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What characteristics do you think were shared by Ancient Empires around the world?

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Empires of India and China 600BC-550AD Emergence of strong unified empires Established patterns in: Government Religion Philosophy

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India 2 major religions: Hinduism and Buddhism Review: Goals Reincarnation Buddhism: Differences Eightfold Path Nirvana

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Powerful Empires of India Battleground to Empire Chandragupta Maurya forged first great Indian Empire= Maurya dynasty. Most honored Maurya emperor= Asoka Converted to Buddhism Paved way for spread of Buddhism throughout Asia.

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Asokas Elephant Army http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnn7- VLBUbo&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLF EA9C73D81B9CF77 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnn7- VLBUbo&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLF EA9C73D81B9CF77

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India: center of world trade Established contact with civilizations in Africa, Middle East, and Central and Southeast Asia. 500 yrs after the Mauryas, the Gupta dynasty again united much of India. Under the Guptas, India enjoyed golden age of peace and achievement. Caste System-created stable social order

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China-Confucius

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1. Confucius philosophy Concerned with social order and good government over religious matters Harmony resulted when people accepted their place in society. Filial piety: respect for parents, above allother duties

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2. Hanfeizi Differed from Confucius! Strict laws and harsh punishment only way to maintain order in society: Legalism

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3. Daoism Live in harmony with nature, rather than to bring order to human affairs Government is unnatural and therefore the cause of many problems.

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Huangdi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5atoe51Ylo&featu re=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5atoe51Ylo&featu re=related

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Han Dynasty 400 years of unity to China Advances in trade, government, technology, and the arts. The Silk Road

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Exit Slip What were 3 characteristics that influenced the growth of the Empires of India and China? Provide an example of each! Example: Characteristic=philosophy=Hanfeizi

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Bell Ringer 9/7 Has a stable government always existed in the world? Where do you think we got the ideas for our government that exists today?

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Ancient Greece Early people of the Aegean: -Minoans : traders who set up outposts throughout the Aegean world and on the Greek mainland Reached height between 1600BC and 1500BC By 1400BC vanished!!!

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Mycenaeans another civilization of sea traders 1400BC-1200BC Absorbed Egyptian and Mesopotamian ideas which they passed to later Greeks Best remembered for the Trojan War HOMER : Iliad and the Odyssey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Voai-4GS84

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The Rise of Greek City-States Greeks step backward. Small isolated farming villages Began to build small city-states Warred among themselves Shared language, religion, and festivals Became skilled sailors and traders- colonies took root all around Mediterranean

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Greek world expands 750BC Polis= Greek city-state Acropolis= high city: -dedicated temples to gods and goddesses Below= main city with marketplace, theater, public buildings, and homes ACTIVITY

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Governing the City-States At first the ruler of the polis was a king. Monarchy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmOH5f1J1Uc Slowly, power shifted to a class of noble landowners. Aristocracy Middle class grew and challenged aristocracy- Oligarchy

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Democracy Government by the people Limited in Athens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXfXrhSKoHk&feat ure=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXfXrhSKoHk&feat ure=related Athens thrived after Persian Wars- democracy and culture flourished. Athens developed a direct democracy where a large number of male citizens took part in the day-to-day affairs of government.

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Governing City-States Monarchy-rule by landholding elite Oligarchy-by the people Aristocracy-large number of male citizens take part in day-to-day affairs of govt Democracy-king or queen is central power Direct Democracy-small, powerful elite

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Spartan boys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFENA4I5xws&fe ature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFENA4I5xws&fe ature=related

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The Glory that was Greece Greeks had great confidence in the power of the human mind. Philosophers began to deny that events were caused by the gods. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle- developed new ideas about truth, reason, justice, and government

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Alexander and the Hellenistic Age http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZTxemLkATk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZTxemLkATk Son of King Phillip Ruler of Macedonia and eventually all of Greece Alexander the Great- bc of conquests he spread Greek culture Greek culture blended with Persian, Egyptian, and Indian cultures= Hellenistic civilization Legacy influenced Rome and Western Europe!

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Exit Slip What are some of the key characteristics of our government today that were derived from that of Ancient Greece?

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Ancient Rome and the Rise of Christianity The Roman World Takes Shape Republic= a government in which officials are chosen by the people Patricians= members of the landholding upper class Plebeians=commoners Romes success was due partly to skillful diplomacy and well disciplined army.

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From Republic to Empire Victories lead to corruption 100yrs Rome faced civil wars Octavian restored order- took name Agustus New age dawned- age of the Roman Empire Agustus helped empire recover from period of unrest Pax Romana=Roman Peace Peace, order, unity, and prosperity to lands under their control

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The Roman Achievement Rome spread civilization through war and conquest Blend of cultures formed known as Greco-Roman civilization Romans took Greek ideas and adapted to their own Romans= great engineers (many designs still standing) Greatest legacy of Rome= commitment to the rule of law and justice Basis for legal systems in Europe and Latin America

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The Rise of Christianity Christianity began during Pax Romana Leading figure was a Jew named Jesus He believed in one God and accepted the Ten Commandments. Jesus taught new beliefs Mission to bring salvation and eternal life to all of Gods children Included forgiveness and love for enemies

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Christianity continued Jesus was a dangerous troublemaker Eventually he was executed Followers believed he arose from the dead and ascended to heaven. Some believed he was the Messiah- 1 st Christians Christians were persecuted for trying to spread religion but were still able to grow. Christianity reshaped Roman beliefs

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The Long Decline Death of Marcus Aurelius caused turmoil in Roman empire (bad news!!) Split into 2 parts (east and west) West=poor, corrupt govt, declining moral values - overthrown by foreign invaders East ruled by Constantine and other emperors -continued to thrive for another 1,000 years as the Byzantine empire

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The Distraction of Entertainment