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SOCIAL- This emphasized the prominence of the caste system in India.
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CULTURAL-Zoroaster is the founder of Zoroastrianism, which was Persia's dominant religion.
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CULTURAL-Siddhartha Gautama founds Buddhism, which is an important minority religion in India, as it provided an alternative to Hinduism and the caste system.
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POLITICAL-Emphasizes tolerance, advances infrastructure, creates a large bureaucracy
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POLITICAL- Expanded the empire to both the east and west, used satraps and imperial spies to keep empire in check
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CULTURAL-This city featured advanced engineering and was built on a raised platform, showing itself as a dominant power.
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POLITICAL-This was a time of political instability and constant warfare in China. It led to a desire for social and political order.
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POLITICAL-He established an empire on the Indian subcontinent with a bureaucracy and an established army.
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POLITICAL-He expands conquests. promotes Buddhism, and improves trade and communication within the empire.
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POLITICAL- He creates a strong centralized government, expands territory, creates a census, a uniform written script, and a standardized currency.
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INTERACTIONS WITH ENVIRONMENT-This wall is built to keep out Northern invaders. It is built with peasant and slave labor, causing lower classes to dislike Shi Huangdi.
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ECONOMIC/ INTERACTIONS WITH ENVIRONMENT- This is a trade route that stretches across Asia. It connects China with other civilizations, such as Persia, India, Greece, and Rome and becomes a major source of economic activity.
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POLITICAL-Expands trade, emphasizes Confucianism, improves bureaucracy
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POLITICAL- Decline is due to political corruption, civil unrest among peasants, declining tax revenue, and nomadic invaders
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SOCIAL-This was a peasant revolt led by Daoist leaders against the current emperor, Emperor Ling. This revealed the discontentment from the people.
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ECONOMIC- Japan's agriculture becomes more advanced, making it economically prosperous.
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POLITICAL-The Han dynasty falls to nomadic invaders from the north. Because they were also suffering internal problems, they could not fend off the attackers.
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CULTURAL-This is the golden age of India. It is politically stable and has advances in education, literature, science, math, and medicine.
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CULTURAL-It is introduced by Korean scribes. This allows the Japanese to keep records.
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POLITICAL- The White Huns weaken the Gupta's by continually attempting to invade.
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CULTURAL- This forces Daoism to have a clearer doctrine, as many people convert to Buddhism. This also further develops another branch of Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism.
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POLITICAL-Harsha, a regional prince, overthrows the Huns, however, the Gupta's are too weak to reclaim their ruling power
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POLITICAL- They united the north and tried to expand, but ended up causing financial collapse
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POLITICAL- China's time of troubles was over. The Tang contributed culturally by forming artistic works.
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CULTURAL- This unifies Japanese society.
