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Transcript of Classic ii
Istanbul Hagia Sophia
Classic EmpiresMaurya Civilization & The Han Dynasty
Maurya Civilization
Location – Northern India – Indus River Valley
Created a bureaucracy (system that runs a government)
Ran a centralized government – all cities report to one location and all laws come from one location
Han DynastyLocation – Eastern China
Contributions:Paper
Wheelbarrow
Rudder
Acupuncture
Originally built to protectNorthern boarders
Nomad Invaders
Several Walls
Began in 5th Century BC
The Silk Road
Silk – Popular trade product, soft natural fiber
Chinese Law: No silk worms could be exported
“Silk Road” connected China and Middle East (Cultural Diffusion)
Civil Service System
Pass a civil service test to get a government job
Based on the teachings of Confucius
Dynasty System
Line of ruling families in China
Mandate of Heaven – families are given the right to rule by the gods
Essential Questions:
What does it mean to call a civilization classical ?
Essential Questions:
How did geography cause the rise of city-states in Greece?
Essential Questions:
Generally, what was the status of women and slaves in classical civilizations?
Essential Questions:
How are contemporary (today’s) democratic governments rooted in classical civilizations?
