Ap 1 Ch5 The Classical Period: Directions, Diversities, And Decline By 500 B.c._Scripted

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Ch5 The Classical Period: Directions, Diversities, and Declines by 500 C.E.
SCRIPTED: Social

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Social
-China: Free peasants were burdened with more taxes and service demands by landlords making them become day laborers and selling their children into service.
-India: The caste system in India did not go away when the Gupta dynasty fell, in fact it got stronger.
-Rome: The Roman elite began to become more pleasure seeking, and they did not produce much offspring.

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Ch5 The Classical Period: Directions, Diversities, and Declines by 500 C.E.
SCRIPTED: Culture

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Culture
-China: China's cultural unity was threatened when Buddhism was spread to the country at the end of the Classical Period.
-India: Many invading parties to India were assimilated into Indian culture, which was heavily influenced by Hinduism.
-Rome: Rome's literary creativity and writings went into steep decline and the focus of writing shifted as well as its quality.

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Ch5 The Classical Period: Directions, Diversities, and Declines by 500 C.E.
SCRIPTED: Religion

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Religion
-China: Buddhism spread to the region at the end of the Classical Period, but Confucianism was still strong.
-India: Hinduism was still the main religion of the area, however Islam was spread to the region due to conquests and interactions.
-Rome: At the end of the powerful empire's reign Christianity spread to the region, but it was too late to help unite the weak empire.

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Ch5 The Classical Period: Directions, Diversities, and Declines by 500 C.E.
SCRIPTED: Interaction

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Interaction
-China: During China's Classical Period decline it stayed isolated and had little interactions with other nations.
-India: India traded with other kingdoms in Southeast Asia as well as had interactions with middle eastern Islam supporters.
-Rome:Trade began to decline during the decline of the Classical Age therefore interactions decreased.

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Ch5 The Classical Period: Directions, Diversities, and Declines by 500 C.E.
SCRIPTED: Political

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Politcal
-China:The central government's control diminished, bureaucrats became more corrupt, and local landlords began to rule their neighborhoods according to their own wishes.
-India: By the fifth century, Guptan emperors could not control local princes and invasions from nomads eventually ended the Gupta dynasty.
-Rome: Political confusion produced a series of weak emperors and conflicts over succession weakend the government.

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Ch5 The Classical Period: Directions, Diversities, and Declines by 500 C.E.
SCRIPTED: Technology

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Technoloy
-China: China's technological advances began to decline as political power began to decline.
-India: Technological advances still took place in India due to the little impact the fall of the Gupta empire had on the regionalist India.
-Rome: Advances in technology declined just like the cultural vigor of the Roman Empire did.

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Ch5 The Classical Period: Directions, Diversities, and Declines by 500 C.E.
SCRIPTED: Economic

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Economic
-China: The Chinese economy took a turn for the worse as political control began to decline, it became more agricultural.
-India: Trade flourished in India as well as agriculture even with the decline of the Classical Period.
-Rome: The Roman economy became more centered on agriculture and trade began to diminish.

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Ch5 The Classical Period: Directions, Diversities, and Declines by 500 C.E.
SCRIPTED: Demography

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Demography
-China: Populations declined during the end of the Classical Priod due to the bubonic plague.
-India: Steady population increases due to the region not being very affected by the Bubonic Plague.
-Rome: Extreme population decreases due to plagues and famines that devastated the later Roman Empire.