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3 river valleys were home to these 3 asian cultures
mesopotamia, india, china
largest continent
asia
what percentage of land belongs to asia
33%
what percentage of population belongs to asia
66%
highest point on land
mt. everest
lowest point on land
dead sea
how many of the world’s highest peaks are in asia
96
subcontinent of asia
india
mtn. range that separates India from Asia
himalayas
earliest known people in asia
dravidians
where the dravidians first
indus river valley
when did the dravidians settle in the indus river valley
2000 BC
called the modern day iranians
aryans
aryans conquered the dravidians around what year
1500 BC
one universal soul of all living things (hinduism)
brahma
another life after death to grow closer or farther from brahma
reincarnation
hint: what goes around comes around
actions in life (determines what you reincarnate as)
karma
indian division of social classes
caste system
order of social classes
Brahmans, Princes/Nobles, Landowners/Merchants, Farmers/Landowners/Servnats
“untouchable”; has broken the rule of his caste
outcaste
native indian family that controlled India from 321 B.C to 184 B.C.
the mauryas
the mauryas’ greatest leader
asoka
religion founded by siddharta guatama
buddhism
god of buddhism
buddha
buddhists must reach this through reincarnation
nirvana
introduced india’s golden age (AD 320 - 535)
guptas
invaded & conquered India in 1526 (BC?)
mogul empire
leader of the mogul empire from afghanistan
babar
western division of pakistan
pakistan
eastern division of pakistan
bangladesh
india’s greatest contribution
mathematics
highest quality steele in the world
damascene steel
2 main rivers in China
huang he and yangtze
oldest living civilization
china
china’s 1st civilization
huang he
middle country
chung-kuo
1525- 1028 BC
shang dynasty
longest ruling chinese dynasty
chou dynasty
philosophies created during chou dynasty
daoism & confucianism
225-226 BC; dynasty after which china was named
Ch’in dynasty
1st to rule over united china
shih huang ti
fortification built during the ch’in dynasty
great wall of china
206 BC - AD 220 (height of china’s power)
han dynasty
link to the roman world
great silk road
warriors form the mogul empire
mongols
conquered china in the 1200s
genghis khan
Khan’s descendents form this dynasty
yuan dynasty
largest continental empire was under this leader
genghis khan
traveled throughout far east during kublai khans empire
marco polo
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