central govt.

Huang He
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II. Shang dynasty, c. 1750-1122 B.C.E. A.
Militant nomads B. Ruler and fertility
rituals C. Ancestor worship burials
?
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D. Oracle bones?writing
E. Paper, 1st century C.E. F. Scribal
class? bureaucracy
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Shang dynasty bronze pot
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III. Zhou dynasty, 1122-771 B.C.E. A.
Nomadic VASSALS who absorbed Chinese culture
B. Military patronage state land divided
into estates taxed by Zhou warrior
nobility C. Expansion south to Yangtze
and DISEASE
Huang He
Yangtze
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D. Peasantsslaves E. Mandate of Heaven as
defense against rebellion F. Overthrown by
rebellious VASSALS, 771 B.C.E. BUREAUCRACY
fills vacuum.
Zhou period coinage