Monday 1215Friday 1219 To be completed before break

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Monday 12/15-Friday 12/19To be completed before
break!

• Monday Indian Empires
• In class work/homework
• Tuesday India/China Notes
• Wednesday Essay Organizer/Vocabulary Quiz
• 5 points if you bring in your definitions
• Thursday Chris Taylor here, thesis lesson
• Friday Work on History Day project
• All 6 sources must be cited correctly

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Indian and Chinese Empires

• Mauryan and Gupta Empires and the Han Dynasty

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Mauryan Empire

• In 321 B.C. Chandragupta Maurya seized power from
  his regional king, beginning the Mauryan Empire.
• Chandragupta took on the neighbors to the
  northwest of his kingdom, and by 303 B.C. the
  Mauryan Empire stretched 2,000 miles, uniting
  north India politically for the first time.

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Asoka

• In 269 B.C. Chandraguptas grandson Asoka assumed
  the throne.
• He at first followed the tradition of expanding
  the empire by waging war, but after 100,000
  soldiers were slain in battles against the
  southwest India, he had a change of heart.

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Buddhism Comes to India

• After the slaughter sustained to capture the
  southwest, Asoka decided to rule by the Buddhist
  teachings of
• Nonviolence
• Peace to all beings

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Spreading the Word

• Asoka had huge stone pillars erected throughout
  the kingdom stating the new policies.
• Some of these policies were
• Treating all subjects fairly and humanely
• Using non-violent tactics to solve disputes
• Religious toleration accepting people with
  religious beliefs different than your own.

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Spreading the Word Continued

• So he could visit all corners of the empire,
  Asoka had an extensive system of roads built.
• He created resting places and wells along the
  roads to aide travelers on their journeys.
• He even created watering places for animals to
  demonstrate his concern for his subjects.

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The Empire Falls

• After Asokas death in 232 B.C. (37 years) the
  empire began to fall apart.
• It seems that there were very few rulers who were
  willing to follow Asokas example and continue
  the Empire down the road of Buddhist non-violence.

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Monday

• Warm Up/Activity 1
• Read page 172- answer the 3 blue questions. Turn
  this in before you leave class today.
• Activity 2
• Read pages 173-176. Answer questions 2 and 3 on
  page 176. This is due tomorrow- if not finished
  in class, you will need to do it as homework.
• If you finish 1 2
• Define the vocabulary words using the books in
  the classroom.

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Coming to Power

• Chandra Gupta came to power by marrying the
  daughter of an old, influential royal family.
• Chandras son, Samudra, inherited the throne from
  his father. He expanded the empire with 40 years
  of wars and conquest.

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The Golden Son

• Chandra Gupta II was the 3rd ruler in the Gupta
  line.
• He strengthened the empire through peaceful means
  by negotiating diplomatic and marriage alliances.
• During the reign of the first 3 Guptas, India
  experienced a period of great achievement in art,
  literature, religious thought, science, and
  mathematics.

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The Han Emperors of China

• The Han Dynasty came to power in 202 B.C. and
  lasted for more than 400 years (although there
  was a period in the middle of their rule when
  they were taken over by another dynasty).
• The Han expanded Chinas borders and developed a
  system of government that lasted for centuries.

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What they did

• The Han Emperors centralized the Chinese
  government, which was a bureaucratic system
• Meaning that it was those who were the best
  educated and most qualified who received the
  jobs.
• One Han Emperor, Wudi, required those who worked
  for him to pass a Confucianism test- he believed
  the religion contained all of the qualities a
  government official should have.

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Assimilation

• When the Chinese conquered the peoples who made
  up their vast empire, they forced the people to
  assimilate, or take on the Chinese culture at the
  expense of their own.
• This would create tensions in later years.