South Asia

The Mauryan Empire

  • Organized by Chandragupta Maurya

  • Created many economic and political reforms

  • Chandragupta was concerned about personal safety, took many precautions

  • Ashoka was Chandraguptas grandson

  • Ashoka took over, and was considered to be the greatest ruler in the history of the Indian subcontinent

  • Ashokas reign was a golden age for India

  • After Ashokas death, the Mauryan Empire declined

The Kushan Empire

  • Arise after fall of the Mauryan Empire

The Gupta Empire

  • Formed by someone named Chandragupta(not related to the Mauryan Empire)

  • Five arms of Gupta military

    • Infantry, Cavalry, Chariot, Elephants, and ships

  • Traditionally Hindu

  • Under pressure from the Huns, collapsed by 550 CE

  • Known as the Golden Age of Classical India

The Zhou Dynasty

  • Created a new system of government

  • Claimed it ruled because of the mandate of heaven

  • Male supremacy existed, filial piety was used

The Qin Dynasty

  • First to unite all of China

  • Ruler was a man named Qin Shihuangdi

  • Philosophy was legalism

  • Joined the great wall together

The Han Dynasty

  • Centralized government

  • Follows confucianism

  • Begins to collapse when emperors lose power to warlords and military local leaders