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4 Cards in this Set
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THE BEGINNING
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-Improved agriculture led to creation of India's first cities around 3000BCE in the Indus River Valley
-The settlement contains a number of remains of the ancient Indian civilization: Horata. This site is currently in Pakistan which separated India in 1947 |
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Pt 2
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-Europeans believed it was impossible for non-European peoples to have had advanced civilizations because Europeans believed there couldn't be any other great civilizations
-The civilizations roots begin in 3500BCE -Monsoons, shifting/drying up of rivers let to the geographical collapse of this civilization -The ancient classical language of India is sanskrit and the Vedas is composed of this language. This book has over 1000 hymns -The Vedas contain lots of information about the people referred to as the Aryans who spoke sanskrit |
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Pt 3
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-The individual that made the link between Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, and English was William Jones
-According to historians, the Aryans most likely had their origins outside of India as horses were not native to the Indus Valley -The definition of "Aryan" is civilized -The sacred drink that was consumed by the Aryans in the Indus was called soma, it gave people visions/enhanced the soul |
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Pt 4
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-The first home of the Aryans in South Asia is the present day border between Afghanistan and Pakistan
-Zoroastrianism & sacred tombs are signs to suggest that the Aryans were also present in Turkmenistan -The Aryans most likely originated from Turkey -The Aryans settled in North India in around 2000BCE and they had the impact of imposing speech and values on society -The Mahabharata is the longest poem in the world. The story's plot consists of war, tragedy, family fued, and ends with an apocalyptic battle -The significance of the Mahabharata today is that it's a fundamental guide on how to live your life -The evidence that suggests that elements of this story may have been partly true include: Locations in the story were investigated by archaeologists, floods in the story actually happened, pottery from story found, cities in the story are still there today |
